Emory Research Administration News

Category: RCRA

  • Mandatory Research Security Training Requirement – Effective December 1, 2025

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    Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA To align with evolving federal agency requirements, Emory implemented a mandatory Research Security (RS) training on December 1, 2025. This initiative is in accordance with federal mandates and will coincide with the Annual Certification Cycle, which runs from December 1, 2025, through February 29, 2026. This training is a key component of…

  • Mandatory Research Security Training Requirement – Effective November 1, 2025

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    Dear Faculty, We are writing to inform you of a new mandatory Research Security (RS) training requirement that was implemented at Emory on November 1, 2025, in alignment with federal mandates. Why is this training required? This training is mandated by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and NSPM-33, and is increasingly being included…

  • Approved Research Policy Updates (September 2025)

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    Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA Effort Reporting Effort reporting at Emory ensures that salary charges to federally sponsored projects accurately reflect actual work performed. Certification is required semi-annually via the Effort Reporting System (ERS). Reports must be pre-reviewed by a department representative and certified by someone with direct knowledge of the work. Escalation Process: If effort…

  • Coming in May 2025: Investigators Must Use SciENcv To Format NIH and NSF Personnel Documents

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    Authors: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, (RCRA) & Kimberly Eck, Sr. AVP, (SVPR) SciENcv is an application in My NCBI that helps you create and manage documents in support of grant applications with participating agencies. In SciENcv you can document your education, employment, research activities, publications, honors, research grants, and other professional contributions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/ For NIH: Biosketches…

  • Emory International Travel Loaner Laptop Program

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    Authors: Evelyn Sedlack, Project Manager I, OIT; Jay Flanagan, Director, OIT; David Sundvall, Assistant Director, RCRA International travel poses security risks to research data stored on computers and mobile devices. To mitigate these risks, Emory University has established the International Travel Loaner Devices Program, which provides loaner laptops for travelers giving priority for travel to…

  • RCRA Minimizing Administrative Burden While Maintaining Compliance

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    Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA Minimizing administrative burden in research while ensuring compliance with regulations is a critical challenge for research compliance teams. Here are a few strategies from the Emory Research Compliance & Regulatory Affairs (RCRA) team to achieve this balance:  Operationalizing streamlined processes, efficient communications to relevant stakeholders early and often, striving for an approach to…

  • Research Compliance News and Updates (January 2024)

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    By Deepika Bhatia, Associate Vice President, RCRA Research Compliance News and Updates from Your Research Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Team For ongoing updates on new policies and research regulatory topics, join us on the third Thursday of every month to Ask RCRA! Here’s our quarterly newsletter with news you can use –  https://rcra.emory.edu/_includes/documents/newsletter-docs/october-2023-rcra-newsletter.pdf We are…

  • HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM)

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    In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released in October 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposed to revise the Public Health Service (PHS) Policies on Research Misconduct. The proposed revisions are based on the…

  • NIH Workplace Conduct Requirements

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    NIH supports safe and respectful work environments that are free from harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, or other forms of inappropriate conduct that can result in a hostile work environment. Learn who to contact with questions or concerns, and what NIH’s expectations are for institutions and the individuals supported on NIH-funded awards.  In accordance with…

  • ORCiD IDs @ Emory

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    ORCID iDs–or Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers–are unique identifiers that you can use to ensure you are always correctly associated with and connected to your academic work. The iDs help Emory staff, funders, publishers, scholarly societies, and other researchers quickly find and distinguish your work from materials created by other researchers with similar names. ORCID iDs are being used increasingly by…