Archives: Announcements

Published December 18, 2017 For years Grants.gov has offered an Adobe (PDF) application package to apply for federal grants. The Adobe application package will be phased out on December 31, 2017, and Grants.gov will offer Workspace in its place: Applicants will no longer be able to download the older, single Adobe (PDF) application package of forms. […]

Published December 8, 2017 Sponsored Projects Accounting has developed a Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines document to assist all University faculty and staff who are involved with the budgeting and spending of sponsored research funding. This guidance provides a framework of direct charging costs to sponsored research accounts and includes the following sections: I. Introduction II. Cost […]

Published November 29, 2017 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that I recently completed a review of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research administrative structure. While this review was prompted by Denise McCartney’s retirement, I believe that the changes I am introducing will sustain and enhance our services to faculty and staff […]

Published November 27, 2017 The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) is pleased to announce the publication of the fiscal year 2017 Annual Report. The report contains data and information on research funding and expenditures from the past fiscal year. The information in this Annual Report is compiled from a variety of offices, […]

Published October 27, 2017 Dear Colleagues, ​ I am writing to announce that after a 24-year career at Washington University, Denise McCartney is retiring as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, effective December 1, 2017. While we are happy for Denise as she transitions to a well-deserved next phase of her life, the faculty and […]

Published October 26, 2017 Dear Colleagues, After serving as Washington University’s Research Integrity Officer (RIO) for the past eleven years, Aubrey Morrison, MBBS, MACP, has announced he will relinquish this position at the end of this fiscal year, effective June 30, 2018. To recruit a successor of the highest caliber, we are seeking nominations for […]

Published September 11, 2017 Dear Colleagues, Please join me in welcoming two new members to our Research Administration Leadership team. Meredith Moore, Ph.D., joined us on September 1, 2017, in the newly formed position of Director of the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC). Meredith will be responsible for managing the IACUC administrative office […]

Published May 24, 2017 The Research Analytics team, a joint venture between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the School of Medicine, has launched NIH Insights*, an evolving suite of interactive dashboards for analyzing NIH extramural funding. There are currently two dashboards available to Washington University faculty and staff: NIH Paylines: Data […]

Published May 30, 2017 Dear Colleagues,​ Steven Leary, DVM, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Veterinary Affairs/Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine, has announced that he will retire at the end of this fiscal year, effective June 30, 2017. As the university’s Institutional Attending Veterinarian, Steve has provided for the well-being and clinical care of animals […]

Published April 20, 2017 STAR 100: Research Lifecycle, Onboarding Course Now Available Research Education & Information and the STAR Advisory Committee are pleased to announce the STAR 100: Research Lifecycle, Onboarding Course is now available in Learn@Work. This course seeks to provide the learner with a high-level understanding of the Research Lifecycle, and familiarize them with […]