I'm not sure the origin of the code or "garbage" that appears, but I know how to reduce it. If you reply to the list by hitting "reply" in your e-mail program, type your message and then scroll down to the "original message" that appears at the bottom of your e-mail. Select and delete the entire original message. Those who just press reply are managing to resubmit the whole mess that appeared in whatever earlier posting was viewed. If we all always delete the original message when we reply, there won't be as much of that stuff. Approximately two digests ago, the body of the e-mail included only a few brief new messages, onto which were appended lengthy strings of old messages, which did make it very difficult to find the new stuff. Just my two cents. As someone who recently switched from Development (Institutional Advancement) to the "academic side," I really appreciate this list. Landy __________________________ Landy C. Johnson, MPA, Ph.D. Director of Grant Development Assumption College, Alumni Hall 024 500 Salisbury St. Worcester, MA 01609-1296 (508)767-7666 xxxxxx@assumption.edu -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of RESADM-L automatic digest system Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:00 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: RESADM-L Digest - 9 Nov 2005 to 10 Nov 2005 (#2005-230) There are 16 messages totalling 2677 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Affiliate physicians conducting research (2) 2. email coming in code (3) 3. Faculty Incentives (6) (3) 4. Improperly "coded" applications (4) 5. URL for Grants.gov Training Materials 6. Job Opportunity (2) 7. I passed! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:41:09 -0500 From: Kim Dunbrook-Babbie <xxxxxx@MAIL.AMC.EDU> Subject: Affiliate physicians conducting research Does anyone have any policies and procedures for outside physician groups who contract with your facility for services for research patients. Services are usually MRI's, Cath Lab, Labs, Bone Scans, etc. Thanks Kim Dunbrook-Babbie, CPA Corporate Compliance and Audit Albany Medical Center xxxxxx@mail.amc.edu 518-262-5496 ----------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is protected by law and is for the sole use of the individuals or entities to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email and destroying all copies of the communication and attachments. 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To contact Albany Medical Center, or for a copy of our privacy practices, please visit us on the Internet at www.amc.edu. ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:18:00 -0600 From: Geoffrey Schick <xxxxxx@AURORA.ORG> Subject: Re: Affiliate physicians conducting research This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 004E8BA3862570B5_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" This response falls into two categories: Affiliated (non-employed) physicians who utilize our department services to "manage" the research (CRC's, contracting, budgeting, etc.) and affiliated physicians that have their own research staff and only "purchase" hospital services as necessitated by Protocol. We require both groups to use our local IRB, and cooperate with "Coverage Analysis" performed by research specialists in Medical Audit (who validate what can be passed on to third party payors). Prices for clinical services required by Protocol that fall outside "standard of care" are negotiated as a % discount off charge. For those Investigators for whom we are managing the research we have a greater ability to negotiate price points since we can recoup dollars in other areas or in the overhead %; Investigators remain updated on the budget negotiations and have a voice on budget before we finalize agreement with Sponsor. Investigators running their own research must notify us of the services they wish a discount on, and we will extend a standard discount off charge. If the project requires a greater discount than standard, we present the rationale to Finance, Research Compliance Officer, and VP Research who must all agree to the exceptional discount. Within the "discount letter" generated to document the agreed upon prices, the following language is included: "The following services provided by Aurora Health Care have been approved to receive the indicated discount, and reflect Sponsor reimbursement to <insert name of private practice>:" We believe this protects us should the Investigator negotiate a price above what he/she is paying us, and pockets the difference. We would argue the Investigator made a false representation at the time of contracting. VP of Research and Principal Investigator both sign this letter. One last note: Should an affiliated physician run their own study and not request discounts for services, that Practice is billed full charge for services. Geoffrey Schick Manager, Research Contracts & Business Operations Department of Clinical Research Aurora Health Care, Inc. Ph: 414.649.5903 Kim Dunbrook-Babbie <xxxxxx@MAIL.AMC.EDU> Sent by: Research Administration List <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG> 11/10/2005 07:41 AM Please respond to Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG> To xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG cc Subject [RESADM-L] Affiliate physicians conducting research Does anyone have any policies and procedures for outside physician groups who contract with your facility for services for research patients. Services are usually MRI's, Cath Lab, Labs, Bone Scans, etc. Thanks Kim Dunbrook-Babbie, CPA Corporate Compliance and Audit Albany Medical Center xxxxxx@mail.amc.edu 518-262-5496 ----------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is protected by law and is for the sole use of the individuals or entities to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email and destroying all copies of the communication and attachments. Further use, disclosure, copying, distribution of, or reliance upon the contents of this email and attachments is strictly prohibited. To contact Albany Medical Center, or for a copy of our privacy practices, please visit us on the Internet at www.amc.edu. ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --=_alternative 004E8BA3862570B5_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This response falls into two categories:</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Affiliated (non-employed) physicians who utilize our department services to "manage" the research (CRC's, contracting, budgeting, etc.) and affiliated physicians that have their own research staff and only "purchase" hospital services as necessitated by Protocol.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We require both groups to use our local IRB, and cooperate with "Coverage Analysis" performed by research specialists in Medical Audit (who validate what can be passed on to third party payors). Prices for clinical services required by Protocol that fall outside "standard of care" are negotiated as a % discount off charge. For those Investigators for whom we are managing the research we have a greater ability to negotiate price points since we can recoup dollars in other areas or in the overhead %; Investigators remain updated on the budget negotiations and have a voice on budget before we finalize agreement with Sponsor.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Investigators running their own research must notify us of the services they wish a discount on, and we will extend a standard discount off charge. If the project requires a greater discount than standard, we present the rationale to Finance, Research Compliance Officer, and VP Research who must all agree to the exceptional discount. Within the "discount letter" generated to document the agreed upon prices, the following language is included:</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>"The following services provided by Aurora Health Care have been approved to receive the indicated discount, and reflect Sponsor reimbursement to <insert name of private practice>:"</b></font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We believe this protects us should the Investigator negotiate a price above what he/she is paying us, and pockets the difference. We would argue the Investigator made a false representation at the time of contracting. VP of Research and Principal Investigator both sign this letter.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">One last note: Should an affiliated physician run their own study and not request discounts for services, that Practice is billed full charge for services.</font> <br> <br> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Geoffrey Schick<br> Manager, Research Contracts & Business Operations<br> Department of Clinical Research<br> Aurora Health Care, Inc.<br> Ph: 414.649.5903<br> </font> <br> <br> <br> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Kim Dunbrook-Babbie <xxxxxx@MAIL.AMC.EDU></b> </font> <br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: Research Administration List <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG></font> <p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">11/10/2005 07:41 AM</font> <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br> Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG></font></div></table> <br> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div> <td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG</font> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div> <td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[RESADM-L] Affiliate physicians conducting research</font></table> <br> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> <br></table> <br> <br> <br><font size=2><tt>Does anyone have any policies and procedures for outside physician<br> groups who contract with your facility for services for research<br> patients. Services are usually MRI's, Cath Lab, Labs, Bone Scans, etc. <br> <br> <br> Thanks<br> <br> Kim Dunbrook-Babbie, CPA<br> Corporate Compliance and Audit<br> Albany Medical Center<br> xxxxxx@mail.amc.edu<br> 518-262-5496<br> <br> -----------------------------------------<br> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments may contain<br> confidential information that is protected by law and is for the sole<br> use of the individuals or entities to which it is addressed. If you are<br> not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to<br> this email and destroying all copies of the communication and<br> attachments. Further use, disclosure, copying, distribution of, or<br> reliance upon the contents of this email and attachments is strictly<br> prohibited. To contact Albany Medical Center, or for a copy of our<br> privacy practices, please visit us on the Internet at www.amc.edu.