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Information Sheet Updates

• August 25, 2009
• July 7, 2009
• May 21, 2009
• May 4, 2009
• April 20, 2009
• April 13, 2009
• March 9, 2009
• February 6, 2009
• January 23, 2009
• January 2, 2009
• December 2, 2008
• October 6, 2008
• July 30, 2008
• July 21, 2008
• June 27, 2008
• June 26, 2008
• March 26, 2008
• February 7, 2008
• January 4, 2008
• August 28, 2007
• June 20, 2007
• May 31, 2007
• March 3, 2007
• January 30, 2007
• January 4, 2007

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• January, 2, 2007
• June 16, 2006
• May 17, 2006
• April 12, 2006
• March 13, 2006
• December 30, 2005
• December 20, 2005
• October 4, 2005
• September 13, 2005
• September 7, 2005
• August 22, 2005
• July 15, 2005
• May 18, 2005
• May 5, 2005
• May 4, 2005
• April 18, 2005
• March 31, 2005

The purpose of this page is to provide a detail description of the periodic changes made to the Information Sheet (link).  Future changes will be listed chronologically.  

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The following updates was made on August 25, 2009:

• Updated fringe benefits rates to comply with Annual Fringe Benefits Memo.  Important, the new COMBINED RATE is 19.4% (formerly 19.1%).  For more detail, please see visit the Fringe Benefit Rates web site (link)
• Added link to the Certification of Liability coverage to printable form.

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The following update was made on July 7, 2009:

• Effective July 1, 2009, the annual health insurance rate for postdoctoral scholars decreases to $2,534 per year. The annual health insurance rate for graduate students has been increased to $1,970 effective August 15, 2009.

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The following update was made on May 21, 2009:

• Health insurance premium for FY10 (effective July 1, 2009) increased to $4,527 for full time Permanent EPA/SPA employees (Object code 1832)

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The following update was made on May 4, 2009:

• Contract & Grant Administrator changed to Margaret Vigiolto

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The following update was made on April 20, 2009:

• North Carolina Single Audit (A-133) for FY08 has been published (http://www.ncauditor.net/Epsweb/Reports/Financial/FIN-2008-8730.pdf)

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The following update was made on April 13, 2009:

• Animal Subject: Assurance Number A3410-01 expiration date changed to 4/30/2013.

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The following update was made on March 9, 2009:

• Misconduct in Science Form PHS 6349 changed to 3/9/2009

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The following updates were made on February 6, 2009:

• The number of UNC-CH employees was updated with Fall 2008 figure, 12,082.
  (link: http://oira.unc.edu/employees-by-category-fall.html )
• FY 2009 Fringe benefit update- the 2009 calendar year maximum taxable salary base for the Old Age,
  Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of Social Security increased to $106,800.  (link: http://research.unc.edu/osr/information/fringe_benefit_rates.php)

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The following update was made on January 23, 2009:

• The new NIH salary cap is 196,700 effective 1/1/2009.
  (link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm)

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The following updates were made on January 2, 2009:

• State Mileage allowance decreased effective 1/1/2009
• Federal Tax Exemption Letter (updated version)

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The following updates were made on December 2, 2008:

• Replaced Jenifer Gwaltney's contact information with Vanessa Peoples, Director of Financial Reporting & Cash Management
• F&A rates' Table 2 (effective 7/1/08-6/30/11) added

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The following updates were made on October 6, 2008:

• Removed the reference to the Office of Audit Services, to avoid future misunderstandings with regard to the correct Cognizant Federal Audit Agency for UNC-CH
• Replaced Hilda Durham's contact information with Jenifer Gwaltney (until position is filled)

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The following update was made on July 30, 2008:

• Fringe Benefit Rates updated for FY09

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The following updates were made on July 21, 2008:

• F&A rates' Table 1 (effective 7/1/07-6/30/08) deleted
• Added links to definitions associated with F&A
• Deleted outdated links associated with F&A

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The following updates were made on June 27, 2008:

• State Mileage allowance increased effective 7/1/2008
• John Gallagher phone number change

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The following updates were made on June 26, 2008:

• Conflict of Interest (COI) link updated
• Contract & Grant Administrator changed to John Gallagher
• Fringe Benefit Rates updated for FY09
• North Carolina Single Audit (A-133) for FY07
  

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The following update was made on March 26, 2008:

• Pending the release of the actual FY07 audit report, we have added
  the State Auditor's letter to our web site under Financial Information (link: http://research.unc.edu/osr/information/documents/fy07_letter.pdf)
  

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The following update was made on February 7, 2008:

• The new NIH salary cap is 191,300 effective 1/1/2008.
  (link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm)

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The following updates were made on January 4, 2008:

• The standard mileage rate has increased to 50.5 cents/mile for trips that began on or after January 1, 2008.  The prior reimbursement rate for travel that began before January 1, 2008 was 48.5 cents/mile.
• Facilities and Administration Cost Rates (F&A) information was updated to reflect the current Federal F&A Cost Rate Agreement dated 11/6/2007 (PDF).

