Archives: Announcements

Published May 2, 2019 Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) in partnership with WashU IT will be rolling out at the end of May 2019 an upgrade to the University’s Environmental Management System (EHS Assistant). The EHS Assistant Chemical Inventory function supports EH&S and the University in monitoring chemical inventory information required by many regulatory agencies, […]

Published May 1, 2019 Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that Amanda Cashen, MD has accepted the positon of IRB Executive Chair for Washington University. Amanda previously served as the Interim IRB Executive Chair following Dr. Jonathan Green’s departure this past October. Dr. Cashen, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology, Section […]

Published April 29, 2019 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has increased the Salary Cap to $192,300 (Executive Level II). This new cap rate has an effective date of January 6, 2019, and it applies to competing and non-competing awards. For the full text visit NIH NOT-OD-19-099. Effective 5/1/2019, the NIH salary cap edits in […]

Published April 24, 2019 The MyDay project is expected to transform many business processes throughout the University. Recently, the MyDay Project Team has recommended that the account set up process for grants should be performed by the post-award accounting office (e.g., Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA)). Accordingly, the positions within the Office of Sponsored Research Services […]

Published April 23, 2019 In 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) promulgated new regulations that changed various procedures for how the Bayh-Dole Act (“Act”) is implemented. The Bayh-Dole Act is a federal law that entitles universities to retain ownership of inventions developed under federally funded research programs. One of the recent revisions […]

Published April 16, 2019 As a condition of publication of clinical trial results, ICMJE journals require that a Data Sharing Statement be included in the ClinicalTrials.gov registration. Before enrolling participants, carefully consider if you may potentially submit to an ICMJE journal. If so, this requirement applies to clinical trials that begin enrolling on or after […]

Published April 8, 2019 The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. Users will not be allowed to access RMS after 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. All RMS activity required for applications due between April 26-28 must be completed by 5:00 p.m. On […]

Published March 25, 2019 This notification is an update on the prior announcement regarding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) new policy for training grants. On January 9, 2019, the NIH issued a Notice of Clarification Regarding Harassment & Discrimination Protections in NIH Training Applications: NOT-OD-19-056. The Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) received further […]

Published February 26, 2019 We are pleased to announce that Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) in partnership with WashU IT will be rolling out in April 2019 an upgrade to the University’s Environmental Management System (EHS Assistant). The EHS Assistant Chemical Inventory function supports EH&S and the University in monitoring chemical inventory information required by […]

Published February 6, 2019 In January 2018, we announced the appointment of two Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship. These individuals advise WashU faculty and small companies founded by WashU personnel on university policies and administrative requirements as the startup is being envisioned and/or collaborations between WashU and the start-up company are being considered. These collaborations may […]