<br> <br> <br> ======================================================================<br> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including<br> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available<br> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists")<br> ======================================================================<br> </tt></font> <br> <p> ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --=_alternative 004E8BA3862570B5_=-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:26:53 -0500 From: "Rosenberg, Laurie" <xxxxxx@OSU.EDU> Subject: Re: email coming in code So do mine. I have asked all our IT people and been back and forth with the listserv people, tried unsubbing and resubbing and changing lots of settings and nothing has worked. I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one. If anyone has any ideas, I would be most appreciative. Laurie Rosenberg, CRA The Ohio State University Research Foundation 1030 Derby Hall 154 N. Oval Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 (614) 688-4175 tel (614) 688-8280 fax xxxxxx@osu.edu Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:05:09 -0500 From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> Subject: Re: email coming in code --=====================_1730198323==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Probably a setting on your e-mail client. Different clients use different language to refer to the way that they handle decoding. Check with your IT folks for help. Or use help desk or user's group for that client. Chuck At 08:39 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote: >Most of my email from the list comes in code. How can this be >rectified.? I see very few messages that can actually be read. > >Eleanor M. Cicinsky >Director, PreAward Sponsored Projects Administration >Temple University, 406 USB, 083-45 >1601 N. Broad Street >Philadelphia, PA 19122 >(Ph) 215.204.8691 >(Fx) 215.204.7486 >(Em) <mailto:xxxxxx@temple.edu>xxxxxx@temple.edu >(Web) <http://www.research.temple.edu/>http://www.research.temple.edu > > > >====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv >Lists") ====================================================================== Herbert "Chuck" Chermside, CRA Director Emeritus, VCU Sponsored Programs Executive Director, Research Administrators Certification Council 1915 Robindale Rd. Richmond, VA 23235-3931 804-320-5502 xxxxxx@verizon.net ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:41:22 -0500 From: "Mike L. Varney" <xxxxxx@HEALTHRESEARCH.ORG> Subject: Re: email coming in code I don't normally monitor the list messages, so I'm late coming to this conversation. When you say they're coming in "code", do you mean HTML? Can you email me (directly, not via the list) an example of the stuff you're getting? Along with what your platform and email client is? -- Mike Varney / RESADM-L Admin "Rosenberg, Laurie" <xxxxxx@O To SU.EDU> xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Sent by: Research cc Administration List Subject <xxxxxx@HRINET. Re: [RESADM-L] email coming in code ORG> 11/10/2005 09:26 AM Please respond to Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@HRINET. ORG> So do mine. I have asked all our IT people and been back and forth with the listserv people, tried unsubbing and resubbing and changing lots of settings and nothing has worked. I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one. If anyone has any ideas, I would be most appreciative. Laurie Rosenberg, CRA The Ohio State University Research Foundation 1030 Derby Hall 154 N. Oval Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 (614) 688-4175 tel (614) 688-8280 fax xxxxxx@osu.edu Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:05:09 -0500 From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> Subject: Re: email coming in code --=====================_1730198323==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Probably a setting on your e-mail client. Different clients use different language to refer to the way that they handle decoding. Check with your IT folks for help. Or use help desk or user's group for that client. Chuck At 08:39 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote: >Most of my email from the list comes in code. How can this be >rectified.? I see very few messages that can actually be read. > >Eleanor M. Cicinsky >Director, PreAward Sponsored Projects Administration >Temple University, 406 USB, 083-45 >1601 N. Broad Street >Philadelphia, PA 19122 >(Ph) 215.204.8691 >(Fx) 215.204.7486 >(Em) <mailto:xxxxxx@temple.edu>xxxxxx@temple.edu >(Web) <http://www.research.temple.edu/>http://www.research.temple.edu > > > >====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv >Lists") ====================================================================== Herbert "Chuck" Chermside, CRA Director Emeritus, VCU Sponsored Programs Executive Director, Research Administrators Certification Council 1915 Robindale Rd. Richmond, VA 23235-3931 804-320-5502 xxxxxx@verizon.net ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:14:46 -0600 From: Deborah Everds <xxxxxx@NORTHWESTERN.EDU> Subject: Faculty Incentives (6) --=====================_3922265==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If when using the terminology "Faculty Incentives" you mean Incentive=20 Compensation based on Research Dollars, from a HHS perspective you may have= =20 no issues "recovered F&A is really just university funds that can be used=20 in anyway the university chooses," but from an IRS standpoint you may. Organizations which are exempt under =A7 501(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue= =20 Code (=93IRC=94) e.g., academic and research institutions and many= hospitals,=20 that allow incentive compensation based on research revenues may run afoul= =20 of IRC =A7 4958 and become subject to =93intermediate sanctions.=94 Certain= =20 research incentive compensation arrangements may be determined to be an=20 =93excess benefit transactions=94 under IRC =A7 4958 by the IRS and could= subject=20 =93disqualified individuals=94 and =93managers=94 of 501(c)(3) organizations= to=20 intermediate sanctions. The intermediate sanction penalties include return of the excess amount by= =20 the disqualified person(s), 25% or 200% in excise tax assessments depending= =20 on the time of return, and up to a $10,000 per incident penalty, for=20 non-profit managers who knowingly, willfully, and without reasonable cause= =20 allow an excess benefit transaction. Any research incentive compensation scheme should be reviewed carefully by= =20 Counsel experienced in the above area, most experienced health care=20 attorneys are aware of this issue because of its application to incentive=20 compensation schemes based on revenues (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid dollars=20 brought in) as applied to physicians. A =A7 501(c)(3) entity should never use a formula when calculating research= =20 incentive compensation based on research revenues. Deborah Deborah Everds, JD CMB, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University xxxxxx@northwestern.edu >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:16:55 -0500 >From: Robert O Webster <xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU> >Subject: Faculty Incentives > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------_=3D_NextPart_001_01C5E538.3D02704A >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=3D"iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A =3D >recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for Federal =3D >awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having a sliding = =3D >scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For example, those =3D >PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal negotiated rate =3D >would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to foundations or =3D >other agencies that only return a fraction of the Federal F&A rate. We =3D >would be interested in identifying any institution that has used such a =3D >scheme and to learn whether it has been successful in increasing the =3D >number of Federal applications.=3D20 > > >Robert Webster, Ph.D. >Associate VP for Research >The Research Foundation of State University of New York >University at Albany >1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312 >Albany, New York 12222 >Phone: 518-437-4550 >Fax: 518-437-4560 >email: xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:32:30 -0500 >From: Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > >This question appears regularly. And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside >reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds that >can be used in anyway the university chooses. So, regardless of the >formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars over to >PIs problematic? Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable about >matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar molecules >he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he withdraws, but are >we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public when we talk about >using indirects as incentive money? > >Charlie > > > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:39:29 -0600 >From: Mike McCallister <xxxxxx@UALR.EDU> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > > >I explain the redistribution to the PI's as the university "choosing >to loose even more money on their projects." It's the university >money, payment for services rendered, and we can do what we want with >it. We've already lost money on the project because F&A rates never >really cover the costs, and we decide to lose a little more to tell >the PI it's a good thing. And to buy the Dean's good favor, too. > >SPanky > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:11:36 -0500 >From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > >--=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D_173058578= 0=3D=3D.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii"; format=3Dflowed > >But remember, green rectangles are excellent motivators. >If you can afford to, you can use some/all of recovered F&A as >motivators. But be sure that the program is clearly one that does >not become a "right" in the PI's eyes -- or anyone else who gets some >of the recovered F&A. Maybe a program that is reviewed annually? > >Chuck > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=====================_3922265==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <body> <br> If when using the terminology "Faculty Incentives" you mean Incentive Compensation based on Research Dollars, from a HHS perspective you may have no issues "recovered F&A is really just university funds that can be used in anyway the university chooses," but from an IRS standpoint you may. <br><br> Organizations which are exempt under =A7 501(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code (=93IRC=94) e.g., academic and research institutions and many hospitals= , that allow incentive compensation based on research revenues may run afoul of IRC =A7 4958 and become subject to =93intermediate sanctions.=94&nb= sp; Certain research incentive compensation arrangements may be determined to be an =93excess benefit transactions=94 under IRC =A7 4958 by the IRS and co= uld subject =93disqualified individuals=94 and =93managers=94 of 501(c)(3) organizations to intermediate sanctions. <br><br> The intermediate sanction penalties include return of the excess amount by the disqualified person(s), 25% or 200% in excise tax assessments depending on the time of return, and up to a $10,000 per incident penalty, for non-profit managers who knowingly, willfully, and without reasonable cause allow an excess benefit transaction. <br><br> Any research incentive compensation scheme should be reviewed carefully by Counsel experienced in the above area, most experienced health care attorneys are aware of this issue because of its application to incentive compensation schemes based on revenues (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid dollars brought in) as applied to physicians.<br><br> A =A7 501(c)(3) entity should never use a formula when calculating research incentive compensation based on research revenues. <br><br> Deborah<br><br> <br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face=3D"Century Gothic, Avant Garde">Deborah Everds, JD<br> CMB, Feinberg School of Medicine<br> Northwestern University<br><br> </font>xxxxxx@northwestern.edu<br><br> <br><br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Date: Wed, = 9 Nov 2005 09:16:55 -0500<br> From: Robert O Webster <xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU><br> Subject: Faculty Incentives<br><br> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<br><br> ------_=3D_NextPart_001_01C5E538.3D02704A<br> Content-Type: text/plain;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab>charset=3D&qu= ot;iso-8859-1"<br> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br><br> The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A =3D<br> recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for Federal =3D<br> awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having a sliding =3D<br> scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For example, those =3D<br> PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal negotiated rate =3D<br> would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to foundations or =3D<br> other agencies that only return a fraction of the Federal F&A rate. We =3D<br> would be interested in identifying any institution that has used such a =3D<br> scheme and to learn whether it has been successful in increasing the =3D<br> number of Federal applications.=3D20<br><br> <br> Robert Webster, Ph.D.<br> Associate VP for Research<br> The Research Foundation of State University of New York<br> University at Albany<br> 1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312<br> Albany, New York 12222<br> Phone: 518-437-4550<br> Fax: 518-437-4560<br> email: xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu<br> ------------------------------<br><br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:32:30 -0500<br> From: Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br><br> This question appears regularly. And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside<br> reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds that<br> can be used in anyway the university chooses. So, regardless of the<br> formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars over to<br> PIs problematic? Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable about<br> matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar molecules<br> he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he withdraws, but are<br> we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public when we talk about<br> using indirects as incentive money?<br><br> Charlie<br><br> <br><br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:39:29 -0600<br> From: Mike McCallister <xxxxxx@UALR.EDU><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br><br> <br> I explain the redistribution to the PI's as the university "choosing <br> to loose even more money on their projects." It's the university <br> money, payment for services rendered, and we can do what we want with <br> it. We've already lost money on the project because F&A rates never <br> really cover the costs, and we decide to lose a little more to tell=20 <br> the PI it's a good thing. And to buy the Dean's good favor, too.<br><br> SPanky<br> <br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:11:36 -0500<br> From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br><br> --=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D_1730585780= =3D=3D.ALT<br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii"; format=3Dflowed<br><br> But remember, green rectangles are excellent motivators.<br> If you can afford to, you can use some/all of recovered F&A as <br> motivators. But be sure that the program is clearly one that does <br> not become a "right" in the PI's eyes -- or anyone else who gets some <br> of the recovered F&A. Maybe a program that is reviewed annually?<br><br> Chuck<br><br> </blockquote> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face=3D"Century Gothic, Avant Garde"><br> </font></body> </html> <p> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=====================_3922265==.ALT-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:43:23 -0500 From: Rich Chiriatti <xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU> Subject: Improperly "coded" applications Over the last two or three months, we have had pending applications that don't show up under "status" in the Commons. This is well after having received the assignment letters and has happened with 5 or 6 applications. After calling the Commons help desk, they do some research and then tell me that NIH has "coded" the application incorrectly. They fix it quickly and all is well, but I was wondering if this has happened to others out there. More and more we are being asked to rely on the Commons for information (especially on the back end), so this can be problematic if the applications don't show up there. Rich -- Richard Chiriatti, CRA Senior Grants Officer Office of Sponsored Programs Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 5 Cambridge Center, Room 780 Cambridge, MA 02142-1493 Phone: (617) 258-5018 Fax: (617) 258-6184 E-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:48:22 -0600 From: Bill Campbell <xxxxxx@UWRF.EDU> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives (6) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030001010604080006030000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I think you can dodge these F&A or IRS issues by creating a formula that returns a portion of recovered F&A funds to the college or department from whence the proposal originated. Deans or dept chairs can use the funds to supplement supply and expense budgets, pay summer salaries for PI's, support travel to conferences, or anything else that's legal in the university. We've been doing that for years, returning 25% to deans. Once it was 50%; the teeth gnashing that resulted from reducing it demonstrates that faculty regard it as an incentive. They said 'why should I apply for any grants, it's not worth it any more, 25% doesn't begin to cover my time and effort.' Most of the gnashers were crying wolf, but not all; our grant submissions have continued to grow, though slowly. I know that many institutions follow a similar procedure under the principle Spanky expressed so well: recovered