Effective May 1, all UW personnel who work in animal care and use environments must complete at least one animal use health screenings (commonly referred to as AUMS or AHA).
eRA Commons has fixed the issues with publications for RPPRs and xTRACT.
You may now submit RPPRs that include publications
NIH Salary Cap 2019
Effective January 6, 2019, the Executive Level II salary (previously set at $189,600) was increased to $192,300. For awards issued in years that were restricted to Executive Level II including competing awards issued in FY2019, if adequate funds are available on active awards, grantees may rebudget to accommodate the most current Executive Level II salary level of $192,300. However, sponsors will not provide additional funding to cover the increase in the salary cap threshold for existing awards.
The NIH eRA communications office is continuing to have intermittent issues with the submission of RPPRS that include publications. They have also had issues with publications in xTRACT.
eRA is currently working to resolve the issue. We will send an update when more information is available.
In the meantime, we recommend you do not submit any RPPRs that include publications until this is resolved.
Thank you,
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
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.