Archives: Announcements

Published November 4, 2024, via Research News A new form to submit invoice requests for Award Groups Fixed Fee, Fixed Price and Hybrid* awards to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) is now available on the Financial Services Forms webpage. Requests to process invoices can only be submitted after required milestones or deliverables (e.g. patient enrollment, progress reports) have […]

Published October 31, 2024, via Research News Earlier this year, Washington University Libraries and Bernard Becker Medical Library signed a four-year (2024 – 2027) transformative Open Access agreement with Elsevier that provides access to additional journal content, makes it free to read and share, and offers WashU authors waivers and discounts for Open Access publishing. Under […]

Published October 17, 2024, via Research News NSF announced the following information. Dear Colleagues:  The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) issued Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 25-011) to notify the research community about the mandatory use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for Research.gov sign-in effective on Sunday, October 27, 2024. All external users must first complete a one-time […]

Published October 17, 2024, via Research News The Office of Sponsored Research Services and Sponsored Projects Accounting would like to inform you that, effective immediately, Krystina Gross – Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance & Sponsored Projects (kgross@wustl.edu / 314-935-2073) should be listed on all grant applications when a Financial or Fiscal Officer contact is requested. Noted […]

Published October 11, 2024, via Research News Effective October 1, 2024 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provides guidance to federal sponsoring agencies on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards. This guidance is referred to as the Uniform Guidance (UG) and may be found in the federal register under 2 CFR […]

Published October 9, 2024, via Research News 3 new reports are available for Research Administrators. RPT7511, is a monthly expense outline for a grant. This report will show all months of a grant from the start of a project. If you expand on salaries, the report will display all individuals that were paid from the grant […]

Published October 8, 2024, via Research News NIH recently released the following two notices and updated the NIH RPPR Instruction Guide.   Please share this information with all faculty and staff who may need this information. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Research Services.

Published September 25, 2024, via Research News The National Research Administrator Day is September 25. Please join me in showing thanks and appreciation for the diligent and dedicated efforts of the many highly specialized research administrators at WashU. Research administrators play a critical role in WashU’s research enterprise. They support research at pre- and post-award stages, […]

Published September 23, 2024, via Research News The Research, Education & Information (REI) team has developed the following resources to share with you. We hope you find these useful! Questions?Contact Research Education & Information at rei@wusm.wustl.edu.

The STAR Program has scheduled the next dates for Post-Award RA Bootcamp! The Bootcamp programs provide intensive training covering a variety of research administration processes, focusing on topics that are applicable university-wide. The “core” program takes place over 4 days: November 4, 7, 12, & 14, 2024 (from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.) via Zoom. […]