F&A funds belong to the institution to do with as it likes. Do any others have difficulties with F&A rates or IRS as a result? Should I start worrying? Regards, Bill Bill Campbell Director, Grants & Research University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 S. 3rd St. River Falls, WI 54022 715/425-3195 FAX 715/425-0649 Deborah Everds wrote: > > If when using the terminology "Faculty Incentives" you mean Incentive > Compensation based on Research Dollars, from a HHS perspective you may > have no issues "recovered F&A is really just university funds that can > be used in anyway the university chooses," but from an IRS standpoint > you may. > > Organizations which are exempt under § 501(c)(3), of the Internal > Revenue Code ("IRC") e.g., academic and research institutions and many > hospitals, that allow incentive compensation based on research > revenues may run afoul of IRC § 4958 and become subject to > "intermediate sanctions." Certain research incentive compensation > arrangements may be determined to be an "excess benefit transactions" > under IRC § 4958 by the IRS and could subject "disqualified > individuals" and "managers" of 501(c)(3) organizations to intermediate > sanctions. > > The intermediate sanction penalties include return of the excess > amount by the disqualified person(s), 25% or 200% in excise tax > assessments depending on the time of return, and up to a $10,000 per > incident penalty, for non-profit managers who knowingly, willfully, > and without reasonable cause allow an excess benefit transaction. > > Any research incentive compensation scheme should be reviewed > carefully by Counsel experienced in the above area, most experienced > health care attorneys are aware of this issue because of its > application to incentive compensation schemes based on revenues (i.e., > Medicare, Medicaid dollars brought in) as applied to physicians. > > A § 501(c)(3) entity should never use a formula when calculating > research incentive compensation based on research revenues. > > Deborah > > > Deborah Everds, JD > CMB, Feinberg School of Medicine > Northwestern University > > xxxxxx@northwestern.edu > > > >> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:16:55 -0500 >> From: Robert O Webster <xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU> >> Subject: Faculty Incentives >> >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> >> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E538.3D02704A >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A = >> recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for Federal = >> awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having a >> sliding = >> scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For example, those = >> PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal negotiated rate = >> would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to foundations or = >> other agencies that only return a fraction of the Federal F&A rate. We = >> would be interested in identifying any institution that has used such a = >> scheme and to learn whether it has been successful in increasing the = >> number of Federal applications.=20 >> >> >> Robert Webster, Ph.D. >> Associate VP for Research >> The Research Foundation of State University of New York >> University at Albany >> 1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312 >> Albany, New York 12222 >> Phone: 518-437-4550 >> Fax: 518-437-4560 >> email: xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:32:30 -0500 >> From: Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU> >> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives >> >> This question appears regularly. And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside >> reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds >> that >> can be used in anyway the university chooses. So, regardless of the >> formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars over to >> PIs problematic? Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable >> about >> matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar >> molecules >> he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he withdraws, but are >> we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public when we talk about >> using indirects as incentive money? >> >> Charlie >> >> >> >> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:39:29 -0600 >> From: Mike McCallister <xxxxxx@UALR.EDU> >> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives >> >> >> I explain the redistribution to the PI's as the university "choosing >> to loose even more money on their projects." It's the university >> money, payment for services rendered, and we can do what we want with >> it. We've already lost money on the project because F&A rates never >> really cover the costs, and we decide to lose a little more to tell >> the PI it's a good thing. And to buy the Dean's good favor, too. >> >> SPanky >> >> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:11:36 -0500 >> From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> >> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives >> >> --=====================_1730585780==.ALT >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >> But remember, green rectangles are excellent motivators. >> If you can afford to, you can use some/all of recovered F&A as >> motivators. But be sure that the program is clearly one that does >> not become a "right" in the PI's eyes -- or anyone else who gets some >> of the recovered F&A. Maybe a program that is reviewed annually? >> >> Chuck >> > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --------------030001010604080006030000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I think you can dodge these F&A or IRS issues by creating a formula that returns a portion of recovered F&A funds to the college or department from whence the proposal originated. Deans or dept chairs can use the funds to supplement supply and expense budgets, pay summer salaries for PI's, support travel to conferences, or anything else that's legal in the university. <br> <br> We've been doing that for years, returning 25% to deans. Once it was 50%; the teeth gnashing that resulted from reducing it demonstrates that faculty regard it as an incentive. They said 'why should I apply for any grants, it's not worth it any more, 25% doesn't begin to cover my time and effort.' Most of the gnashers were crying wolf, but not all; our grant submissions have continued to grow, though slowly. <br> <br> I know that many institutions follow a similar procedure under the principle Spanky expressed so well: recovered F&A funds belong to the institution to do with as it likes. Do any others have difficulties with F&A rates or IRS as a result? Should I start worrying?<br> <br> Regards, Bill<br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Bill Campbell Director, Grants & Research University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 S. 3rd St. River Falls, WI 54022 715/425-3195 FAX 715/425-0649 </pre> <br> <br> Deborah Everds wrote: <blockquote cite="xxxxxx@casbah.it.northwestern.edu" type="cite"><br> If when using the terminology "Faculty Incentives" you mean Incentive Compensation based on Research Dollars, from a HHS perspective you may have no issues "recovered F&A is really just university funds that can be used in anyway the university chooses," but from an IRS standpoint you may. <br> <br> Organizations which are exempt under § 501(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) e.g., academic and research institutions and many hospitals, that allow incentive compensation based on research revenues may run afoul of IRC § 4958 and become subject to “intermediate sanctions.” Certain research incentive compensation arrangements may be determined to be an “excess benefit transactions” under IRC § 4958 by the IRS and could subject “disqualified individuals” and “managers” of 501(c)(3) organizations to intermediate sanctions. <br> <br> The intermediate sanction penalties include return of the excess amount by the disqualified person(s), 25% or 200% in excise tax assessments depending on the time of return, and up to a $10,000 per incident penalty, for non-profit managers who knowingly, willfully, and without reasonable cause allow an excess benefit transaction. <br> <br> Any research incentive compensation scheme should be reviewed carefully by Counsel experienced in the above area, most experienced health care attorneys are aware of this issue because of its application to incentive compensation schemes based on revenues (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid dollars brought in) as applied to physicians.<br> <br> A § 501(c)(3) entity should never use a formula when calculating research incentive compensation based on research revenues. <br> <br> Deborah<br> <br> <br> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> <p><font face="Century Gothic, Avant Garde">Deborah Everds, JD<br> CMB, Feinberg School of Medicine<br> Northwestern University<br> <br> </font><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xxxxxx@northwestern.edu">xxxxxx@northwestern.edu</a><br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:16:55 -0500<br> From: Robert O Webster <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU"><xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU></a><br> Subject: Faculty Incentives<br> <br> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<br> <br> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E538.3D02704A<br> Content-Type: text/plain;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab>charset="iso-8859-1"<br> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br> <br> The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A =<br> recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for Federal =<br> awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having a sliding =<br> scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For example, those =<br> PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal negotiated rate =<br> would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to foundations or =<br> other agencies that only return a fraction of the Federal F&A rate. We =<br> would be interested in identifying any institution that has used such a =<br> scheme and to learn whether it has been successful in increasing the =<br> number of Federal applications.