URA Town Hall Meeting

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URA Town Hall Meeting

• BSLC rm109 ? 200pm ? March 10, 2009

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Welcome and Introductions

• Agenda
• Introductions/Updates Carol Zuiches
• COI - Linda Triemer
• Training Lynda Wolter
• Restricted Funds Update Casey Murray
• Sensitive Foundations - Brenda Nelms
• Open Forum - Questions

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Updates

• eRA Update
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stimulus
  Funding
• VP for Research and National Laboratories Website
• https//researchfunding.uchicago.edu/

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Conflict of Interest Update

• Linda TriemerDirector, Research Integrity(773)
  702-4857triemer_at_uchicago.edu

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Conflict of Interest Update
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Conflict of Interest Update
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Conflict of Interest Update
COI Disclosures Required
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Training Update

• Lynda WolterDeputy Director, eRA and
  Training(773) 834-3251lswolter_at_uchicago.edu

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Training Update

• Research Administration Certificate Program
• Pre-Award, Post-Award and Pre/Post-Award Tracks
• 10 online modules
• 4 classroom sessions
• Elective options
• Continuing Education Requirement
• Release Spring/Summer 2009

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Communications Update

• Weekly URA Updates Email
• URA Mailing Lists
• Grantsadmin-ura_at_lists.uchicago.edu
• Announce-ura_at_lists.uchicago.edu
• NSF_at_lists.uchicago.edu
• NIH-ura_at_lists.uchicago.edu
• ERA assistance
• ERA-help_at_lists.uchicago.edu

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Restricted Funds Update

• Casey Murray
• Assoc. Comptroller, Restricted Funds Indirect
  Cost, Comptroller's Office
• [phone]
• c-murray_at_uchicago.edu

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Audits

• Duke University--1.7M Questioned Costs
• Administrative Clerical Salaries
• OIG . . . contained no evidence indicating
  that the nature or extent of work required any
  unusual degree of administrative and clerical
  support to accomplish project objectives.
• Office Supplies, Postage, Local Telephone Costs
• Questioned local telephone costs, pager services,
  scissors, postage , paper , pens, markers, file
  folders, envelopes and a chair
• Relevant UC Guideline
• GGCM, 307B. Secretarial/Clerical and Other Direct
  Costs

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Audits

• Yale University7.7M Settlement
• Summer salaries
• 100 charged to sponsored awards when not all
  activities were sponsored award related
• Cost transfers
• Costs were transferred to use up available award
  funds
• Cost s were allocated based upon availability of
  funds rather than on benefit received.
• Relevant UC Guidelines
• Effort Reporting Manual, Guidelines for Managing
  Sponsored Salary Expenses, ACS Instructions
• Financial Policy No. 2109, Approval of Direct
  Cost Expenditures
• Financial Policy No. 2111, Cost Transfers
• Cost Transfer Procedures for Sponsored Accounts

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Foundation Relations Update

• Brenda Nelms
• Sr. Dir., Foundation Corporate Relations,
  Alumni Relations and Development [phone]
  
• b-nelms_at_uchicago.edu

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Foundation Relations Update

• Sensitive Foundations Website
• Link on URA Home page under Searching for Sponsor
  Funding
• http//foundationrelations.uchicago.edu/intranet/w
  sp/sf/index.shtml

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Open Forum

• Questions???
• http//researchadmin.uchicago.edu/