Office of Sponsored Programs
ePAR Deadline and Processing Requirements 2021.07
July 9, 2021
Reminder: Submit ePARs Prior to the Deadline During the summer months, May-August, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) experiences an increased volume of ePARs, most of which are related to summer salary payments. To ensure that employees receive payments on time, please be sure that all requests are awaiting OSR approval by the July 2021 ... Read more
Coming Soon – New OSR Journal Entry Type
July 8, 2021
New OSR Journal for Recording Committed Cost Share Cost Share, also referred to as matching or in-kind contribution, is the financial portion of a sponsored project that is not covered by sponsor funds. Based on individual project agreements, committed cost-share may be required to be reported to the sponsor. To facilitate this, the Office of ... Read more
Office of Sponsored Research Vacant Positions
June 28, 2021
OSR is Expanding Our Contracting team! The Office of Sponsored Research is currently recruiting for five positions to add to its expanding Research Administration Contracting team. We are adding an additional contracting team to support complex clinical and non-clinical research agreements with non-industry sponsors. In addition to these new positions, we are also recruiting for ... Read more
NSF Guidance and Science and Security Update
June 23, 2021
NSF Releases Updated PAPPG NSF has released the updated Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1). This is effective for proposals submitted or due on or after October 4, 2021. Please note that these changes ONLY apply to NSF. Key Changes to NSF PAPPG: Release of NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating ... Read more
Updates to Guidance on Science and Security Webpage
May 26, 2021
New Due Date for NIH Biosketch & Other Support Formats National Institutes of Health (NIH) released Notice NOT-OD-21-110 which describes the implementation of the updated Other Support and Biosketch format pages and associated instructions, as outlined in NOT-OD-21-073. The updated forms for both will be required for use with applications and Research Performance Progress Reports ... Read more
Industry Contracting Webpage Has Moved
May 21, 2021
Industry Contracting webpage is now on OSR website The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is pleased to announce that the Office of Industry Contracting webpage previously located at research.unc.edu/oic has now moved to the OSR website as a new page in Resources: research.unc.edu/sponsored-research/resources/industry-contracting. This new IC webpage contains updated information from the original Office of ... Read more
The OSR Deposit Memo
May 13, 2021
Deposits to Projects Require an OSR Deposit Memo The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) recently updated the OSR Deposit Memo that should be used with all deposits sent to OSR. Correctly completed deposit memos expedite processing and decreases errors as it documents the information needed to complete the deposit. The deposit memo can be found ... Read more
OSR Leadership Announcement
May 6, 2021
Lance Underwood – New Assistant Director for RA We are pleased to announce Lance Underwood as a new Assistant Director of Research Administration in the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR). He most recently held the position of OSR Research Administration Manager of Team 1, servicing centers and institutes for the Vice Chancellor for Research. Lance ... Read more
OSR Operating Standards Have Moved
May 6, 2021
Effective May 1, 2021, Operating Standards and Procedures for the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) officially migrated to the new University repository for policies, standards, and procedures. UNC Policystat, where all University policies were maintained, is being decommissioned. As part of the migration, all policies, standards, and procedures have new links. What this means Any ... Read more
Changes Coming to Student Payments
April 29, 2021
GradStar Update and Processing Student Payments Beginning August 2021, payments for student stipends, scholarships, fellowships, awards, or any other payments that directly benefit education-related expenses for undergraduate or graduate students will no longer be paid through Accounts Payable (AP) campus vouchers. These payments will be entered in GradStar, the University’s reporting system for all non-service ... Read more