=20<br> <br> <br> Robert Webster, Ph.D.<br> Associate VP for Research<br> The Research Foundation of State University of New York<br> University at Albany<br> 1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312<br> Albany, New York 12222<br> Phone: 518-437-4550<br> Fax: 518-437-4560<br> email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu">xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu</a><br> ------------------------------<br> <br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:32:30 -0500<br> From: Charlie Hathaway <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU"><xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU></a><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br> <br> This question appears regularly. And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside<br> reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds that<br> can be used in anyway the university chooses. So, regardless of the<br> formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars over to<br> PIs problematic? Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable about<br> matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar molecules<br> he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he withdraws, but are<br> we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public when we talk about<br> using indirects as incentive money?<br> <br> Charlie<br> <br> <br> <br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:39:29 -0600<br> From: Mike McCallister <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:xxxxxx@UALR.EDU"><xxxxxx@UALR.EDU></a><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br> <br> <br> I explain the redistribution to the PI's as the university "choosing <br> to loose even more money on their projects." It's the university <br> money, payment for services rendered, and we can do what we want with <br> it. We've already lost money on the project because F&A rates never <br> really cover the costs, and we decide to lose a little more to tell <br> the PI it's a good thing. And to buy the Dean's good favor, too.<br> <br> SPanky<br> <br> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:11:36 -0500<br> From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET"><xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET></a><br> Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives<br> <br> --=====================_1730585780==.ALT<br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed<br> <br> But remember, green rectangles are excellent motivators.<br> If you can afford to, you can use some/all of recovered F&A as <br> motivators. But be sure that the program is clearly one that does <br> not become a "right" in the PI's eyes -- or anyone else who gets some <br> of the recovered F&A. Maybe a program that is reviewed annually?<br> <br> Chuck<br> <br> </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> <p><font face="Century Gothic, Avant Garde"><br> </font></p> <p>====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hrinet.org">http://www.hrinet.org</a> (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== </p> </blockquote> </body> </html> <p> ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --------------030001010604080006030000-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:50:24 -0500 From: Vonnie Perkins <xxxxxx@UMRESEARCH.UMD.EDU> Subject: URL for Grants.gov Training Materials --=__Part62405F40.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good Morning All: All of the training materials that I have been using have been combined and are located at http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/grantsgov_docs/ggovtrain.pdf Other Grants.gov resource links for UM staff can be found at http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/systems.html#6 Again, just a reminder that the manual is a condensed and amended version of the old one that was on the Grants.gov website. The new manuals that NSF and NIH have released give step by step directions for the different forms in the R&R 424 set. DOE also uses the R&R 424 set for many of their app packages so either of these manuals could help with that package as well. (This doesn't help for agencies still using plain 424, 424A and 424B.) Links are below for NSF and NIH. NSF's Grants.gov manual http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf NIH's Grants.gov manual http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm Also had a request to audit the training sessions. If you are interested and can arrange your travel, just check ORAA's website http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA and send me an email. You are more than welcome to sit in. Please note that these training items are geared to business folks and faculty who are completing the grant application packages. Our office procedures and traininging for submission to Grants.gov are being refined now as more folks in our sponsored projects office are reviewing electronic apps and submitting. Have a good one- Vonnie Vonnie Y. Perkins Electronic Research Administration Program Manager Office of Research Administration and Advancement 3110B Lee Building University of Maryland, College Park Voice-301.405.4179 Fax-301.314.9569 xxxxxx@umd.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --=__Part62405F40.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>Good Morning All:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All of the training materials that I have been using have been = combined and are located at </DIV> <DIV><A href=3D"http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/grantsgov_docs/ggovt= rain.pdf">http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/grantsgov_docs/ggovtrain.p= df</A></DIV> <DIV>Other Grants.gov resource links for UM staff can be found at </DIV> <DIV><A href=3D"http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/systems.html#6">http= ://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/era/systems.html#6</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Again, just a reminder that the manual is a condensed and amended = version of the old one that was on the Grants.gov website. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The new manuals that NSF and NIH have released give step by step = directions for the different forms in the R&R 424 set. DOE also uses = the R&R 424 set for many of their app packages so either= of these manuals could help with that package as well. (This = doesn't help for agencies still using plain 424, 424A and 424B.) Links are = below for NSF and NIH. </DIV> <DIV> <BR>NSF's Grants.gov manual <A href=3D"http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/di= as/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf">http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/= grantsgovguide.pdf</A> <BR>NIH's Grants.gov manual<BR><A href=3D"http://gra= nts2.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm">http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/fu= nding/424/index.htm</A> <BR> <BR>Also had a request to audit the = training sessions. If you are interested and can arrange your travel, = just check ORAA's website <A href=3D"http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA">h= ttp://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA</A> and send me an email. You are = more than welcome to sit in.<BR> <BR>Please note that these training = items are geared to business folks and faculty who are completing = the grant application packages. Our office procedures and traininging for = submission to Grants.gov are being refined now as more folks in = our sponsored projects office are reviewing electronic apps and submitting.= </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have a good one-</DIV> <DIV>Vonnie</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vonnie Y. Perkins<BR>Electronic Research Administration<BR>Program = Manager<BR>Office of Research Administration <BR>and Advancement<BR>3110B = Lee Building<BR>University of Maryland, College Park<BR>Voice-301.405.4179<= BR>Fax-301.314.9569<BR><A href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@umd.edu">xxxxxx@umd.edu= </A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> <p> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=__Part62405F40.0__=-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:07:36 -0500 From: Lynn Rollins <xxxxxx@USM.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Re: Improperly "coded" applications This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=__Part6E4C5348.