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SPO Proposal Submission Schedule for the University’s Winter Break 12/24/18-01/01/19

December 5, 2018
Greetings School of Medicine Colleagues: The University will be closed December 24, 2018 – January 1, 2019 for the Winter Break therefore, the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) will not be available to review/submit proposals during this time. Considering the approaching Winter Break, please be mindful of the standard operating procedure...

NIH Grants Policy Statement has been updated – October 2018

October 17, 2018
NIH Grants Policy Statement has been updated – October 2018 This update applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2018. Online version of the October 2018 NIH Grants Policy Statement. NIH states that users are strongly encouraged to use the...

eRA Commons Information: Delegation Now Available in HSS

September 13, 2018
eRA Information: Focused Notifications, Delegation Now Available in HSS Thursday, September 13, 2018 As a result of a software release for the Human Subjects System (HSS) and ASSIST on Wednesday, September 12, the following features and updates have been added. Human Subject System (HSS) Focused Notifications Responding to feedback from...

has published updated Fringe Benefit rates

August 3, 2018
Fiscal Year 2019 Rates for Sponsored Projects The fringe benefits and health insurance rates for sponsored projects have been set for the 2019 fiscal year. Refer to the published rate schedules to appropriately determine personnel benefits in proposals. Note that the budget template on the SPO website has been updated...

eRA Enhancements: New Features for HSS To Be Released August 1

July 30, 2018
A new release of the Human Subjects System (HSS) will be made available on August 1, 2018. The new release will include the following features and functionality: When a grantee initiates a migrated study, if the Clinical Trial flag on the migrated Inclusion Data Record (IDR) was “No” Question 1.4.a...

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”...