2018 Excellence in Research Administration Award
Sponsored Programs and the Office of Research are now accepting nominations for this year’s Excellence in Research Administration Award, which honors two staff members — one in central administration and the other at a school or center — for exceptional service to the University’s research mission. The award is open to all staff on the […]
Michael Vergoni
Lessons Learned from the June NIH deadlines
As many of you know, there are “high seasons” for proposal volume and June and July certainly fall in this category. June proposals in numbers: BU Sponsored Programs processed over 220 proposals in June. Proposals submitted directly to NIH for the R01, R03, R21 deadlines = 92 Percentage of proposals finalized and submitted one day […]
Research Administration Resources
There are many resources available for research administrators, including those from sponsor agencies and professional organizations. We have highlighted a few below and will continue to provide information on other resources in future posts. NIH NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) offers many opportunities for access to information related to grant application and award processes, […]
Reminder – Proposal Deadlines
For BU Sponsored Programs, June and July are historically high volume months for proposals. Over the next 8 weeks we have 143 known proposals in the queue and counting, 46 of these proposals are due next Tuesday June 5th. Please be reminded that per BU’s proposal submission policy, proposals due on June 5 are due […]
Coffee with Colleagues Session on Effort
On May 24, 2018, we held our second Coffee with Colleagues session covering the topic of effort. For those of you who attended our Coffee with Colleagues event last week, thank you for coming! It was great to have such a lively discussion. We would like to thank Gretchen Hartigan and Craig Gerome from PAFO […]
NCURA’S 60th Annual Meeting
NCURA will hold its 60th Annual Meeting “Demonstrating Resilience and Advancing the Profession” August 5-8, 2018 in Washington, DC. Participation in the Annual Meeting offers the opportunity to network with Research Administrators who face many of the same day-to-day issues as you. The conference includes a wide variety of concurrent sessions as well as pre- […]
Reminder for Upcoming NIH Deadlines
We are fast approaching the NIH summer deadlines (i.e. June 5, June 12, June 16, July 5, July 12, July 16, etc.) which is a high volume proposal time for Sponsored Programs (see the complete list of deadlines here). We are already aware of 50 proposals for the June deadline. Your assistance in notifying us […]
NIH salary cap increases to $189,600
On March 7, 2018, NIH issued Guidance on Salary Limitations for Grants, Cooperative Agreements FY 2018 (NOT-OD-18-137). The Executive Level II salary has increased from $187,000 to $189,600 effective January 7, 2018. The new salary cap may be used for budgeting purposes effective January 7, 2018. If adequate funds are available in active awards that […]
NSF announces revision of the Foundation’s suite of Award Terms and Conditions
The Foundation’s suite of Award Terms and Conditions (see full listing below) has been revised. Important changes include: Revision of the micro-purchase threshold for procurement activities to $10,000 for awards made to institutions of higher education, related or affiliated nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organizations or independent research institutes. This revision was made in accordance with […]