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rich - This is of great interest to our organization because we haven't as yet had to use Commons to verify applications. If this is happening to you, how will it effect an organization that has submitted an NIH grant and needs to go into Commons within 2 days to verify the application? Since the new instructions note that "although the eRA will make every effort to send an email summarizing download and validation results this method of notification cannot be completely guaranteed..." So after reading your email - I'm afraid that not only will I not receive an email telling me it's time to verify, but I also won't see the proposal in Commons and know that it's ready for verification. Now that just adds to my stress level! Lynn Ann Rollins Associate Director of Pre-Award Services Office of Sponsored Programs University of Southern Maine P O Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 207-780-4873 xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu "A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour." >>> xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU 11/10/05 11:43 AM >>> Over the last two or three months, we have had pending applications that don't show up under "status" in the Commons. This is well after having received the assignment letters and has happened with 5 or 6 applications. After calling the Commons help desk, they do some research and then tell me that NIH has "coded" the application incorrectly. They fix it quickly and all is well, but I was wondering if this has happened to others out there. More and more we are being asked to rely on the Commons for information (especially on the back end), so this can be problematic if the applications don't show up there. Rich -- Richard Chiriatti, CRA Senior Grants Officer Office of Sponsored Programs Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 5 Cambridge Center, Room 780 Cambridge, MA 02142-1493 Phone: (617) 258-5018 Fax: (617) 258-6184 E-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== --=__Part6E4C5348.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>Rich - This is of great interest to our organization because we = haven't as yet had to use Commons to verify applications. If this is = happening to you, how will it effect an organization that has submitted an = NIH grant and needs to go into Commons within 2 days to verify the = application? Since the new instructions note that "although the eRA will = make every effort to send an email summarizing download and validation = results this method of notification cannot be completely guaranteed..." So = after reading your email - I'm afraid that not only will I not receive an = email telling me it's time to verify, but I also won't see the proposal in = Commons and know that it's ready for verification. Now that just adds to = my stress level!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lynn Ann Rollins<BR>Associate Director of Pre-Award Services<BR>Office= of Sponsored Programs<BR>University of Southern Maine<BR>P O Box = 9300<BR>Portland, ME 04104-9300</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>207-780-4873<BR><A href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu">xxxxxx@usm= .maine.edu</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"A truly happy person is one who <BR>can enjoy the scenery on a = detour."<BR><BR>>>> xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU 11/10/05 11:43 AM >>>= ;<BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"COLOR: #000000">Over the last two or three months, we have = had pending applications that <BR>don't show up under "status" in the = Commons. This is well after having <BR>received the assignment = letters and has happened with 5 or 6 <BR>applications. After calling = the Commons help desk, they do some <BR>research and then tell me that NIH = has "coded" the application <BR>incorrectly. They fix it quickly and = all is well, but I was wondering <BR>if this has happened to others out = there. More and more we are being <BR>asked to rely on the Commons = for information (especially on the back <BR>end), so this can be problemati= c if the applications don't show up there.<BR><BR>Rich<BR><BR>-- <BR>Richar= d Chiriatti, CRA<BR>Senior Grants Officer<BR>Office of Sponsored Programs<B= R>Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research<BR>5 Cambridge Center, Room = 780<BR>Cambridge, MA 02142-1493<BR>Phone: (617) 258-5018<BR>Fax: = (617) 258-6184<BR>E-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu<BR><BR><BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<BR>Instructions on how to use the = RESADM-L Mailing List, including<BR>subscription information and a = web-searchable archive, are available<BR>via our web site at <A href=3D"htt= p://www.hrinet.org">http://www.hrinet.org</A> (click on "Listserv = Lists")<BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<BR= ><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> <p> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=__Part6E4C5348.0__=-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:18:43 -0500 From: Robert Beattie <xxxxxx@UMICH.EDU> Subject: Re: Improperly "coded" applications Although a limited sample, we have submitted about 15 applications via NIH's own electronic system eCGAP using software developed by Cayuse, Inc. All of these were in the Commons, ready for view by the PI and SO within an hour of submission. We used the 2 day window for correction option for some of these and the corrected version was likewise there quickly. We probably did 20 different submissions with no problems on the NIH side. The PI's wanted to correct some things which is why we had multiple submissions. I wonder what criteria will be allowed for re-submissions with the Grants.Gov system? Bob __________________________________ Robert Beattie Managing Senior Project Representative for Electronic Research Administration Division of Research Development and Administration University of Michigan 3003 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274 office: 734 936-1283 mobile: 734 717-6281 xxxxxx@umich.edu On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Lynn Rollins wrote: Rich - This is of great interest to our organization because we haven't as yet had to use Commons to verify applications. If this is happening to you, how will it effect an organization that has submitted an NIH grant and needs to go into Commons within 2 days to verify the application? Since the new instructions note that "although the eRA will make every effort to send an email summarizing download and validation results this method of notification cannot be completely guaranteed..." So after reading your email - I'm afraid that not only will I not receive an email telling me it's time to verify, but I also won't see the proposal in Commons and know that it's ready for verification. Now that just adds to my stress level! Lynn Ann Rollins Associate Director of Pre-Award Services Office of Sponsored Programs University of Southern Maine P O Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 207-780-4873 xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu "A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour." >>> xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU 11/10/05 11:43 AM >>> Over the last two or three months, we have had pending applications that don't show up under "status" in the Commons. This is well after having received the assignment letters and has happened with 5 or 6 applications. After calling the Commons help desk, they do some research and then tell me that NIH has "coded" the application incorrectly. They fix it quickly and all is well, but I was wondering if this has happened to others out there. More and more we are being asked to rely on the Commons for information (especially on the back end), so this can be problematic if the applications don't show up there. Rich -- Richard Chiriatti, CRA Senior Grants Officer Office of Sponsored Programs Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 5 Cambridge Center, Room 780 Cambridge, MA 02142-1493 Phone: (617) 258-5018 Fax: (617) 258-6184 E-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== I nstructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:33:46 -0600 From: Debbie Smith <xxxxxx@UTMEM.EDU> Subject: Re: Improperly "coded" applications This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01FA_01C5E5EA.9C93FF60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While I'm not a big fan of this whole process, I am confident that the = agencies will work with us to be sure the proposals that are submitted = are actually accepted for review. Most of the agencies with which I = have worked have been very cooperative and supportive. Debbie Smith Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith, Ed.D. Director, Research Administration UT Health Science Center 910 Madison, Suite 823 Memphis, TN 38163 901 448-4823 901 448-7600 fax xxxxxx@utmem.edu ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lynn Rollins=20 To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG=20 Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Improperly "coded" applications Rich - This is of great interest to our organization because we = haven't as yet had to use Commons to verify applications. If this is = happening to you, how will it effect an organization that has submitted = an NIH grant and needs to go into Commons within 2 days to verify the = application? Since the new instructions note that "although the eRA will = make every effort to send an email summarizing download and validation = results this method of notification cannot be completely guaranteed..." = So after reading your email - I'm afraid that not only will I not = receive an email telling me it's time to verify, but I also won't see = the proposal in Commons and know that it's ready for verification. Now = that just adds to my stress level! Lynn Ann Rollins Associate Director of Pre-Award Services Office of Sponsored Programs University of Southern Maine P O Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 207-780-4873 xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu "A truly happy person is one who=20 can enjoy the scenery on a detour." >>> xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU 11/10/05 11:43 AM >>> Over the last two or three months, we have had pending applications = that=20 don't show up under "status" in the Commons. This is well after = having=20 received the assignment letters and has happened with 5 or 6=20 applications. After calling the Commons help desk, they do some=20 research and then tell me that NIH has "coded" the application=20 incorrectly. They fix it quickly and all is well, but I was wondering = if this has happened to others out there. More and more we are being=20 asked to rely on the Commons for information (especially on the back=20 end), so this can be problematic if the applications don't show up = there. Rich --=20 Richard Chiriatti, CRA Senior Grants Officer Office of Sponsored Programs Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 5 Cambridge Center, Room 780 Cambridge, MA 02142-1493 Phone: (617) 258-5018 Fax: (617) 258-6184 E-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including = subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via = our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------=_NextPart_000_01FA_01C5E5EA.9C93FF60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma" = bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">While I'm not a big fan of this = whole process,=20 I am confident that the agencies will work with us to be sure the = proposals=20 that are submitted are actually accepted for review. Most of the = agencies=20 with which I have worked have been very cooperative and = supportive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Debbie Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith, = Ed.D.