Archives: Announcements

Published January 11, 2022 The original first effort reporting cycle in Workday was issued on December 22, 2021. Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) has received feedback from several academic units that they would benefit from some additional time to process PAAs. Accordingly, the effort reporting schedule has been modified to accommodate that request (see below). Any other changes […]

Published January 7, 2022 Guidance for Research Laboratories During Current COVID-19 Surge As the number of new SARS Co-V 2 cases are at an all-time high in our community, it is more important than ever to follow mitigation procedures in the lab. At this time, the guidance already in place has not changed. The current recommendations can […]

Published December 30, 2021 We are sure you are all aware of the recent surge in COVID-19 in the St. Louis area, largely driven by the Omicron variant. We encourage you to get a booster shot (if medically appropriate) to protect yourself. Primary vaccination and booster shots against COVID-19 reduce the severity of the disease […]

Published December 22, 2021 The below dates are now outdated. Please view the current deadlines here. The first effort reporting cycle in Workday will start in in January 2022, and will cover the period of July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022, for all faculty and staff that have a portion of their salary funded […]

Published December 17, 2021 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search, Paola Cepeda, PhD, has been named Director of Postdoctoral Affairs in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, effective January 4, 2022. Paola currently serves as the Program Manager for Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development at Stony Brook […]

Published December 10, 2021 Dear Faculty and Staff, As Workday rolled out here at WashU over the summer, many activities and transactions that impacted research slowed down, in part because there was a steep learning curve to use the new system both within the departments/schools and in the central offices, in part because problems were […]

Published December 7, 2021 As previously announced, NIH’s Forms-F application package is being replaced by the new FORMS-G application package, effective for deadlines on or after January 25, 2022. The WashU Research Management System (RMS) has been updated to accommodate System To System (S2S) applications to NIH using FORMS-G, in addition to FORMS-F. Below is a […]

Published November 17, 2021 As previously announced, a permanent fix for the fringe issue related to personnel earning over the fringe cap of $200,000 and propose effort only in academic or summer months (Danforth faculty) was implemented into RMS Production today. The manual workaround and use of the Fringe Calculation Spreadsheet is no longer necessary.  This […]

Published November 8, 2021 As previously announced, the fringe calculation methodology required by Workday was implemented into RMS on July 19, 2021. At the time of implementation, RMS was not calculating fringes correctly for personnel earning over the fringe cap of $200,000 and propose effort only in academic or summer months. A manual workaround, including […]

Published October 20, 2021 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) application cycle opened September 1, 2021, and will close on November 18, 2021. Please see this procedures document for important information regarding the LRP process and obtaining approval from the Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS). The NIH Loan Repayment […]