Category Archives: Announcements

Overruns and Over-the-Limit Transactions

February 13, 2018

The Payment Management System (PMS) is a secure, online grants payment platform, which provides awarding agency and grant recipient customers with efficient grant and grant-like payments, cash management, and personal grant accounting, support services. PMS is widely used by NIH for most awards administered by NIH. PMS supports the entire financial assistance payment process for […]

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Is it an Unliquidated or Unobligated Training Grant?

February 13, 2018

Unliquidated vs. Unobligated, Training Grants A NIH Training grant is awarded to eligible institutions “to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution, who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research” (NIH Grants Policy Statement).  Training grants are commonly referenced by the acronym NRSA = […]

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NIH ALERT: New NIH Submission Requirements Effective January 25, 2018

January 2, 2018

To all Investigators proposing human subjects research to the NIH, For NIH submissions with due dates on or after January 25, 2018, it is imperative to make an accurate determination of whether your study meets the NIH definition of a clinical trial.  The NIH has broadly defined a “clinical trial” resulting in stringent requirements—some are […]

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Welcome Robin Ruthenborg to EHSO

December 1, 2017

Welcome Robin Ruthenborg! Please welcome Robin Ruthenborg to the EHSO Research Safety team as an EHS Professional III. Robin received a B.S. in Molecular Biology in 2013 and an M.S. in Biotechnology in 2014 from The University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to returning to school and earning her graduate degree, she worked for a […]

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NIH has Revised the Guidance for Submitting Project Outcomes in F-RPPRS and I-RPPRS (FRAMs and IRAMs)

December 1, 2017

NOTICE from NIH:  As most investigators will know, NIH Progress Reports, both the F-RPPR and I-RPPR, include a section for Project Outcomes, Section I – Outcomes. It is NIH’s intent that the information provided in the Project Outcomes section will be made publicly available. Therefore, investigators should avoid including overly scientific language or technical terminology […]

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Changes in IACUC Leadership

December 1, 2017

We are pleased to announce that, effective November 1, 2017, Dr. David Martin has been appointed as Director of the IACUC Office.  As many of you know, David has served as Associate Director since February of 2014.  Dr. Larry Iten is moving into a role of managing the transfer of IACUC protocols to the new […]

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Changes in OSP Leadership

December 1, 2017

Kerry Peluso will be leaving Emory and has accepted a position at Florida State University and her last day at Emory will be December 8th.  Kerry will be working for FSU’s Vice President for Research in a key role overseeing both pre- and post-award offices as well as serving as the Treasurer of the FSU […]

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Important News About NIH-Funded Human Subjects Research

November 1, 2017

NIH Policy for NIH-Funded Human Subjects Research Effective October 1, 2017, all new and ongoing NIH-funded research meeting certain criteria is deemed to be issued a Certificate of Confidentiality (CoC) via a new NIH policy. This policy results from a directive in the 21st Century Cures Act. For more information about the change in policy, please see this notice. Previously, researchers […]

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Upcoming NCURA Webinar

November 1, 2017

Please look at the table below to find the webinar’s topic, location, ELMS class code, date and time. Register as soon as possible on ELMS.      

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RAE Foundation Classes Offered in May and July

November 1, 2017

Two RAE Foundations Classes (3-day) will be offered on the following dates in May and July: May: Day 1 – Monday, May 21, 2018 Day 2 – Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Day 3 – Wednesday, May, 30, 2018 The class code for May’s RAE is 236180-13359. July:  Day 1 – Tuesday, July 3, 2018 Day […]

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