<BR>Director,=20 Research Administration<BR>UT Health Science Center<BR>910 Madison, = Suite=20 823<BR>Memphis, TN 38163<BR>901 448-4823<BR>901 448-7600 fax<BR><A = href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@utmem.edu">xxxxxx@utmem.edu</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=xxxxxx@USM.MAINE.EDU = href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@USM.MAINE.EDU">Lynn=20 Rollins</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG=20 href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG">xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 10, = 2005 11:07=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RESADM-L] = Improperly=20 "coded" applications</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Rich - This is of great interest to our organization because we = haven't=20 as yet had to use Commons to verify applications. If this is happening = to you,=20 how will it effect an organization that has submitted an NIH grant and = needs=20 to go into Commons within 2 days to verify the application? Since the = new=20 instructions note that "although the eRA will make every effort to = send an=20 email summarizing download and validation results this method of = notification=20 cannot be completely guaranteed..." So after reading your email - I'm = afraid=20 that not only will I not receive an email telling me it's time to = verify, but=20 I also won't see the proposal in Commons and know that it's ready for=20 verification. Now that just adds to my stress level!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lynn Ann Rollins<BR>Associate Director of Pre-Award = Services<BR>Office of=20 Sponsored Programs<BR>University of Southern Maine<BR>P O Box=20 9300<BR>Portland, ME 04104-9300</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>207-780-4873<BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu">xxxxxx@usm.maine.edu</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"A truly happy person is one who <BR>can enjoy the scenery on a=20 detour."<BR><BR>>>> xxxxxx@WI.MIT.EDU 11/10/05 11:43 AM=20 >>><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"COLOR: #000000">Over the last two or three months, we = have had=20 pending applications that <BR>don't show up under "status" in the=20 Commons. This is well after having <BR>received the assignment = letters=20 and has happened with 5 or 6 <BR>applications. After calling the = Commons=20 help desk, they do some <BR>research and then tell me that NIH has = "coded" the=20 application <BR>incorrectly. They fix it quickly and all is = well, but I=20 was wondering <BR>if this has happened to others out there. 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Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E62B.6DA10AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Office of Sponsored Research at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute has the following job opportunity available for interested candidates: Senior Grants Specialist: The Senior Grants Specialist will be responsible to direct, develop and coordinate pre-award and post-award non-financial activities for proposals submitted to federal and non-federal funding sources resulting in award documents including grants, contracts, federal clinical trials, external agreements and intramural grants. Additional responsibilities include overseeing all grant submissions processed through the department and to cross train departmental employees and investigators new to the grants process. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. A minimum of 3-5 years prior experience as Grants Specialist. Proficient with computers and various software applications. Function independently with developed problem solving, decision-making and organizational skills. Well-developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively develop and maintain working relationships with both internal/external customers at all levels. Presentation, teaching & analytical skills with the ability to present to large and small audiences, address multiple complex tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines and be able to work under deadline pressure. Please contact and/or submit resumes to Romell Boyle, Director, Office of Sponsored Research at (412) 359-3046 or xxxxxx@wpahs.org <mailto:xxxxxx@wpahs.org> ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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Additional responsibilities include overseeing all grant submissions processed through the department and to cross train departmental employees and investigators new to the grants process. </P> <P>Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. A minimum of 3-5 years prior experience as Grants Specialist. Proficient with computers and various software applications. Function independently with developed problem solving, decision-making and organizational skills. Well-developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively develop and maintain working relationships with both internal/external customers at all levels. Presentation, teaching & analytical skills with the ability to present to large and small audiences, address multiple complex tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines and be able to work under deadline pressure.</P> <P>Please contact and/or submit resumes to Romell Boyle, Director, Office of Sponsored Research at (412) 359-3046 or <A href="mailto:xxxxxx@wpahs.org">xxxxxx@wpahs.org</A></P></FONT></FONT></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">********************************************************************** </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">are addressed. 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Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E62B.8CCF5F70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Office of Sponsored Research at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute has the following job opportunity available for interested candidates: Research Compliance Assistant A Research Compliance Assistant is responsible for planning, coordinating and managing all activities pertinent to Institutional Review Board submission of clinical trials to assure compliance with institutional, local, state and federal policies/procedures, regulations, guidelines and laws. Additional responsibilities include developing internal study budgets to ensure that organizational costs are covered, and obtaining coverage determinations to assure compliance with appropriate billing practices. Qualifications: BA/BS degree or 10 years recent healthcare and/or nursing experience. Minimum 5 years recent research experience preferred. Must be proficient with computers and various software applications. Function independently with developed problem solving, decision-making and organizational skills. Well-developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively develop and maintain working relationships with both internal/external customers at all levels. Presentation, teaching & analytical skills with the ability to present to large and small audiences, address multiple complex tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines. Current PA RN licensure and/or Clinical Research Coordinator Certification preferred. Please contact and/or submit resumes to Romell Boyle, Director, Office of Sponsored Research at (412) 359-3046 or xxxxxx@wpahs.org ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the West Penn Allegheny Health System Help Desk at 412 330-4357. 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Additional responsibilities include developing internal study budgets to ensure that organizational costs are covered, and obtaining coverage determinations to assure compliance with appropriate billing practices.</P> <P>Qualifications: BA/BS degree or 10 years recent healthcare and/or nursing experience. Minimum 5 years recent research experience preferred. Must be proficient with computers and various software applications. Function independently with developed problem solving, decision-making and organizational skills. Well-developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to effectively develop and maintain working relationships with both internal/external customers at all levels. Presentation, teaching & analytical skills with the ability to present to large and small audiences, address multiple complex tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines. Current PA RN licensure and/or Clinical Research Coordinator Certification preferred.