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The following updates were made on August 28, 2007:

• The FY2008 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($357.75/month) for Full-time Permanent EPA/SPA Employees (Object Code 1832) effective on July 1, 2007. 
• Please see additional Fringe Benefit and Related Rate Information at http://osr.unc.edu/information/fringe_benefit_rates.php

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The following updates were made on June 20, 2007:

• The FY2008 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($214.25/month) for Post Doctoral Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 4518, 1831) will go into effect on July 1, 2007. 
• The FY2007 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($149.17/month) for Graduate Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 1836, 6596) will go into effect on August 15, 2007. 

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The following update was made on May 31, 2007:

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has reaffirmed accreditation for UNC-Chapel Hill

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The following update was made on March 3, 2007:

• UNC-Chapel Hill has submitted its annual report on research misconduct to the DHHS Office of Research Integrity for 2006. The new annual report date (required on some application forms) is February 28, 2007.

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The following update was made on January 30, 2007:

• Formatting and web address updates only (research.unc.edu/osr instead of osr.unc.edu).
  

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The following update was made on January 4, 2007:

• The new NIH salary cap is 186,600 effective 1/1/2007.
  (link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm)

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The following update was made on January 2, 2007:

• The standard mileage rate has increased to 48.5 cents/mile for trips that began on or after January 1, 2007.  The reimbursement rate for travel that began before January 1, 2007 is 44.5 cents/mile.

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The following updates were made on June 16, 2006:

• The FY2007 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($204.58/month) for Post Doctoral Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 4518, 1831) will go into effect on August 15, 2006. 
• The FY2007 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($138.17/month) for Graduate Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 1836, 6596) will go into effect on August 15, 2006. 

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The following updates were made on May 17, 2006:

• Human Subjects FWA-4801 expiration date changed to 2/23/2008.
• Misconduct in Science Form PHS 6349 changed to 3/13/2006

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The following update was made on April 12, 2006:

• State of North Carolina Single Audit Report (A-133) for FY2005 has been released (link to PDF).

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The following updates were made on March 13, 2006:

• The number of UNC-CH employees was updated with Fall 2005 figure, 11,036.
• The UNC-CH Factbook link was updated for the 2005-2006 edition.  (link)

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The following update was made on December 30, 2005:

• The NIH Salary Cap will increase to $183,500 effective January 1, 2006.

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The following update was made on December 20, 2005:

• The standard mileage rate will decrease to 44.5 cents/mile for trips that began on or after January 1, 2006.

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The following update was made on October 4, 2005:

• The Conflict of Interest link was changed effective October 1, 2005 (new link: https://www-s3.ais.unc.edu/coi/index.jsp)

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The following update was made on September 13, 2005:

• The standard mileage rate increased to 48.5 cents/mile for trips that began on or after September 1, 2005.

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The following update was made on September 7, 2005:

• Correction: The expiration date of the Human Subjects DHHS Number was changed from 6/2/06 to 6/1/06.  

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The following update was made on August 22, 2005:

• Effective October 1, 2005 the Health Insurance premium will increase from 285.92 to 321.14 per month.  

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The following update was made on July 15, 2005:

• The title of the FY2005 Fringe Benefit section was changed to "Fringe Benefit Rates".  

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The following update was made on May 18, 2005:

• The FY2005 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($182.83/month) for Post Doctoral Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 4518, 1831) will go into effect on July 1, 2005. 

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The following update was made on May 5, 2005:

• UNC-CH Single Audit link (A-133) for FY2004 has been released.  (Link to report)

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The following update was made on May 4, 2005:

• The FY2005 Fringe Benefit section was updated to reflect a new premium ($126.84/month) for Graduate Student Health Insurance (Object Codes 1836, 6596) will go into effect on August 15, 2005. 

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The following update was made on April 18, 2005:

• A new line was added under the Miscellaneous Information for Sponsored Research section titled "Student/Fellowship/PostDoctoral link".   The associated web page will provide a central location for Memos and other pertinent information for the Research community at UNC-CH.  At the same time, the links to the "Graduate School" and the "Graduate School Tuition and Fees" were moved to the new page.

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The following update was made on March 31, 2005:

• The date on the Misconduct in Science Form (PHS-6349 "Annual Report on Possible Research Misconduct") changed to 03/30/05 to reflect the most recent submission.

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