Archives: Announcements

Published March 24, 2020 The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) is hosting another town hall for the research community. Several offices will be presenting information and available to answer questions on topics such as lab impact, continuity planning, human subjects research, animal care and use, cost allowability, and others. As each topic […]

Published March 16, 2020 Following up on this morning’s message regarding research and COVID19, and consistent with the Chancellor’s message late this afternoon, research groups should identify who is essential for their operations. We do understand that research across our university is highly variable, and each school will be working to provide guidance for their […]

Published on March 13, 2020 The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has published a website with guidance and FAQs for research operations during COVID-19. Topics include continuing human subjects research, animal care and use, submitting proposals, charging costs, travel, etc. We are monitoring this rapidly evolving situation and updating the site with new […]

Published March 9, 2020 As announced previously, the grant account set-up function and award processing have transitioned from the Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA). Here are a few helpful documents to provide clarification of functions and contacts: Award Management Functions that have transitioned from OSRS to SPA SPA Teams/Mailboxes – […]

Published March 5, 2020 NSF Announces Revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) The new PAPPG (20-1) will be effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020. Until then the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 19-1) continue to apply. Significant changes include: NSF will […]

Published March 2, 2020 Updated RMS PT & AT Statuses Used by SPA for Award Profiling  The grant account set-up function, award processing, and post award items have been transitioning from the Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) since April 2019. Noted below are some updates to that process in the […]

Published February 13, 2020 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has increased the Salary Cap to $197,300 (Executive Level II). This new cap rate has an effective date of January 5, 2020, and it applies to competing and non-competing awards. Find the full text for this notice NOT-OD-20-065 here. Effective 3/1/2020, the NIH salary cap […]

Published January 30, 2020 Dear WashU Research Community, We are closely tracking the spread of the new coronavirus, first identified in December in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. At this point, there are no known cases of the virus in St. Louis, but there are cases in the United States, and it’s likely there will be […]

Published January 10, 2020 A new Washington University Fee Schedule for the use of services provided by the WU IRB and Human Research Protection Office has been posted. The information can be found on the HRPO website. Primary changes: The fee for the use of a commercial IRB in for-profit funded studies will change from […]

Published January 2, 2020 The National Science Foundation issued the following update: The National Science Foundation is currently working to finalize a revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) for use in 2020. We anticipate that the revised PAPPG will be released in the coming months and, as is standard practice, will be […]