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New RAMSeS Enhancement rolled out 06/22/2018

June 22, 2018
New RAMSeS Enhancement rolled out 06/22/2018 In the RAMSeS IPF, four questions have been added to the Human Subjects section of the Research Subjects screen that are required if the project involves Human Subjects research. The four YES / No questions are … Does the research include “human subjects research”...

NIH – Inclusion Management System (IMS) being replaced with Human Subject System (HSS).

May 23, 2018
Transition from Inclusion Management System to New Human Subjects System (HSS) as of June 9, 2018 As of June 9, Principal Investigators and Signing Officials will no longer see “Inclusion” links as an action option, but instead will see “Human Subjects” links on both the Status Search screens and in...

Cost Share – Calculator added to SPO Budget Template

May 23, 2018
The top two cost share challenges seen by the Sponsored Programs Office are … Including the Health insurance component in the Cost Share calculation. The Health insurance component calculation is prorated to Percent of Effort. All of the Health insurance component amount is collected when calculating the Salary within the...

New Fringe Benefits Rates Announced

April 2, 2018
New Fringe Benefits Rates Announced The Office of Sponsored Research has released the updated Fringe Benefits Rates Memorandum dated 03/26/2018  The Sponsored Programs Office Budget Template Workbook has been updated with the new rates. Have your files been updated ?

NIH 2018 Salary Cap now $189,600

March 16, 2018
will now allow applications to be submitted with the new NIH Salary Cap of $189,600 Effective January 7, 2018, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $189,600. Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2018 Notice Number: NOT-OD-18-137 Release Date: March 7, 2018 At this...

Delegate Authority – Final RPPR.

March 16, 2018
A recent change within eRA Commons expands the Delegate Progress Report authority to include the Final RPPR and the Interim RPPR. This change allows the Principal Investigator to receive the same departmental administrative support provided during the Annual RPPR. You may be interested to read more information about this topic...