Updates from Sponsored Programs to BU’s research community.
Labor Distribution Reports – New “Wage Type PAR Eligible” Free Characteristic
We are happy to announce the creation of a new Free Characteristic for three Business Warehouse Payroll (Distributed)/Labor Distributions Reports for effort coordinators and department administrators. The new Free Characteristic is titled Wage Type PAR Eligible and can be used with the following reports: Labor Distributions: Payroll Inquiry by Distribution (PA12) Labor Distributions: Payroll Inquiry […]
Reminder NIH Deadlines and Proposal Submission Policy
The NIH summer deadlines (June 5, June 12, June 16, July 5, July 12, July 16, August 8, etc) are upon us and these are always a high volume proposal time for Sponsored Programs (see the complete list of deadlines). In addition to the normal high proposal volumes, the majority of these deadlines fall on […]
Faculty Transfers Involving Capital Equipment
Please contact Property Management to report all faculty transfers to and from the University that involve moveable capital equipment. Movable capital equipment is defined as any tangible property with an acquisition value of $5000 or more and a useful life of 1 year or longer. While transfer of equipment is managed at the department level, […]
Sponsored Research Travel
Please note that due to the expected increase in travel, the Sponsored Program Travel Guidelines including Fly America guidance has been updated. For foreign travel on federal funds, the US Government has over one hundred open sky agreements with other countries, but only 4 of them are compliant with Fly America. For Department of Defense […]
Reminder: Subrecipient or Contractor determination must be done at proposal stage
If your project includes external collaborations please remember that you must determine, at the proposal stage, if that collaborating party is a subrecipient or a contractor. It is important that the correct determination is made as there are budgetary differences between subrecipients and contractors as well as different documentation requirements. The correct determination at proposal […]
Clarifying BU|BMC Collaborations
Boston University (BU) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) share a unique and longstanding relationship with regards to sponsored research activity but it is also important to remember that BU and BMC are two distinct and separate organizations with: Different DUNS/UEI numbers Different EIN/Tax IDs Different negotiated F&A and Fringe rates Different Annual Audits Different Proposal […]
Coffee with Colleagues 5/25/2022 RSVP
Save the Date for the next Coffee with Colleagues session on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, from 10am – Noon. We are happy to have guest panelists: Herb Lewis – Director, Service Center Administration, Sponsored Programs Andy Taylor – Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine to present and lead a […]
Is your flight compliant with the Fly America Act?
When booking airfare and charging to Federal sponsored awards, travelers must comply with the Fly America Act which requires travelers to use: A U.S. Flag air carrier (an airline owned by an American company); or A foreign carrier that operates under a U.S. Flag air carrier code-sharing agreement and identifies the U.S. air carrier’s designator […]
BU Letter of Intent Template Update
BU’s Letter of Intent (LOI) Template has been updated to include the new UEI numbers for both the Medical and Charles River campuses and can be found here. As we have previously shared, the federal government will stop using the DUN and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to uniquely identify entities. The […]
Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) are Due in One Month
PARs for the period July – December 2021 are due back to effort reporting (effort@bu.edu) on Friday, April 8, 2022. Please contact effort@bu.edu with questions.