Some of you may have been wondering where the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 benefit rates are and why they haven’t been published yet.
Coming into a new budget year for the state always causes a delay in receiving the healthcare premium. There are also some other central office decisions still in process which require more collaboration than in previous years.
OF INTEREST TO TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTING RESEARCH GROUPS WHO USE OR GENERATE CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION (CUI) OR OTHER SENSITIVE DATA/INFORMATION
Join the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer for an Information Security Briefing on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
This month's topic:
"The UW Data Collaborative: A restricted data enclave built with a mix of UW-IT services and unit level infrastructure."
Presented by:
Matt Weatherford, Computing Core Director, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
Description:
CORE is very pleased to announce this new two-part course consisting of an online prerequisite which offers a high level overview of the basic policies and requirements for sponsored project budgets, and a follow-up hands-on workshop where participants will practice developing budgets in given scenarios.
Introduction to Sponsored Project Budgets (online). Registration for the online class is required. You will receive a link to the online class upon registration.
Following our April 2019 MRAM presentations on Foreign Influence: Increased Scrutiny of Foreign Interests and Sponsor Response to Foreign Influence Concerns, we have more guidance and resources to share.
This information is also published on the Research website along with other relevant guidance previously communicated. See Disclosing Foreign Interests and Sponsored Programs.
The GCA Forum (formerly known as the GCA Brown Bag) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 from 11 AM to noon in Foege Room N130-A.
Topics for discussion include:
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
The Grant Analyst Group
Grant & Contract Accounting
The Office of Research is pleased to announce the updated Faculty Grants Management Online Refresher. As you know, Principal investigators (PIs) must participate in a Faculty Grants Management (FGM) workshop when they have active grants that are funded by an external sponsor. They are also required to take a refresher course every four years – the new online course meets that requirement. This forty-five minute module-based course is designed to give a brief overview of research compliance and to highlight recent changes in research administration and policy.
Beginning around April 20th (date not specified), DOD notice of funding opportunities (NFO) for research and research training will include a requirement for current support documentation from all key personnel at the proposal stage.
This info will be required whether or not the key persons efforts on the project are DOD funded:
The AAAS publishes an R&D Appropriations Dashboard that will be of broad interest to the research community:
If you support a PI who has submitted a SNAP eligible RPPR since Nov. 2018, please complete this RPPR Delegation Survey .
PIs who have submitted a SNAP eligible RPPR since delegation will receive a similar request. For your benefit, we have included screenshots of the PI questions within the Administrators Survey.