Paul Coleman, Retired Senior Special Agent, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG), is coming to Harvard on Friday, October 12^th, 2018 (9:30-11:00am) to talk about several US University cases where he and his team have identified misuse of federal grant funds.... Read more about NSF OIG Senior Special Agent (Ret.) Paul Coleman: Misuse of Federal Grant Funds

RAS Coffee Club

Updated Cost Transfer Policy effective July 1, 2018

Another policy has been updated. Hopefully for the better! We’ve made the following updates:

• increased the threshold
• added a table to the policy
• updated the flow chart
• added a procedures document
• decreased the FAQs from 46 to 6

Come to...

Ravi Basavappa, Program Leader, NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Programs
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 3:00-4:00PM
William James Hall, Room B1
33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
REGISTER HERE

Dr. Basavappa will present an overview of the Early Independence, New Innovator, Pioneer, and Transformative Research Awards that are part of the NIH Common Fund High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. These awards support exceptionally creative scientists pursuing...

Highlighting Presentations from the NCURA PRA Conference

Jealous that you didn’t make it to Orlando for the conference? Don’t worry, we are bringing highlights from some of the presentations to you! RAS experts in Research Development and pre- and post-award will be there to lead the discussion. Please join Paige Belisle, Olga Kolas and Jimmy Matejek- Morris as they share their experiences from the conference on the following presentation topics:

1. using institutional data to support proposal development...

Topic: Life after CREW decommission. Showcase and quick tips on generating sponsored and non-sponsored reports in OBI.

We are excited to report that OBI has fully launched for 2018! Please join us over coffee to talk all things OBI where we will have Katie Phelan, Senior Training Specialist at the Office of Finance (non-sponsored financial reporting) and Charlotte Gallant, Senior Manager for Research Finance and Compliance at FAS RAS (sponsored financial reporting) to answer your OBI related questions.

Goals for the training are as follows:

• Learn how to use the ecrt payroll report to reconcile faculty salary
• Gain an understanding of the benefits to using the ecrt payroll report
• Learn how to determine the best approach for next steps if troubleshooting is necessary.

Training format: This...

Goals for the training are as follows:

• Learn how to use the ecrt payroll report to reconcile faculty salary
• Gain an understanding of the benefits to using the ecrt payroll report
• Learn how to determine the best approach for next steps if troubleshooting is necessary.

Training format: This...

A few new policies and requirements have been implemented since the summer. We have received several questions from you and thought it might be beneficial to have a discussion at the next RAS Coffee Club. Please bring your questions regarding FASIP, the FAS and SEAS Policy on Assessments on Current Use Gifts and Sponsored Awards, and E-Verify to the RAS Coffee Club on Wednesday, September 27^th 10-11 AM. Jen Lech, Christyne Anderson and Marina Magid will be available to answer your questions.

Having trouble keeping track of your training calendar? Wondering how this year’s policy revisions, new toolkits and assessments are going to impact you and your PIs? July 1^st is the effective date for a number of updates and changes to the way we apply for and manage grants at the FAS and SEAS, including the new FAS/SEAS  Policy on Assessments, the University Cost Sharing Policy, and the Subrecipient Monitoring Toolkit. At our next RAS Coffee Club we will go over the take-home points from each of these rollouts, and touch briefly on new SPECTRA processes (FAS only),...

Ravi Basavappa, Program Leader, NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Programs
REGISTER HERE

Dr. Basavappa will present an overview of the Early Independence, New Innovator, Pioneer, and Transformative Research Awards that are part of the NIH Common Fund High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. These awards support exceptionally creative scientists pursuing unusually innovative and impactful research projects.

Dr. Emily Balskus, Morris Kahn...

Please join us for an informative session in which we will answer the questions below

• Level: Overview
• Pre-requisites: None

On March 14, 2017, the National Science and Technology Council’s Research Business Models Interagency Working Group issued the new Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs), which are intended to implement the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and which are now available for use by...

RAS Coffee Club: Equipment Management – FAS & SEAS

Want to learn a bit more about equipment management at FAS and SEAS? Need a refresher on best practices in purchasing and approving equipment and the right object codes to use? Find yourself unsure of how to guide your PIs on how to manage equipment when moving labs or transferring to a new institution? If so, join us on Tuesday, April 4th from 9:15am to 10:15am in the Lamont Library Cafe for a cup of coffee and discussion on these equipment topics and more with Jessica McCall, Capital Assets Program...

**This forum will be a repeat session of the update given at LMA in the morning of 2/10. 

Friday, February 10, 2017
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Harvard Hall, Room 201
Hosted by FAS Research Administration Services

Kevin Casey
Associate Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications
Jon Groteboer
Director Federal Relations, Office of Federal Relations
Harvard University