Category Archives: OSP

Reminders From the Office of Conflict of Interest – August 2014

September 2, 2014

  The following are reminders from the Office of Conflict of Interest. All research projects, including clinical trials and internally funded research, require annual financial interest disclosures to be completed by investigators, including No- Cost Extensions.   Staff must initiate a new Proposal Financial Interest in Research Report each year of the project in the eCOI […]

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ACTSI Announces an Intellectual Property Agreement between Emory & Morehouse School of Medicine

September 2, 2014

Seeking to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research in Atlanta and beyond, the partner institutions of the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) recently signed an agreement clarifying exclusive copyright, trademark, and patent rights on discoveries made by collaborating research investigators at Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). […]

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HHS PMS Transition Extension

September 2, 2014

HHS has agreed to extend the subaccounting transition to the new payment system.  This is the change that will require that we close out all active awards, prepare FFRs for all, and set up new projects for the remainder of those projects.  The broad transition has been moved from a start date of 10/1/14 to […]

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DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

September 2, 2014

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2014 solicitation.  Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Wednesday September 24, 2014. The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of […]

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McKNIGHT AWARDS SEEK TO EXPAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRAIN RESEARCH

September 2, 2014

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience will grant $600,000 for the 2014 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards. The awards will support three research projects, each receiving $200,000 over two years. The three projects seek to expand the range of technologies for studying the brain and its diseases and to make these new technologies available […]

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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Transition to the new RAS Structure

June 20, 2014

How do RAS responsibilities differ from what was formerly handled by the department? Emory’s research funding has grown dramatically over the last decade, propelling us into the top tier for federal funding among research universities.  As a result, Emory’s research administration infrastructure and practices have had to expand in order to meet these growing needs; […]

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Sponsored Award Overrun Policy Issued

June 20, 2014

An overdraft/overrun is created on a sponsored project when the expenditures exceed the allowable budget.  When this occurs, Compass will not allow invoicing or drawdowns to be processed.  Delayed invoicing can result in lack of reimbursement for expenditures.  In order to avoid loss of funding, a new University policy has been issued providing OGCA with […]

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Revised Process for the Late Retroactive Salary Transfers

June 20, 2014

The procedure for submitting late RSTs has been revised to allow for more efficient processing. The Emory Cost Transfer Policy states “three calendar months from the end of the month in which the original charge occurred is considered to be the maximum reasonable time period to process a cost transfer.”  Previously, we required a 90 […]

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Emory Received New CEIRS Federal Contract Valued at $74,734,095

May 8, 2014

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the first year of a multi-year contract  in the amount of $3.4 M, to Emory’s Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center (IPIRC) a program dedicated to  investigating and preventing  the spread of influenza.  IPIRC is one of five NIAID centers known colloquially as the Center […]

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New Streamlined Process to Receive Electronic Notice of Awards (eNOAs) and SmartKeys

May 7, 2014

As of April 1, 2014, Emory research faculty served by RAS units have a new streamlined process to receive their electronic Notice of Awards (eNOAs) and SmartKeys. This new process allows these Principle Investigators (PIs) to start their projects and charge against the SmartKeys prior to submitting a detailed budget for single-, or multi-project awards. […]

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