RAPPORT UPDATES

 

Revised Grants Product Go Live Date - The implementation of the RAPPORT Grants Product has been rescheduled to go-live in February 2019 to accommodate the latest enhancements and updates from the vendor.  The upgrade is important to continue successful submission of system-to-system applications and it will provide users with many additional features.  There will be department access and routing enhancements, a new budgeting module, and internal award communication and budget editing available to both departments and OSP.  Training for the new RAPPORT Grants Product will begin in December and continue in January and February to prepare users for the upcoming changes.

 

RAPPORT Grants Proposal Survey - Please find below a link to a very short survey designed to inform our office about how users experience Proposal development in RAPPORT.  In particular, we are interested in feedback about key usability areas as well as document uploading.  We plan to use the feedback from this survey to enhance the RAPPORT Grants Product to improve the user interface.  Responses are anonymous and will only be used as part of our current RAPPORT development improvement process.  OSP very much wants feedback from both Faculty and Staff.  Follow this link to the Survey:  Take the Survey    If you have any questions or require additional information about our current RAPPORT development, please contact [log in to unmask], 603-646-3977.

 

DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK TRANSITION UPDATES

 

During the OSP Roundtable, we reviewed the subaward process and transition - Slides from OSP Roundtable, October 16, 2018  Click here

 

POLICY AND SPONSOR UPDATES

 

Absence of named senior key personnel -  Recent announcements from sponsors have highlighted the need for transparency around a change in a principal investigator's or other named senior key personnel's status in relation to his or her role on a sponsored award, where that change will impact his/her ability to carry out the approved research at the location of, and on behalf of, the recipient institution.  Make sure to review the new OSP guidance on the internal process for reviewing leaves and making determinations around sponsor prior approval.  Click Link

 

Dartmouth College Procurement Services Update — Consultant/Independent contractor service agreement. Click for Update

RPPRs: Who Can Do What?  This provides a quick look at the Annual, Interim, and Final Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), including information such as due dates and how to access RPPR links. It also charts what happens to the Interim RPPR when a Type 2, Competing Renewal application is submitted. Click Here.

Refresh Your Knowledge of Roles in eRA Commons — Quickly see who can do what in eRA Commons? Check out these handy guides for both at a glance and detailed information on the roles and privileges of eRA Commons users.  Click Here

 

NIH Extramural News:  Open Mike Post — NIH Update: NIH Policies to Address Sexual and Gender Harassment in NIH-supported Extramural Research  Read full article.

 

Revision of the NSF Award Terms and Conditions, Link to NSF Terms and Conditions

Important changes include:

• Revision of the Micro-purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds (Procurement Standards) article to align with Section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018, as implemented by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-18-18, dated June 20, 2018; and
• Implementation of the “Notification Requirements Regarding Sexual Harassment, Other Forms of Harassment, or Sexual Assault” award term and condition.
• Each set of terms and conditions is accompanied by a summary of changes made to that document.  The revised Terms and Conditions will apply to all new NSF awards and funding amendments to existing NSF awards made on or after October 22, 2018. 

 

eRA Enhancements: No Zero for Person Months — A zero can no longer be entered for person months as level of effort in Section D.1 -Participants of the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). The zero reflected a time when only whole numbers were allowed, and users were asked to enter a zero if a person month effort for a participant was 0.4 or less. Since decimals are now allowed, the zero is no longer needed.

 

eRA Enhancement: PI or PI Delegate Can View No Cost Extension — A principal investigator (PI) or another Commons user to whom a PI has delegated the privilege (PI Delegate) will now be able to view the pdf of the No Cost Extension request submitted to the granting agency. The document will be available on the Status Information screen in eRA Commons under the Other Relevant Documents section.  Prior to this release, only the signing official (SO) could view the submitted request in the system.

 

New NIH Policy Secures Parental Leave for Young Researchers —The National Institutes of Health, a U.S. government agency that serves as the largest public funder of medical research in the world, announced a revised parental leave policy for researchers just embarking on their careers who intend to receive NIH funds. More

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION/WEBINARS

  

Slides from OSP Roundtable, October 16, 2018  Click here

 

NOTABLE DATES/EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES

  

NCURA Traveling Workshop: Alexandria, Virginia

November 8-9, 2018 (Export Controls)

(http://www.ncura.edu/Education/MeetingsConferences/EventInfo.aspx?sessionaltcd=2018exportva)

 

NCURA Traveling Workshop:  Savannah, Georgia

December 12-14, 2018 Departmental Research Administration Workshop

(https://www.ncura.edu/Education/MeetingsConferences/EventInfo.aspx?sessionaltcd=2018drasav)

 

2019 NCURA Traveling Workshops:  Las Vegas, Nevada     

March 11-12, 2019 (FRA) Financial Research Administration

March 14-15, 2019 (PRA) Pre-Award Research Administration

(http://www.ncura.edu/Education/MeetingsConferences.aspx)

 

 

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