Campus Visit: Ravi Basavappa, PhD, NIH Program Leader
The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award: Supporting independent research careers for outstanding junior scientists
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Dr. Basavappa will present an overview of the Director’s Early Independence Award, part of the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Program. This award supports exceptional early career scientists who possess the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and...

Please join us for RAS Fridays this week on May 20th. This is the last one of the season, be sure to come a few minutes early to grab some pastries and coffee during the breakfast reception. Below are the topics and speakers. Please find the attached agenda for full details.

• The Federal Landscape in 2016 – Jon Groteboer and Kevin Casey (Public Affairs and Communications, Washington DC Office)
• Training in Research Administration | Best Practices RAS Fridays Series– Rady Rogers
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This course is designed to walk you through IACUC protocol and amendment preparation, submission and review processes.

Practical information will include:

1. Identifying trouble areas
2. Reviewing common mistakes and omissions
3. Providing handy tips, references and short cuts
4. Addressing FAQs.

The instructors are:...

Available free of charge to any Harvard-affiliated individuals, RCR is a course designed to fulfill the NIH and NSF requirements of formal RCR instruction for certain grants. It is also an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in a career in research.

You must attend all three sessions in order to receive a certificate. The course will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, August 10-14th from 9:00am-12:00pm.

Campus Visit: Ravi Basavappa, PhD, NIH Program Leader
New Innovator, Pioneer and Transformative Research Awards
Monday, July 6, 2015, 4:00-5:30pm
Biolabs 1080, 16 Divinity Avenue
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Dr. Ravi Basavappa, Program Leader at the National Institutes of Health, will present an overview of the New Innovator, Pioneer, and Transformative Research Awards.  These awards are part of the...

RAS Coffee Club: Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines

March 3, 2015, 9:00 am to 10:00 am

In response to the OMB’s new Uniform Guidance, OSP is preparing to release a new Sponsored Expenditures Guidelines (this will replace the “Guidelines for Federal Sponsored Expenditures” document).  The first RAS Coffee Club of 2015 will be a review of the new Guidelines and the context in which they were expanded and developed.   Sarah Axelrod, Director of Cost Analysis and Compliance at OSP, was instrumental in the...

The Harvard Uniform Guidance Information Session will provide a basic overview of the Uniform Guidance and a summary of what has changed and what hasn’t.  The goal of this session will be to address the impact of the Uniform Guidance on the Research administrator, outlining existing and pending changes.

The Harvard Uniform Guidance Information Session will provide a basic overview of the Uniform Guidance and a summary of what has changed and what hasn't. The goal of this session will be to address the impact of the Uniform Guidance on the Research administrator, outlining existing and pending changes. 

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  • Cambridge, Wednesday, December 3rd, 10:00am-11:30am, Lamont Library Forum Room...

The Harvard Uniform Guidance Information Session will provide a basic overview of the Uniform Guidance and a summary of what has changed and what hasn’t. The goal of this session will be to address the impact of the Uniform Guidance on the Research administrator, outlining existing and pending changes.

The Harvard Uniform Guidance Information Session will provide a basic overview of the Uniform Guidance and a summary of what has changed and what hasn’t.  The goal of this session will be to address the impact of the Uniform Guidance on the Research administrator, outlining existing and pending changes.

The Harvard Uniform Guidance Information Session will provide a basic overview of the Uniform Guidance and a summary of what has changed and what hasn’t.  The goal of this session will be to address the impact of the Uniform Guidance on the Research administrator, outlining existing and pending changes. 

Mr. Naritake Abe, Deputy Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

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