Contract and Grant News

Dear Colleagues: As announced at the August 31st QRAM, the Subrecipient Commitment Form will be mandatory for all subaward proposals submitted to Sponsored Projects on or after October 1, 2011. This form should be included in the subaward proposal packet that is submitted to Sponsored Projects for review with the prime proposal submission. We recommend […]

Dear Colleagues: We are happy that so many of you were able to attend our August 31st Quality Research Administration Meeting. We’ve updated our website with the slides and handouts from the QRAM. They are listed at the top of the Office of Research Administration Education page under Recent Presentations: http://www.research.uci.edu/ora/train/. We look forward to

Dear Colleagues, The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced changes to the procedures for the submission and review of regular research proposals to the core programs within the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB), Division of Environmental Biology (DEB), and Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Effective

The University of California Office of the President recently alerted campuses that the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) is encouraging UC researchers to circumvent UC policy by routing proposals to FAMRI and awards from FAMRI through outside fiscal agents. Please remember that UC policy requires employees who receive any part of their salary through

Forwarded from NIH Listserv. Please note description of upcoming changes to eRA Commons interface, mandated use of Commons for no-cost extensions and plans for Research Performance Progress Reports. Happy Monday, -Greg ———– NIH eRA Commons Items of Interest – August 29, 2011 Good morning everyone, and good riddance to Irene! We are open for business

We have determined the following items, from a recent NIH Guide notice, to be most applicable to administrators. Please read or forward as appropriate. * Clarification of Instructions for the Review of Renewal Applications for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (Parent T32 and T35) (NOT-OD-11-110) National Institutes of

Please join us for the Quality Research Administration Meeting on Wednesday, August 31st at 1:15 pm at the UCI Student Center in Balboa Island A The agenda is as follows: 1:15 – 1:30 Meet and Greet 1:30 – 3:30 Sponsored Projects Administration Update and Reminders The Federal Budget Crisis and its Effect on Federal Awards

UCI Faculty and Researchers – Two important notices from the NIH follow: (NOT-OD-11-100) This Notice revises instructions for the inclusion of appendix materials in Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant applications. (NOT-OD-11-101) This Notice clarifies NIH policy for handling the resubmission (A1 version) of a New, Renewal, or Revision

National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 5th Annual Pre-Award Research Administration Conference July 24–26, 2011 Palmer House Hilton Chicago, IL Check out the final program and register today! 53rd Annual Meeting November 6-9, 2011 Washington Hilton Hotel Washington, DC This year’s Annual Meeting – “Do It Live, Do It Now –

Dear Colleagues, UCI’s indirect cost rate agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) has been renewed. The rate agreement contains new indirect cost (Facilities and Administrative, F&A) rates for on-campus research projects for the period July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2016. The new rates can be found in the attached agreement