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Friday, April 19, 2019

NIH Releases Guidance for FY19 Salary Cap

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released on April 17, 2019 the increase in salary cap for Executive Level II of the ...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Using MyFunding instead of OSPIntake@pitt.edu

With the rollout of Phase 2 of the PERIS...
Friday, April 5, 2019

Completing your COI Annual Disclosure by April 15

The deadline for the 2019 annual Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure filings is Monday, April 15, 2019.  Annual COI disclosures must be completed and current prior to the Office of Sponsored...
Friday, March 1, 2019

Why is my outgoing subaward no longer visible on my Contraxx dashboard?

The Contraxx ...
Friday, February 22, 2019

What is the Council on Governmental Relations?

What is the Council on Governmental Relations?

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Friday, February 8, 2019

What is a CRADA?

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Friday, December 14, 2018

Where can I find data on NIH funded projects and award information?

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes award information publicly available through the Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT). Awards can be searched using many different...
Friday, November 16, 2018

How do I know if I need prior approval from a sponsor?

Many sponsors require prior approval to complete certain actions on an award.  For example, a sponsor may require prior approval for significant re-budgeting, changing the PI, adding a new...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Does the Office of Sponsored Programs process non-research related proposals and awards too?

Yes, the Office of Sponsored Programs processes all sponsored programs, which include, but are not limited to research projects.  Some characteristics of a sponsored project include:

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Friday, October 19, 2018

What is the difference between a WARNING and an ERROR in my NIH submission?

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software in Federal Projects

Recently, Federal Contracts have been including a new FAR Clause 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered...
Friday, October 5, 2018

What should I do if I need to have something signed in the Office of Sponsored Programs?

Many sponsors require endorsement letters or signature pages to be signed by the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), who for the University of...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

What should I include in my MyRA submission to the Office of Sponsored Programs for dbGaP requests? (Part 2 of 2)

The Office of Sponsored Programs reviews the following prior to approval:

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Friday, August 31, 2018

I need to access dbGaP data for my research. How do I request it? (Part 1 of 2)

Principal Investigators wishing to access data from the NCBI database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) must...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Did you know the University of Pittsburgh subscribes to the iThenticate plagiarism-detection system?

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