Greetings MRAM members,
Please join us on Thursday for February’s MRAM! You will find we have a fairly short agenda this month but the topics are important and may generate some great questions. We will be remote hosting the usual webcast of MRAM.
The estimated Fiscal Year 2022 fringe benefit rates (preliminary rates) are available in the Benefit Rate Table and within SAGE budget.
The 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act increased the EL II Salary Cap Limitation increased from $197,300 to $199,300 effective January 3rd, 2021.
We highly recommend using the Full Institutional Base Salary (IBS) when calculating salary requests in proposals. Review Documenting Salary Cap on Proposal Budgets for more information.
Dear MRAM Colleagues,
Please see the communication below from Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S).
Thank you,
Kirsten DeFries
Executive Director, Research Compliance & Operations
University of Washington
206-543-2597
Greetings Colleagues,
Thank you for your patience. It has been brought to our attention that a couple of updates and a correction were needed to the Q&A in the China Telecommunications Restriction section.
A presentation on Executive Order 13950 Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping was made at the October 2020 MRAM. This Executive Order would, among other things, have prohibited the inclusion of concepts such as critical race theory, systemic racism and racial bias in diversity training programs. While UW’s position has always been to continue to engage in diversity work and to remain committed to building a more equitable community and world, it was unclear how EO 13950 might eventually affect diversity training specifically.
Members of the UW Research Community:
The Office of Research invites applications to the Spring 2021 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. Proposals are due Monday, March 1, by 5:00 PM. Awards will be announced by June 15, 2021.
Greetings Colleagues,
NSF has begun to require Research.gov for proposal preparation and submission of some funding opportunities. The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) now requires Research.gov for proposal preparation and submission in response to core programs that do not have deadline dates.
Greetings Colleagues,
On January 12th, 2021, the eRA Commons homepage login and landing screens will look a little different. These new designs will still provide links and resources but with a streamlined fresher look and feel.
Helpful NIH Resources for this Release
Greetings Colleagues,
The recording of our 12.10.2020 meeting and materials from the session are available on the December MRAM page. Q&A from the session are included here for reference.
Federal Relations Update