March MRAM Q&A Follow Up

Greetings Colleagues, 

The March 11th, 2021 MRAM materials are published for your review.  Q&A from our session are included here for reference and will be available with the other meeting materials shortly. 

Advance Budget Project Update

Q: Does the preparer need the Advance Approver role?
A: Advance Preparers do not need to have the Advance Reviewer ASTRA role. Someone can prepare an Advance Request as long as they have any ASTRA role granting access to SAGE, and have edit access to the related eGC1. There’s nothing preventing Preparers from having the Advance Reviewer role however if the unit determines that’s appropriate.

Questions? 
email carlsc@uw.edu

NIH Fellowship Allowances

Q: For the childcare allowance- is it for T awards, F awards, both or neither?
A: The allowance is for Fellowship awards (F), not Training Grants (T).

Questions?
email gcafco@uw.edu

Outside Work

Q: If I do volunteer work, do i need to file?
A: Volunteer work generally does not require outside work approval, however, if you receive something of value (meal, travel reimbursement, etc) you may want to consider submitting a request to be on the safe side.

Q: How long does it take to get a 1460 approval?
A: It depends on the nature and scope of the activities. For the most part Forms received by the Office of Research are returned in 2-3 business days.

Q; I don't understand when this form has to be filled?
A: The Form 1460 is required for Faculty, Librarians, and other Academic Personnel who engage in outside work – this informational page may help to answer additional questions.

Q: At what point are new 1460s reviewed against FIDS disclosures? Is that something that needs to be requested along the approval route?
A: It depends, not all outside work results in a Significant Financial Interest (SFI) which are disclosed in FIDS. And not all SFI require FIDS disclosures. Activities that involve SFI, research, and/or engagement with foreign entities or governments are those that are most often cross verified.

Questions?
email work1460@uw.edu

CORE Update

Q: Could the CORE Certificate in Research Administration be included in the training that is tracked within MyResearch?
A: This is not on the road map. However there is hope that one day we might have a centralized “Learning Management System” that could track all staff training across the various departments on a single record so staff can more easily view the training they have completed.

Questions? 
email corehelp@uw.edu

Thank you,
MRAM

March MRAM Material