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April 23, 2024

OSP & HSLS RCR Webinar: The NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will present a virtual webinar: “The NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing”. The goal of this session is...
March 29, 2024

Registration Now Open for OSP Spring Virtual Workshops

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be offering the following Faculty and Staff Development Program (FSDP) workshops this Spring through the...
March 22, 2024

New Departmental Research Administrators – Join OSP in a Virtual Coffee Break on 4/12/24

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) would like to invite new departmental research administrators to join us for a Departmental Research Administrator Coffee Break. This is an opportunity to...
January 30, 2024

NIH Salary Cap Guidance for FY24

On January 29, 2024, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an increase to its salary cap from $212,100 to $221,900 for Executive Level II of the...
January 12, 2024

REMINDER: Updated Timeline for Contraxx to MyRA Subaward Request Transition

As a reminder, effective Thursday, February 1, 2024, amendments...
January 5, 2024

FY2025 Proposed Fringe Benefit Rates

The University of Pittsburgh’s proposed FY2025 fringe benefit rates were released: https://www.controller.pitt....
December 8, 2023

Proposal Submission Deadlines around Winter Recess

Due to the University Winter Recess closure, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be...
December 6, 2023

Updated Timeline for Contraxx to MyRA Subaward Request Transition and Call for Testing Volunteers

The PERIS™ Team is working on the Phase 2 transition of outgoing subaward requests from Contraxx to MyRA. Phase 2 will allow subaward amendments to be requested in MyRA from active subawards that...
November 17, 2023

NIH Policy on Foreign Subrecipients

Effective January 1, 2024, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require award recipients to address the following in subaward agreements with foreign subrecipients:

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September 29, 2023

Registration Now Open for OSP Fall Virtual Workshops

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be offering the following Faculty and Staff Development Program (FSDP) workshops this Fall through the...
September 20, 2023

New Process for Requesting Outgoing Subawards

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will begin transitioning away from utilizing the Contraxx Subaward System to using our existing MyRA System for requesting and processing outgoing subawards...
July 31, 2023

MyFunding Upgrade Completed

MyFunding is available for all users as of today, Monday, July 31 at 8:30am. 

  • New and updated user guides are available...
July 28, 2023

Upcoming NCURA workshops

The...
July 14, 2023

Registration Now Open: Workshop for Basic Biomedical Researchers on 8/16/23

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be participating in the upcoming Office of Research Protections (ORP) Workshop for Basic Biomedical Researchers on August 16,...
June 12, 2023

New Departmental Research Administrators – Join OSP in a Departmental Research Administrator Virtual Coffee Break

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) would like to invite new departmental research administrators to join us for a  Departmental Research Administrator Coffee Break. This is an opportunity to...