Category: Announcements
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Tamara Hill Selected to Receive an NCURA GLOBAL Fellowship
Tamara Hill is the Sr. Director for the Cancer & Imaging RAS. She is one of two individuals who have been selected nationally to participate in the 2017 NCURA Global Fellowship Program. The NCURA Global Fellowship program is a joint initiative between NCURA and other research administration societies. The Fellowship program has two underlying objectives:…
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Upcoming Human Research Community Event & Guidance on Data Sharing Certifications
Emory Co-Sponsoring a Human Research Community Forum – Augusta GA, July 18-19, 2017: Convenient human subjects research education! Emory joins Augusta University and DHHS’ Office for Human Research Protection, to host a Research Community Forum called “Navigating a River of Change: Bringing Research Up to Par.” The event takes place in Augusta, GA, July 18-19,…
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2017 NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration
The National Institutes of Health is hosting the 2017 Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration in New Orleans on May 3-5 and in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 25-27, 2017. These seminars offer a comprehensive program including such topics as fundamentals of the NIH, compliance, peer review, grant writing for success, pre-award and post-award issues for administrators and investigators, animal…
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Significant Emory HIPAA Policy Changes: Effective September 1, 2016
As previously announced, significant Emory HIPAA policy changes were to be effective pending changes to the HIPAA sections of our electronic IRB submission system. The testing is concluded, and the effective date of the updated HIPAA policy will be September 1, 2016. All studies created on or after this date will fall under the updated…
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NSF Implementation of the Department of Labor’s new FLSA Final Overtime Rule
As we have announced previously, the Department of Labor has revised the Fair Labor Standards Act to update rules related to overtime pay. These new rules raise the threshold for requiring overtime pay to $47,476, effective December 1, 2016. These changes may have impact on staff working on federally-funded research grants, including postdoctoral researchers. NIH…
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NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
Notices Revised NIH Parental Leave Policy for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NOT-OD-16-105) National Institutes of Health Revised: Notice of Reissuance of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30) (NOT-OD-16-107) National Institutes of Health Findings of Research Misconduct (NOT-OD-16-111) National Institutes of…
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GBP Requires License Renewal by June 30, 2016 for Animal Research Using Controlled Substances and Dangerous Drugs
2016 is the renewal year for all persons holding a Researcher Pharmacy registration from the Georgia Board of Pharmacy (GBP Researcher). GBP Researcher registrations expire on June 30 of even numbered years. You must maintain active status of your registration to lawfully possess Dangerous Drugs or Controlled Substances obtained using this registration. Renew prior to…
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Change to RAS Satisfaction Survey Process
RAS Central Operations launched faculty satisfaction surveys for pre and post award services provided by their home RAS unit in March of 2014. During the subsequent two years, surveys were distributed monthly and bi-annually for pre and post award activities, respectively. Despite numerous adjustments to the process we continue to experience multiple challenges including: low…