SPONSORED PROJECTS INFORMATION NETWORK SPIN SPONSORED PROJECTS INFORMATION NETWORK Welcome March 2009

SPIN Meeting Agenda Campus Outreach SPA Hot Topics RGC Hot Topics James Trotter, Interim Senior Manager, Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) SPA Hot Topics James Trotter, Interim Senior Manager, SPA RGC Hot Topics Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, Research Grants & Contracts (RGC)

SPIN Meeting Agenda No Cost Extension Stimulus Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC Stimulus Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC and Amanda Horton, Grant Development Specialist, Research Funding & Development Services (RFDS), Office of the Vice President for Research

James Trotter Interim Senior Manager, SPA Campus Outreach James Trotter Interim Senior Manager, SPA

PEP courses Cancelled PEP courses will be rescheduled at the earliest date convenient for everyone. An announcement will be made when these dates have been determined.

James Trotter Interim Senior Manager, SPA SPA Hot Topics James Trotter Interim Senior Manager, SPA

Furlough Days SPA Furlough Days: Closed Friday, April 10 Closed Friday, May 22 Closed Friday, June 19

Program Development Account (PDA )Reminder PDA’s can be used for expenses that further the research mission of OHSU. However charges that involve human or animal subjects are not allowed

Effort Update Effort statement packets have been distributed to departments Effort statements are due April 17th (please allow time for campus mail)

Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC RGC Hot Topics Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC

RGC Hot Topics NIH - Other Support Check to make sure that awards that have ended prior to new award start date are not listed. Remember to add up active commitments so total does not exceed 100% including new award. List new award as active. Remember to split OHSU effort and VA effort on separate lines.

RGC Hot Topics Department Distribution Changes http://www.ohsu.edu/research/rda/documents/RGC%20Account%20Distribution%20List.pdf Hill Hotel Space. RGC Hill hours will be suspended for the remainder of this fiscal year.

Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC No Cost Extensions Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC

No Cost Extensions Processing of No Cost Extensions (NCX) will be transitioning from SPA to RGC, effective April 1. The NCX Request form is being revised to delete the need for signatures and will be sent to RGC via a central mailbox, ncx@ohsu.edu For those extensions that require sponsor’s prior approval, a letter signed by the PI in PDF will need to be attached to the email.

No Cost Extensions Department administrative staff will complete the NCX request with attached letter if needed. Email will be copied to spaacctg@ohsu.edu and PI. Letter template available on the web.

Stimulus Deb Golden-Eppelein, Director, RGC and Amanda Horton, Grant Development Specialist, RFDS, Office of the Vice President for Research

Stimulus For applications under Program Announcements (PA’s) and Requests for Application (RFA’s) for stimulus funds, make certain the most current Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is downloaded. Challenge Grants need to be prepared and submitted using Adobe SF424 form packets. First available submission date is March 27.

Stimulus All stimulus funds application requests need to be submitted through RGC, the only office authorized to apply for and accept federal funding. Refer to the internal deadlines in the Service Level Understanding (SLU) for review and submission of proposals at http://www.ohsu.edu/research/rda/rgc/docs/RGC_SLU_Final.pdf

Stimulus RGC’s response to stimulus: Furlough days for this fiscal year are canceled. Funding for an addition 18-month term Grants & Contracts Administrator (GCA) position have been allocated. Funding for small amount of Full Time Employee (FTE) have been allocated to assist with stringent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reporting requirements.

Stimulus VP for Research Office/Research Funding & Development ARRA priorities: Funding R01’s that were well-scored but below payline in last couple of rounds Two-year projects; no Executive Leadership Team (ELT) approval needed Facilities & Construction – C06’s and G20’s Decided at ELT level – limited submissions Challenge Grants

Stimulus Challenge Grants Highly competitive – 200 overall expected to be awarded New 12-page format – read application carefully! (no detailed methods, but timeline highly emphasized) Timeline shows you are aware of reporting requirements. Should be quarterly. Will help make the case to Congress for more NIH $. No ELT approval needed

Stimulus Research Funding & Development will…. Help you with boilerplate for research resources Forward requests for G20’s/C06’s (decisions will be made SOON) Post lots of information on Research News Help with questions about the Challenge Grant applications

Stimulus Get information Research News website http://weblabs.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/ Sign up for stimulus email updates from the NIH http://www.nih.gov/recovery/index.htm Contact and send questions funding@ohsu.edu

The next SPIN meeting will be On April 16, 2009 at 9:30am in UHS 8B-60 Mark your calendar! The next SPIN meeting will be On April 16, 2009 at 9:30am in UHS 8B-60