Promoting and Supporting Research Excellence

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Promoting and Supporting Research Excellence

• Marti Dunne, Associate Vice Provost, Research
  Compliance and Administration
• Richard Louth, Director,
• Office of Sponsored Programs
• September 2007

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Washington Square Sponsored Project Activity
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Sources of Funding2005-06
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National Rankings

• 50th in Federal Obligations for Science and
  Engineering RD
• 36th in Federal Obligations for Fellowships,
  Traineeships and Training Grants

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How we are organized
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In coordination with
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Contradictory Roles
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Regulatory Compliance

• Research involving human subjects
• Research involving animal subjects
• Research impacting the environment
• Conflict of Interest
• Scientific Misconduct
• Fiscal Accountability
• Export Control Regulations

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Roles and Responsibilities of Central Offices
Supporting Research at NYU

• Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research
  (www.nyu.edu/provost)
• Office of Sponsored Programs (www.nyu.edu/osp)
• Pre-award and non-financial post award management
  of sponsored projects
• Sponsored Program Accounting (www.nyu.edu/cdv/site
  20/cservice/spa.html)
• Post-award financial management of sponsored
  projects
• University Development and Alumni Relations
• Corporate and foundation gifts, endowments, etc.
• Contracts Office
• Negotiation of agreements and issuance of
  subcontracts
• Office of Legal Counsel (www.nyu.edu/legal.counsel
  /)
• Legal advice

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Roles and Responsibilities of Central Support
Offices (contd)

• Office of Industrial Liaison/Technology Transfer
  (www.nyu.edu/oil)
• Transfer of technology from laboratory to
  marketplace
• Patenting new technologies
• Obtaining industrial support for ongoing applied
  research
• Licensing NYU technologies
• Office of Compliance (www.nyu.edu/compliance/)
• Promulgation of best practices
• Protect NYU income and assets through conducting
  teaching and research ethically
• Department of Environmental Services
  (www.nyu.edu/environmental.services/)
• Technical support and training for biosafety,
  emergency response, environmental programs,
  asbestos, etc.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Central Support
Offices (contd)

• Department of Radiation Safety (www.med.nyu.edu/ra
  dsafety/)
• Responsible handling of radioactive materials
  and machine sources of ionizing radiation
• University Committee on Activities Involving
  Human Subjects (UCAIHS) (www.nyu.edu/ucaihs)
• Reviews and approves research protocols for
  studies involving human subjects
• University Committee on Animal Welfare
  (www.nyu.edu/uawc)
• Reviews and approves research protocols for
  studies involving animal subjects

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Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) www.nyu.edu/osp

• Organization
• Director, Associate Director, Assistant Director
• Project Officers
• Assignments
• Administrative Staff
• Student Assistants

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Responsibilities

• Identifying funding sources
• Interpreting sponsor guidelines and policies
• Developing proposals, reviewing and submitting
  (role as Authorized Organizational
  Representative-AOR)
• Negotiating awards
• Guiding investigators in funded project
  administration
• Serving as liaison to other central offices
  supporting the responsible conduct of research at
  NYU

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Extramural Funding Search Resources

• NYU Deadline Calendar updated quarterly
• http//www.nyu.edu/osp/funding/deadline.php
• Sponsored Projects Information Network SPIN
• Search this comprehensive database by going to
  the following link on the OSP website
• http//www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp
• GrantsNet
• http//sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding?CFID
  1433982CFTOKEN51681118

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Sponsored Research with NYU Funding

• Research Challenge Fund
• Emergency Research Challenge Fund
• Assistance with Interdisciplinary/Large-scale
  Proposals

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Agency Updates

• National Science Foundation - NSF
• PAPPG Proposal and Award Policies and
  Procedures Guide effective June 1, 2007
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/papp/nsf07140.p
  df
• Combines prior NSF guidance into one document
  comprised of two major elements
• Proposal Preparation Submission Guidelines
• Award Administration Guidelines
• Guidance on Designated Fonts http//www.nsf.gov/bf
  a/dias/policy/docs/fontadvisory.pdf

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Agency Updates

• NSF continued
• Mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows
• Section 7008 of America COMPETES Act H.R. 2272
• Requires all grant applications that include
  funding to support postdocs to include a
  description of the mentoring activities provided
  for them. Activities may include career
  counseling, training in preparing grant
  applications, guidance on ways to improve
  teaching skills, and training in research ethics.

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Agency Updates

• National Institutes of Health
• Grants Page
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
• Updated Grants.gov Application Guide SF424(RR)
  issued September 13, 2007
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm
  

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Agency Updates

• Systems
• NSF Fastlane
• Fastlane is still the system used for the vast
  majority of NSF proposals.
• Grants.gov
• Most federal agency applications are using the
  Grants.gov system for submission and publication
  of funding opportunities
• Home Page http//www.grants.gov/
• Download applications from this site

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Professional Development in Research
Administration

• Quarterly Forums hosted by Sponsored Programs
• Agency updates
• Invited guests to address research administration
  hot topics
• Featured research projects and faculty
• Educational Workshops
• Pre-award, proposal development through
  submission, including electronic submission
  systems
• Post-award, financial and non-financial award
  management, inception through close-out
• Regulatory Compliance (research with humans,
  animals, conflict of interest, export controls,
  etc.)
• Certificate Program in Research Administration
• Core Courses (Basic competencies)
• Specialized electives (Advanced)

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Upcoming Sessions

• Identifying Funding Opportunities
• Tuesday, October 2nd, 10 11 am
• Preventing Post Award Woes Good Proposals and
  Agreements Make for Good Pre and Post-award
  Collaborations
• Thursday, October 18th, 930 -11
• Institutional Compliance with OMB Circular A-21,
  Cost Principles
• Thursday, October 25th, 10-12

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Contact Us

• Bookmark OSPs website www.nyu.edu/osp and check
  often for updates
• Education page coming soon
• Access to faculty and departmental research
  administrator surveys
• Pierre Hohenberg, Senior Vice Provost for
  Research
• pierre.hohenberg_at_nyu.edu
• Marti Dunne, Associate Vice Provost for Research
  Compliance and Administration
• marti.dunne_at_nyu.edu
• Richard Louth, Director, Office of Sponsored
  Programs
• richard.louth_at_nyu.edu
• Betty Farbman, Associate Director, Office of
  Sponsored Programs
• betty.farbman_at_nyu.edu
• Nancy Daneau, Associate Director for Research
  Administration Training Institutional Liaison
• nancy.daneau_at_nyu.edu

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Questions/Comments