Dear Research Administrators,

We wanted to take a moment to remind you about an upcoming training opportunity. Please see below for session details and how to register.

NCURA Live Webinar - Avoid “Returned without Review….” An In-depth Look at Agency RFPs

Date/Time/Location: June 3rd, 2021 / 2:00pm-3:30pm / Live Virtual Webinar

Description: Successful proposal submission requires research administrators at both the central and departmental levels to have a solid understanding of sponsor guidelines. Efforts to minimize...

In response to the NIH's new requirement that, starting in 2023, all proposals must include a Data Management Plan (DMP), the Harvard DMP Working Group has developed a template to help researchers create compliant DMPs for their projects – whether sponsored or unfunded. Using the Harvard Library’s DMPTool, researchers can access sponsor-specific templates (federal and non-federal), general templates, example answers, and guiding resources...

Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement

The revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) was released on April 20, 2021, via NOT-OD-21-107. The GPS provides up-to-date guidance and serves as standard terms and conditions for grants and cooperative agreements. This revision applies to agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2020, and supersedes the December 2019 GPS. To review current and past NIHGPS, please review the...

A new tool, called GL-PCR (or PCR, short for General Ledger Payroll Cost Redistribution) was created inside of Oracle to support the Payroll Flux Reporting. Effective for FY22, July 1, 2021,  this new tool will replace all standard journal entries that were historically done either manually or through ADI for salary transactions. In this tool, as payroll adjustments are made, it will pull all the details from the original transactions in the data warehouse and attach the adjustment  to the original transaction(s).  

Introductory...