Emory Research Administration News

Category: OSP

  • Retroactive Salary Transfers (RSTs) for NRSA Stipends

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    Payroll on NRSA stipends has unique tax issues that need to be understood when an RST is made.  NRSA stipends are set up on job code 9905 and hit account code 61450. No benefits or taxes are withheld from these stipend amounts, so close scrutiny must be given to any RST moving charges between a…

  • New Approach to Award Setup

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

  • EPEX Routing During Compass Downtime

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    As announced on March 31st, the Compass Financial System will be off-line from Friday, April 18th through Monday, April 21st as part of the preparation for the upgrade to the PeopleSoft 9.2 environment. As a result, the Emory Proposal Express (EPEX) system will also be unavailable.  In order to plan for this scheduled downtime, the…

  • NIH Salary Cap

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    NIH issued a notice on January 16th then confirming their continued operations under a Continuing Resolution and also indicating that the Executive Level II salary was increased to $181,500. Because the CR ended with the approval of the full budget by Congress, and we have not yet seen the full DHHS appropriations bill or NIH…

  • Meet Madison Gray OSP's New Associate Director in Grants

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    Madison joined Emory in mid-December 2013 as our new Associate Director for Pre-Award Grants Administration in the Office of Sponsored Programs. With over 9 years of experience in pre-award research administration at the central level, Madison came to Emory from Vanderbilt University where she served most recently as the Senior Assistant Director in the Office…

  • OSP and OGCA Upcoming Training Courses

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    The Office’s of Sponsored Programs and Grants & Contracts Accounting would like to announce the following upcoming courses. Management and Issues Related to Industry and Federal Contracts – January 14, 2014 Subcontracts & Subrecipients Monitoring – January 31, 2014 Award Review and Reconciliation Tool (ARRT) – January 17, 2014 Cayuse – January 22, 2014 Finding…

  • New EPEX Enhancements

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    We are pleased to announce new enhancements to the EPEX system, which will take effect December 16, 2013.  These enhancements have been made to streamline routing of proposals originating in RAS units.  It also will clarify deadline dates and capture additional information on international activities for all proposals. Streamlining Proposal Review / Selective School Review:…

  • NIH Important Dates

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    Extended Downtime at Grants.gov Grant.gov plans to take their service offline for critical maintenance. The service will be offline starting Friday December 6, 2013 at 12:01am until December 8, 2013 11:59pm eastern time. To accommodate the downtime, NIH has made adjustments to due dates. This includes the December 8th Fellowship due date which is now…

  • K, F, T and D Programs Moving to New Forms

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    NIH has issued a reminder that the following application types will transition to the updated electronic application forms packages (FORMS C). Applicants submitting to the following programs for deadlines on or after January 25, 2014 must download and use the new version of the application packages: Individual National Research Service Awards (Fs) Individual Research Career Development Award Programs…

  • NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)

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    Effective February 24, 2014 a new version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide has been issued and consists of the: Grant Proposal Guide (GPG); and Award & Administration Guide (AAG) All proposals submitted or due, on or after February 24, 2014 must use the new version of the PAPPG.  The new…