Category: Announcements
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Extension to Cost Transfer and Effort Reporting Deadlines
As typically occurs with an implementation similar to Compass, the impacted faculty and staff have been required to learn new systems and processes. At times during the period following the implementation of Compass on 9/1/2009, the data and/or systems required review, evaluate, and process grant activity have not been consistently available. With consideration to these…
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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Research
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs, Youtube…using Social Media to conduct and share research is not new. Google searching “using social media for research” yields tens of thousands of results of varying degrees of usability.With proper, targeted use, however, social media sites can be a valuable tool to the research endeavor, allowing users to connect to people…
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NIH Transition of Institutional Training and Career Development Programs to Electronic Submission
NIH Notice: NOT-OD-10-008 announces the transition of applications for Institutional Training and Institutional Career Development Programs to electronic submission through grants.gov using the SF424 (R&R) forms for due dates on or after January 25, 2010. The following programs will transition: Institutional National Research Service Awards (T32, T34, T35, T36, T90) Other Institutional Training Grants (D43,…
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NIH: Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Application Due Dates on or after January 25, 2010
NIH Notice: NOT-OD-10-016 This notice announces the availability of new application instructions and forms for both paper-based PHS 398 applications (link) and electronic SF 424 (R&R) applications (link). Summary of Changes changes to Implement the Enhancing Peer Review initiative Removal of New Investigator Checkbox Personal Data Form New and Early Stage Investigator Policies Implemented New…
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Did You Know That?
The cost of parking at Emory, whether for an employee or for a worker with temporary status, is typically considered a personal expense, and is NOT chargeable to sponsored programs? Parking is considered part of normal commuting costs and, like lunch, the employee pays. An exception is where the employee is in travel (other than…
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Clarification: Graduate Student Enrollment Fees
The following is issued as a clarification to an article that first ran in the July-August 2009 edition of the Research Administration News regarding Graduate Student Enrollment Fees: F&A should not be charged on graduate student enrollment fees when the award is Federal and should be excluded from the calculation of the Modified total Direct…
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NIH Issues Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms
(NOT-OD-10-002) Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms and Instructions that are required for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2010. The use of new forms and instructions to submit applications for NIH funding will be determined strictly by due date, not by fiscal year of funding. Applications intended for due…
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Every Proposal Needs a PI
In order for the Compass system to function properly, every proposal and award in the Compass system needs to have a single PI identified. If your proposal is for an individual fellowship, the fellow who will be named on the award should be listed as the PI. The fellow’s sponsor should be listed with a…
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New Reporting Requirement for Training Grants
Effective 10/01/09, for graduate students who have been supported by NIH training awards (D43, TU2, T32, T37, T90, U2R, and U52/TL1), institutions must annually report the following information: The percentage of students admitted for study who successfully obtain a doctoral degree The average time for such students between the beginning of graduate study and the…
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Who to Contact: Navigating the Compass Maze
Confused? Puzzled? Perplexed? Baffled? Bewildered? Driven witless? Can any of the aforementioned adjectives be used to describe you? If so, keep reading. Scene: you have a question and don’t know who to call. Do you: Ask your colleague? Call/email the Compass help desk? Call/email your OSP/OGCA representative? All of the above? There are numerous resources…