</P> <P>Please contact and/or submit resumes to Romell Boyle, Director, Office of Sponsored Research at (412) 359-3046 or xxxxxx@wpahs.org</P></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">********************************************************************** </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they </SPAN></P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">are addressed. 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"If we knew what it was we were doing, It would not be research would it?" Albert Einstein Susan W. Meslang Director of Grants and Sponsored Programs Tidewater Community College 500 East Main Street Norfolk VA 23510 P.O. Box 9000 Norfolk VA 23509 Office 757 822-1773 Cell 757 409-2887 Fax 757 822-1007 xxxxxx@tcc.edu >>> xxxxxx@NORTHWESTERN.EDU 11/10/05 11:14 AM >>> If when using the terminology "Faculty Incentives" you mean Incentive Compensation based on Research Dollars, from a HHS perspective you may have no issues "recovered F&A is really just university funds that can be used in anyway the university chooses," but from an IRS standpoint you may. Organizations which are exempt under § 501(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") e.g., academic and research institutions and many hospitals, that allow incentive compensation based on research revenues may run afoul of IRC § 4958 and become subject to "intermediate sanctions." Certain research incentive compensation arrangements may be determined to be an "excess benefit transactions" under IRC § 4958 by the IRS and could subject "disqualified individuals" and "managers" of 501(c)(3) organizations to intermediate sanctions. The intermediate sanction penalties include return of the excess amount by the disqualified person(s), 25% or 200% in excise tax assessments depending on the time of return, and up to a $10,000 per incident penalty, for non-profit managers who knowingly, willfully, and without reasonable cause allow an excess benefit transaction. Any research incentive compensation scheme should be reviewed carefully by Counsel experienced in the above area, most experienced health care attorneys are aware of this issue because of its application to incentive compensation schemes based on revenues (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid dollars brought in) as applied to physicians. A § 501(c)(3) entity should never use a formula when calculating research incentive compensation based on research revenues. Deborah Deborah Everds, JD CMB, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University xxxxxx@northwestern.edu >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:16:55 -0500 >From: Robert O Webster <xxxxxx@UAMAIL.ALBANY.EDU> >Subject: Faculty Incentives > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E538.3D02704A >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >The University at Albany SUNY has proposed to return some of the F&A = >recovery back to PI's as a way to incentivize them to apply for Federal = >awards. One proposed strategy that is being explored is having a sliding = >scale based on the F&A amount requested by the PI. For example, those = >PI's who apply to Federal agencies using our Federal negotiated rate = >would receive a higher return than PI's who apply to foundations or = >other agencies that only return a fraction of the Federal F&A rate. We = >would be interested in identifying any institution that has used such a = >scheme and to learn whether it has been successful in increasing the = >number of Federal applications.=20 > > >Robert Webster, Ph.D. >Associate VP for Research >The Research Foundation of State University of New York >University at Albany >1400 Washington Avenue, MSC 312 >Albany, New York 12222 >Phone: 518-437-4550 >Fax: 518-437-4560 >email: xxxxxx@uamail.albany.edu >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:32:30 -0500 >From: Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > >This question appears regularly. And I seem to remember Chuck Chermside >reminding everyone that recovered F&A is really just university funds that >can be used in anyway the university chooses. So, regardless of the >formulas used, isn't the concept of handing indirect cost dollars over to >PIs problematic? Admittedly, I am only slightly more knowledgeable about >matters of finance than my 8 year old who thinks that the dollar molecules >he deposits in the bank will be the same molecules he withdraws, but are >we sending the wrong message to PIs and the public when we talk about >using indirects as incentive money? > >Charlie > > > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:39:29 -0600 >From: Mike McCallister <xxxxxx@UALR.EDU> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > > >I explain the redistribution to the PI's as the university "choosing >to loose even more money on their projects." It's the university >money, payment for services rendered, and we can do what we want with >it. We've already lost money on the project because F&A rates never >really cover the costs, and we decide to lose a little more to tell >the PI it's a good thing. And to buy the Dean's good favor, too. > >SPanky > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:11:36 -0500 >From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> >Subject: Re: Faculty Incentives > >--=====================_1730585780==.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >But remember, green rectangles are excellent motivators. >If you can afford to, you can use some/all of recovered F&A as >motivators. But be sure that the program is clearly one that does >not become a "right" in the PI's eyes -- or anyone else who gets some >of the recovered F&A. Maybe a program that is reviewed annually? > >Chuck > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:26:49 -0800 From: Pat Shockley <xxxxxx@PHI.ORG> Subject: I passed! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5E63D.75A495E2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yippee! Thanks to everyone for your help. 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Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> Subject: Re: email coming in code Probably no help, but there are two things that sometimes fix things when it seems nothing else works -- no good reason, but these probably flush out the gremlins. 1) Shut down everything: close each program. Turn off computer -- OFF -- unplug if you must! (Many computers these days keep a trickle of current that seems to feed the gremlins if you don't unplug!) Turn off all peripherals, especially if you have a high speed modem or a wireless network (like a home system). Turn back on in this order: modem, wireless network, computer. 2) Uninstall and reinstall the program that gives trouble -- but be sure you save files such as mailboxes, nicknames, etc. just in case the uninstall wipes them out. This is NOT advice from an IT specialist, just someone who has often saved his bacon by using these tricks to fix something that goes wrong after it worked right. Be advised that MS Windows (any version) has a "Registry" which supposedly many things. (I think it is the master book of magic spells!) It can get screwed up, sometimes. DO NOT mess with it unless you know what you are doing, and in any case BACK IT UP before tweaking it. And don't forget that there are help forums out there for almost all programs. Try Googling [program name] help forum, or similar. Chuck At 09:26 AM 11/10/2005, you wrote: >So do mine. I have asked all our IT people and been back and forth with >the listserv people, tried unsubbing and resubbing and changing lots of >settings and nothing has worked. I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one. > >If anyone has any ideas, I would be most appreciative. > > >Laurie Rosenberg, CRA >The Ohio State University Research Foundation >1030 Derby Hall >154 N. Oval Mall >Columbus, Ohio 43210 >(614) 688-4175 tel >(614) 688-8280 fax >xxxxxx@osu.edu > > >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:05:09 -0500 >From: "Herbert B. Chermside" <xxxxxx@VERIZON.NET> >Subject: Re: email coming in code > >--=====================_1730198323==.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Probably a setting on your e-mail client. Different clients use >different language to refer to the way that they handle >decoding. Check with your IT folks for help. Or use help desk or >user's group for that client. > >Chuck > > >At 08:39 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote: > >Most of my email from the list comes in code. How can this be > >rectified.? I see very few messages that can actually be read. > > > >Eleanor M. Cicinsky > >Director, PreAward Sponsored Projects Administration > >Temple University, 406 USB, 083-45 > >1601 N. Broad Street > >Philadelphia, PA 19122 > >(Ph) 215.204.8691 > >(Fx) 215.204.7486 > >(Em) <mailto:xxxxxx@temple.edu>xxxxxx@temple.edu > >(Web) <http://www.research.temple.edu/>http://www.research.temple.edu > > > > > > > >====================================================================== > >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv > >Lists") >====================================================================== > >Herbert "Chuck" Chermside, CRA >Director Emeritus, VCU Sponsored Programs >Executive Director, Research Administrators Certification Council >1915 Robindale Rd. >Richmond, VA 23235-3931 >804-320-5502 >xxxxxx@verizon.net > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert "Chuck" Chermside, CRA Director Emeritus, VCU Sponsored Programs Executive Director, Research Administrators Certification Council 1915 Robindale Rd. 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