We have determined the following items, from a recent NIH Guide notice, to be most applicable to research administrators. Please read or forward as appropriate. Revised Budget Instructions for PAR-11-233, NICHD Continuing Education Training Programs (T15) (NOT-HD-11-025) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Summary: This notice corrects an error in

We have determined the following items, from a recent NIH Guide notice, to be most applicable to faculty and researchers. Please read or forward as appropriate. * NIA Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Policies Regarding Investigator-Initiated Applications for Large Clinical Trials (NOT-AG-11-009) National Institute on Aging. This notice states, in summary, that NIA will

Dear Colleagues: The University of California’s 2010 OMB Circular A-133 audit report included an audit finding that deemed UCI’s ARRA reporting methodology non-compliant with federal requirements. As a result, UCI has revised its reporting methodology and will implement these revisions in time for the October 1st ARRA reporting period. On September 22, from 9:30am –

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