Office of Sponsored Programs
Updated FY 2019 Fringe Benefits Memo
February 1, 2019
Budgeting Fringe Benefits and Fixed Health Insurance Rates The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 fringe benefits budgeting guidelines for sponsored agreements have been updated to reflect calendar year changes to the following categories: Social Security (OASDI) Maximum Taxable Salary Base Compensation Limits Subject to Retirement (TSERS & ORP) UNC Faculty Physicians (FP) Supplemental Insurance Please refer ... Read more
Guidance on Partial Government Shutdown
December 21, 2018
Last Updated January 31, 2019 Guidance from UNC-Chapel Hill Administration Dear Campus Community, As you probably are aware, Congress is currently negotiating a deal to avoid a partial federal government shutdown. If an agreement is not reached today by midnight, certain portions of the government will temporarily go unfunded, when legislation expires to appropriate funding ... Read more
OSR’s Fall Newsletter is Now Available
December 21, 2018
Please click on the image below to read the latest newsletter from OSR. Fall 2018: Issue 3
NIH Letter of Support Now Required for T Grants
December 20, 2018
Per the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice No. NOT-OD-19-029, all institutional training applications (Tl5, T32, T34, T35, T36, T37, T90/R90, TLl, TL4) submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2019 must include a letter of institutional support describing the University’s commitment to ensuring that proper policies, procedures, and oversight are in place ... Read more
Revised Residual Balance Operating Standard 700.4
December 17, 2018
Effective December 17, 2018, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has revised Operating Standard 700.4 – Residual Fund Balance to include additional language that addresses projects with minimal to no direct expenses, insufficient justifications included with residual requests, and clarified language on indirect cost application exemption. Additional language included with revision: Projects with minimal or ... Read more
Chartfiled String Tips for Sponsored Projects
November 16, 2018
Appropriate use of chartfield strings (CFS) for financial transactions in ConnectCarolina are vital for managing, billing and reporting on sponsored research awards. CFS used for sponsored projects consist of the Fund, Source, Department ID, Account Code, Project ID, Activity 1, and CHOSR (PC Business Unit). To ensure correct CFS application when expensing on a sponsored ... Read more
Important Reminders on Notice of Awards
November 15, 2018
The award review and setup process begins when the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) receives a notice of award, either in draft or final form, from the sponsor. Recently, some sponsors have not included OSR in award funding communications. One example is the Department of Energy which OSR has found to notify the departments or ... Read more
Subrecipient Budget Load Process Change
September 26, 2018
Effective October 1, 2018, the Office of Sponsored Research will load subrecipient agreement (subagreement) budgets at the time of initial award setup and no longer restrict them in account code 586795. Subagreement budgets will be loaded directly into account codes 569461 (Subcontract C&G Only, calculates indirect costs) or 569486 (Subcontracts greater than $25,000, exempt from ... Read more
NIH Loan Repayment Program 2018
September 5, 2018
Due to [email protected] November 10th The NIH is accepting new and renewal applications for its five (5) Loan Repayment Programs. The application cycle is September 1, 2018 – November 15, 2018. In order to submit your application by the deadline, the UNC certification official must certify your information. The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment ... Read more
GradStar Account Code Update
September 4, 2018
New Account Code for Traineeship Fees Effective immediately, a new account code, 568731, is now available for Traineeship Fees. Account code 568730 will now be used exclusively for Traineeship Tuition. This change allows for separate accounting of tuition and fees to better support sponsor reporting. Below are the available OSR account codes for GradStar: