This is a headsup that the Office of Research has posted a set of FAQs relating to research aspects of the Governor's Stay Home, Stay Healthy directive. We are available to answer questions (see FAQ for directions for sending in your questions), and we will be updating both this document and others we have sent you this week, as appropriate.
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Greetings Colleagues,
The March MRAM presentation materials and recording are available on the March MRAM meeting page. The Q&A received during the meeting are included for your review.
Q: I am assuming that the accelerated approval via OSP will include Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) prior to approval.
Greetings Colleagues,
In accordance with the Washington State “Stay-at-Home” mandate, OSP and HSD have moved to an entirely remote work platform. Walk-in assistance at our offices in the UW Tower has been temporarily suspended.
Rest assured, during this time both OSP and HSD continue to operate during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm). We appreciate your patience during these extraordinary circumstances.
Thank you,
Office of Sponsored Programs & Human Subjects Division
Dear Colleagues,
I’m writing to provide clarity for research activities, after Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” proclamation yesterday evening. Note, this message does not apply to clinical activities, only research activities.
Dear Colleagues,
Let me start out by stating that the University is not closed. Some research is a part of the exclusions included in Governor Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy directive, and we are working on defining what that is. In accordance with this directive, we ask that the number of people working at their usual place of work be kept to a minimum.
The Provost has issued a notice prohibiting international travel, effective immediately.
This prohibition applies to all official UW travel, including international travel for UW research, whether or not the costs of the travel are being paid using University funds. International travel for UW research is prohibited, even if a researcher wishes to pay for it personally.
Greetings Colleagues,
The Office of Sponsored Programs is prioritizing COVID-19 related items to the best of our ability as they come in. We expect these volumes to increase.
To help OSP more quickly and efficiently identify and process these as they arrive, please mark COVID-19 items with " C19" at the beginning of the short title.
Thank you,
The Office of Sponsored Programs
Greetings Colleagues,
This DHHS Office of Acquisitions has issued a memo: Preparation for Potential COVID-19 Impact on Contract and Contractor Performance. It provides guidance to Federal Contracting Officers (not recipients, such as the UW) in response to COVID-19.
The memo highlights some of the flexibilities that contracting officers need to consider for DHHS contracts (as opposed to federal assistance funding such as grants).
Topics included:
On March 19th, 2020 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo ( M-20-17) relating to Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal sponsored awards.This memo lists a variety of actions and costs that Federal agencies may grant exceptions to during impacts from COVID-19.