WUSM RA Forum

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WUSM RA Forum May 2007 Grants Contracts
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NIH Update
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NIH Revised Notice of Award Letter On April 11,
2007, NIH announced the revision of the Notice of
Grant Award Letter, now known as the Notice of
Award Letter (NoA).  NIH began the issue of the
new NoA on April 13, 2007. Notable changes are
as follows (New) PDF Attachment  The revised
NoA will be attached to an email in PDF format
instead of being part of the text of the email
moving to the PDF format eliminates the excessive
white space within the NoA. This helps to
reduce the number of pages of the NoA. (New)
First Page  In accordance with the NIH Public
Access Policy, http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html, a paragraph has
been included to encourage award recipients to
submit published publications to PubMed Central
(PMC).
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NIH Revised Notice of Award Letter (cont.)
(Updated) Section I Award Data  This section
has been revised to include a new data table and
to reflect existing data in structured tables. 
Specifically (New feature) Summary Total
Federal Award Amount Year table When more than
one award action is issued in a budget period
(e.g., administrative supplement through a
separate award), a table will appear when the
parent award is revised.  This table will list
each award transaction separately (parent and
supplement) and provide the total cumulative
amount of federal funds awarded in the current
budget period as shown in the example below. 
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NIH Revised Notice of Award Letter (cont.)
(Revised) Summary Total For All Years
Previously this section provided total costs
commitments for the future years, but only for
the award being issued.  This section is now
revised to provide a table reflecting the
recommended total costs for the award being
issued as well as the cumulative total costs. 
The cumulative costs figures will include all
supplement award actions issued for a particular
budget year as reflected in the example below.
(Updated) Section IV Spreadsheet Summary  The
categorical budget data is now reflected in table
format.
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Continuation of the Extension of the NIH Pilot
Study to Shorten the Review Cycle for New
Investigator R01 Applications NOT-OD-07-058 As
part of the National Institutes of Health
continuing commitment to new investigators, a
pilot effort was begun in 2006 to allow new
investigators to have the option of submitting a
resubmission/amended R01 application for
consecutive review cycles, saving four
months.  The Center for Scientific Review is
committed to continuing this pilot for the
current study sections and to the extension to
all new investigator R01 applications by the end
of 2007. 
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GC Update
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NIH eSubmission Recalling your grant If you
need to change something on an application that
has already been submitted, NIH gives you the
opportunity to Recall your grant and resubmit as
a Changed/Corrected Application. However, GC
suggests that Recalling your grant application
should only be utilized to correct NIH-identified
errors. If the science needs to be changed, then
the change should be addressed to the Scientific
Review Administrator (SRA) assigned to your grant
application. eRA Commons will send an email to
the PI and to GC once the application has been
assigned to a Study Section. After it has been
assigned to a Study Section, eRA Commons will
update the on-line status of your application
with contact information for the SRA, GMS, and
PO.
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FICA RATE TABLE BASE SALARIES The FICA taxable
salary limit has been extended to 97,500 for
calendar year 2007. The tax rate remains at
7.65 on the first 97,500 and 1.45 on any
salary in excess of that level. Growth in the
limit has been set at 3.5 for subsequent years.
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Reminder When submitting an application for a
Supplement,GC still needs to review a PDS Doc
and any applicable paperwork (e.g. PC Form,
application)
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Checks and Balances

• The department should verify the accuracy of any
  update/maintenance made to fund profiles, as well
  as any allocations (including cost share
  accounts) processed, by GC.
• Departments should notify GC as soon as possible
  if any errors are found or a request has not been
  fulfilled satisfactorily.
• GC strongly suggests that you check our work.
• Two sets of eyes are better than one!!

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Reminder Make sure the PI initials the COI
Disclosure Statement
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Washington University Roles and
Responsibilities http//roles.wustl.edu
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GC Website Updated Items
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Grants Contracts 660 South Euclid, Campus Box
8018 St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone
314-747-4134 Fax [phone] Email
GC_at_msnotes.wustl.edu http//grantsandcontracts.wu
stl.edu
John Michnowicz Director 362-6876 michnowj_at_msnotes
Theresa Jackson Secretary 747-4134 jacksont_at_msnot
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Michelle Kenney Manager 362-2010 kenneym_at_msnotes
Teri Medley Manager 747-4444 medleyt_at_msnotes
Michelle Abernathy Grant Analyst 362-6830 abernath
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Sonia Fix Sr. Grant Analyst 362-6168 fixs_at_msnotes
Dyanna Vitale Sr. Grant Analyst 747-1696 vitaled_at_m
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Amanda Willenborg Sr. Grant Analyst 362-6947 wille
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Hatice Goshtaiy Grant Analyst 362-6879 goshtaiyh_at_m
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Rob Andersson Grant Analyst 362-6877 anderssonr_at_ms
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Regina Thompson Grant Analyst 362-6019 thompsre_at_ms
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Keith Page Grant Analyst 747-3901 pagek_at_msnotes
Tanya Sawyer Grant Analyst 362-6878 sawyert_at_msnote
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Angela Williams Grant Analyst 362-6875 williama_at_ms
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http//grantsandcontracts.wustl.edu Click on
Forms and Letters Click on Requirements for
Letters Updated GC Organizational Chart Go
to http//grantsandcontracts.wustl.edu Click on
Contacts Click on Grants and Contracts
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