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Announcements & Updates: January Workshops/REACH update, Research Development - Social Sciences and Humanities, NSF Data Management Plan, OSP update, RCR proposal language
5-Day Proposal Submission Policy
Hot Topic: Human Subjects Payments
Announcements & Updates:
1. Upcoming workshops:
- 1/11/2011: IACUC Approval for Sponsored Projects (NEW!)
- 1/12/2011: Overview of Sponsored Projects Administration: For people new to research administration and/or Harvard, or people wanting more information about the grant lifecycle, compliance, and the sponsored projects landscape at Harvard.
- 1/18/2011: Spending Sponsored Funds II: Case Studies
- 1/26/2011: NCURA Region One Workshop: Current Topics in Research Administration
- 2/1/2011: Cost Transfers (New!)
2. REACH update (Karen Woodward Massey)
54 REACH Foundations applications so far, including 18 from FAS.
3. Research Development Report, Social Sciences and Humanities (Kathryn Coughlin)
Representatives from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will be coming to Harvard on January 27th in the afternoon. If you know of any faculty members who want to partner with humanists, please contact Kathryn Coughlin at coughlin@fas.harvard.edu for more information.
4. NSF Data Management Plan (Susan Gomes)
- New NSF Data Management Plan Requirement for all NSF proposals on or after January 18th. For advice and guidance on what to include in the plan, including directorate-specific guidance, please click here.
- Webinar on Preparing a Data Management Plan for Social Science Researchers
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is hosting a free webinar called "Guidance on Preparing a Data Management Plan."
• ICPSR’s Data Management Plan Website
***Please note that the webinar date is in January, not December.***
DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday, January 12 from 12noon - 1pm EST.
This webinar is offered at no cost and will focus on developing plans for social science research.
Topics to be covered include:
• Suggested Elements of a Data Management Plan
• Example Data Management Plan Language
• Designating ICPSR as an Archive in a Data Management Plan
• Additional Resources for a Preparing Your Data Management Plan
To sign up for the webinar, go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/703523019
5. OSP Update (Helia Morris and Tiffany Blackman)
- GMAS Rollout Implementation Plan (GRIP) subcommittee is organizing an info session and demo of the new electronic process for UPAS forms and At-Risk Accounts in GMAS. Info/demo sessions will be at 2pm on Thursday, January 27th and Thursday, February 10th in the Lamont Library Forum Room. For more information, please contact Sheila Doyle at sedoyle@fas.harvard.edu.
- NIH and NSF updates:
- NIH sent a notice to say that we have to use X-Train as of January 1, 2011, to do all terminations and statements of appointment for T institutional training grants as well as for F31s and F32s. Please contact your OSP representative if you need help or if you have to set up accounts for trainees.
- NSF has a new grants.gov user guide. Always refer back to your program announcement -- sometimes they allow you to use grants.gov, but sometimes they require the use of FastLane. Use the "Proposal FastLane Update" feature to fix errors.
- NIH, as of 1/25/2011, is getting rid of the two-day correction window for errors in grants.gov submissions, so now the 5pm deadline will be hardcore, meaning all fixes will be due before 5pm on the proposal due date.
6. RCR Proposal Language (Pat Fitzgerald)
Mark Barnes, HU Chief Compliance Officer, spoke at the December 16th NCURA RADG meeting about NIH and NSF requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training. To fulfill these requirements, there will be a new RCR course offered in Cambridge starting in March, 2011, taught by Mark and by Dr. Delia Wolf, Director of the School of Public Health Office of Human Research Administration. The requirement for RCR training includes undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who receive salary support from NIH or NSF grants. Additional information about RCR can be found here, including a description of the new RCR course that can be included in NIH proposals.
New Overhead Rates
Alan Long, FAS RAS -- Assistant Dean for Research Finances & Systems
Please click here for the December 2010 letter from Dean Michael Smith to the FAS faculty members announcing the new rates. New Facilities and Administration (F&A) rates for the University Area for fiscal years 2011-2015 have been negotiated recently with DHHS, with an official rate agreement date of 12/20/2010. See the RAS Home Page or the Dean's Approval Form for a list of the new rates. These new rates will be posted on the OSP website soon.
Cost Sharing Policy
Alan Long, FAS RAS -- Assistant Dean for Research Finances & Systems
Please click on the links below for:
- new cost sharing policy (we are already adhering to the new policy in the FAS, but the official release date will be 3/1/2011)
- cost sharing FAQs
- cost sharing procedures document
- new cost sharing form (now a single form for the whole University)
- cost sharing calculator for indirect costs
- breakdown of a Harvard dollar FY10
5-day Proposal Submission Policy
Pat Fitzgerald, FAS RAS -- Associate Dean for Research Administration
Cathy Gorodentsev, Director, Office for Sponsored Programs
The new five-day policy will be effective February 1, 2011, and we will be communicating that shortly to faculty members, both in face-to-face meetings and via a memo from Mark Barnes and Cathy Gorodentsev. The main message is that full and complete proposals will be due at the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) and at Research Administration Services (RAS) five business days prior to the proposal submission due date.
Hot Topic: Human Subjects Payments
Dean Gallant, FAS RAS -- Assistant Dean for Research Policy and Administration
Andrea Sexton, Associate Director of Global Business Compliance
Marc Willis, UFS Customer Relations Manager
- A revised human subject payment form goes live January 1st, 2011
- New 15-page policy discusses payments of $100 and under and payments of over $100
- Human Subjects Payments Policy Decision Tree
- Human Subjects Training
