A new release of the Human Subjects System (HSS) will be made available on August 1, 2018. The new release will include the following features and functionality: When a grantee initiates a migrated study, if the Clinical Trial flag on the migrated Inclusion Data Record (IDR) was “No” Question 1.4.a – will be set to … Read more

New RAMSeS Enhancement rolled out 06/22/2018 In the RAMSeS IPF, four questions have been added to the Human Subjects section of the Research Subjects screen that are required if the project involves Human Subjects research. The four YES / No questions are … Does the research include “human subjects research” as defined by federal regulations, … Read more

Transition from Inclusion Management System to New Human Subjects System (HSS) as of June 9, 2018 As of June 9, Principal Investigators and Signing Officials will no longer see “Inclusion” links as an action option, but instead will see “Human Subjects” links on both the Status Search screens and in section G.4.b of the Research … Read more

The top two cost share challenges seen by the Sponsored Programs Office are … Including the Health insurance component in the Cost Share calculation. The Health insurance component calculation is prorated to Percent of Effort. All of the Health insurance component amount is collected when calculating the Salary within the Salary Cap. Cost Share is … Read more

New Fringe Benefits Rates Announced The Office of Sponsored Research has released the updated Fringe Benefits Rates Memorandum dated 03/26/2018  The Sponsored Programs Office Budget Template Workbook has been updated with the new rates. Have your files been updated ?

UNC will now allow applications to be submitted with the new NIH Salary Cap of $189,600 Effective January 7, 2018, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $189,600. Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2018 Notice Number: NOT-OD-18-137 Release Date: March 7, 2018 At this time, NIH has not received … Read more