Archives: Announcements

Unplanned Outage – Multiple Systems Down

Published July 19, 2024, via Research News Dear Research Community, One of WashU’s cybersecurity vendors, CrowdStrike, pushed out an update last night. This software update caused a global outage affecting multiple WashU and BJC services and applications, as well as many other CrowdStrike customers. Please be aware that lab and radiology orders may not go through […]

Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) Monday.com Updates

Published July 17, 2024, via Research News As part of the Monday.com implementation project, SPA is continuing to roll out new processes to streamline workflows and provide insight into processing. First Time NCEs for NIH Now Submitted through Online FormFirst time No Cost Extension (NCE) requests for NIH are now submitted through the same online form […]

Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Summer Update

Published July 16, 2024, via Research News EPA Establishes New Rules to Govern Methylene Chloride Use in Labs under TSCA In April 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule regulating methylene chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The TSCA methylene chloride rule prohibits most consumer and commercial uses of methylene chloride; however, will […]

NSF: Six New Product Types Now Available in the NSF-PAR

Published July 8, 2024, via Research News NSF recently announced the following information. Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) enabled six new product types in the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR): audiovisual, data paper, educational aid and curriculum, posted content, software, and sound. The NSF-PAR search and filter feature has been updated […]

Reminder: Updates to HRPO fee schedule Effective 7/1/2024

Published June 19, 2024, via Research News This is a reminder that the Human Research Protection Office has made updates to the fee schedule effective 7/1/2024. A request for a non-human determination when the activities are funded by a for-profit entity will now incur a fee. Exception requests are considered modifications and will incur a modification […]

Revised Institutional Conflict of Interest Policy

Published June 10, 2024, via Research News A set of recommendations for updating the Institutional Conflict of Interest Policy (“ICOI Policy”), developed by an advisory committee in conjunction with the ICOI Committee (ICOIC), have been approved by the Chancellor. The overarching purpose of these changes is to align Washington University’s policy with peer institutions, and implement […]

Update to Washington University IRB Policies

Published May 21, 2024, via Research News The Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) has updated the Washington University IRB Policies document. The updated policies went into effect on May 10, 2024. A summary of changes is available on the HRPO website. The update includes new information about reporting requirements for exempt research, IRB membership requirements, waivers […]

Proposal Certification Form (PC Form) Updates

Published May 17, 2024, via Research News Recent updates were made to the RMS Proposal Certification Form (PC Form) certification process as described below.   For applications to all agencies: To comply with New Foreign Talent Program Guidelines and the NSF Revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) the following updates were made. For applications to Department of […]