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Announcements & Updates: Personnel updates, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course, GMAS/CREW updates, GRIP update, Research Administrators' Networking Group (RANG), OSP updates, Research Development updates, Education update, New Post Doctorate Director, Faculty Effort Certification update
University A-133 Audit Findings for 2010
Proposal Submission Policy Update/Discussion: How Did the First Round Go?
Fellowship Terminations for X-Train
Harvard "Connections" and Other Online Networking
Announcements & Updates:
1. FAS Personnel Updates: Please welcome our new RAS Friday attendees from OSP, FAS, and SEAS:
- Nadija Mujagic (SEAS) -- Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
- Victoria Chen (OSP) -- Financial Manager (Life Science Team)
- Michelle Monestime (CMES) -- Financial Associate
- Samantha Schwartz (RAS) -- ARRA Project Specialist
- Kathy Zuccala (CCB) -- Senior Sponsored Research Administrator
2. Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course
The RCR training requirements are different for NIH than for NSF. NIH requires in-person RCR training, and a course will be available starting in March (taught by Mark Barnes and Delia Wolf) to satisfy the NIH in-person training requirement. For more information, please see handout. NSF now requires RCR training for undergraduates or graduate students, but in-person training is not required by NSF, so the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) online course will suffice. NIH requires RCR training for training grants and NRSAs only, while NSF requires RCR training for any NSF award. Please see the RCR section of the RAS website for further information.
3. GMAS/CREW updates
There will be a GMAS release available March 14th, and part of the new functionality will be a dashboard that will allow you to see sponsor notices for which an Action Memo has not yet been issued.
4. GMAS Rollout Implementation Plan (GRIP) update
A HURON consultant (Julie Kristian) has been hired to manage the GMAS Rollout to FAS departments. Julie worked with the Harvard School of Public Health to roll out GMAS during the Research Transformation Project (RTP) at that school. Three FAS departments (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and the Harvard Forest) have been selected to be GMAS pilot departments during this next phase of the GMAS rollout. For questions on the FAS GMAS rollout, please email grip-help@harvard.edu.
5. Research Administrators' Networking Group (RANG)
Please join us for the kickoff event of this brand-new networking group for research administrators!
When: March 1, 2011, 11:45am - 12:30pm
Where: LISE building (11 Oxford Street), 3rd floor lounge area
Desserts will be provided. Bring a lunch or purchase one at Buckminster's Cafe on the 1st floor of LISE
Please click here for the RANG iSite (for more information and to sign up)
6. OSP updates
Please see the OSP website for:
a. Guidelines for Federal Sponsored Expenditures
b. Cost Sharing Policy (effective March 1, 2011)
c. Consulting or Related Services Agreements Contracted through Harvard that Involve University Faculty and/or Professional Staff
d. Policy on Publication
Enhanced Monitoring Pilot - OSP will be reaching out to departments for help with streamlining reviews of federal grants.
7. Research Development
Call for Nominations for the 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards is open. The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2011. The Prince of Asturias Awards are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities and/or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. Nominators are asked to kindly send the names of their nominees to Kathryn M. Coughlin (Social Science and Humanities divisions) at coughlin@fas.harvard.edu or to Susan Gomes (Science Division) at susan_gomes@harvard.edu.
This link provides access to an on-line form for presenting nominations, as well as to comprehensive information on the Foundation and the Prince of Asturias Awards. 2011 Prince Asturias Award Nomination Form and Guidelines
Please click here for more Research Development announcements.
8. Education update
- February 28th: First REACH Foundations cohort begins classes
- March 1st: Overview of Sponsored Projects Administration
- March 23rd: Research Administration Discussion Group (RADG) on Subrecipient Monitoring
- April 4th: First REACH Intermediate cohort begins classes
9. New Post Doctorate Director
Susan Gomes announced that Melanie Sinche is now the Director of the FAS Office for Postdoctoral Affairs. Melanie comes to Harvard from NIH, where she was a nationally-certified career counselor.
10. Faculty Effort Certification update
The data has been loaded into FASERS and is ready for departmental faculty effort coordinators to go in and enter effort commitments for FY 10 for faculty in their departments. The deadline for completion is Tuesday, March 8th, so that we leave enough time for faculty to go in and certify prior to the final deadline. Please contact Sheila Doyle or Alan Long if you have any questions about this process.
University A-133 Audit Findings for 2010
Nuala McGowan, FAS RAS -- Research Finances & Systems Specialist
Roseann Luongo, OSP -- Associate Director for Training and Compliance
Nuala and Roseann gave a thorough summary of the A-133 audit findings for fiscal year 2010. Results of the audit will be publicly available on March 3rd. Please click here to see Nuala and Roseann's handout.
Proposal Submission Policy Update/Discussion: How Did the First Round Go?
Pat Fitzgerald, FAS RAS -- Associate Dean for Research Administration
Ethlyn O'Garro, OSP -- Director, Sponsored Programs Administration
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) around the five-day rule are now posted on the OSP website. If you need to send an exception request, please include your OSP contact in the communication. Exceptions, if granted, are not granted indefinitely.
Fellowship Terminations for xTrain
Ti Tang, OSP -- Sponsored Programs Officer and Manager, Longwood Medical Area
xTRAIN is now available though NIH eRA Commons for PIs, Administrators, and Trainees to electronically process and submit the required forms for Appointment, Re-Appointment, Amendment, and Termination Notice (Termination has to be routed to the OSP Business Official for submission) online. It is mandatory as of January 1, 2011 to submit the forms electronically.
The links below are very useful to help get started:
http://rhodeislandhospital.org/research/news/docs/xTRAINReferenceGuide.pdf
http://era.nih.gov/training_career/index.cfm
http://era.nih.gov/files/xTrain_External_UG_2.22.0.0_07-02-09.pdf
xTrain job aids:
xTrain Guide to Getting Started for trainees
xTrain Appointment Validations
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Harvard "Connections" and Other Online Networking
Karen Woodward Massey, FAS RAS -- Director of Education and Outreach
Karen walked us through the steps of setting up your profile in the new "Harvard Connections Beta". Please see her handout here.
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Hot Topic of the Month
Alan Long, FAS RAS -- Assistant Dean for Research Finances and Systems
Please click here for the text of Alan's hot topic this month.
