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FYI – Guide Notice Reminders – Other Support – Financial Conflicts of Interest – Foreign Components

July 10, 2019
FYI – Guide Notice Reminders of NIH Policies on Other Support and on Policies related to Financial Conflicts of Interest and Foreign Components If you or your team has ANY involvement with a Foreign Component you must be aware of this information. Just FYI – a Guide Notice about NIH’s...

NIH Guidance: Rigor and Reproducibility in Grant Applications

June 3, 2019
How to address rigor and reproducibility in your grant application and discover what reviewers are looking for as they evaluate the application for scientific merit. Continue reading about NIH specific Guidance: Rigor and Reproducibility in Grant Applications Overview of Guidelines for Rigor in Your Application Enhancing Reproducibility in NIH Applications:...

Guidance – Foreign Influence and University Research

May 24, 2019
FROM: Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson SUBJECT: Concerns regarding inappropriate foreign influence and university research DATE: May 2, 2019 Continue reading the guidance provided by Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson

$192,300 NIH Releases New Salary Cap for FY19

April 18, 2019
Updated Salary Cap for Grants and Cooperative Agreements Effective January 6, 2019, the salary cap for Executive Level II is $192,300. Per the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice NOT-OD-19-099, the Office of Personnel Management has recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 6, 2019,...

eRA Commons Upgrades for Validations and Messages for RPPR Have Been Rescheduled for March 4

March 1, 2019
eRA Update The upgrades to eRA Commons for new validations and message in the Human Subjects System (HSS) when submitting Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) have been rescheduled for Monday, March 4, 2019. eRA Information: New Validations and Messages for RPPR Monday, February 25, 2019 Upgrades to be deployed to...

Dedication and Effort of Research Administrators Recognized !

February 22, 2019
In case you missed the February 21 Vital Signs Issue. This article is a very interesting and exciting as it shows real results of all the hard work and dedication of the UNC SOM Research Administrators. UNC School of Medicine departments rank high in 2018 NIH funding report All six...