Office of Sponsored Programs
Updated Policy and Procedure for Residual Fund Balances
October 18, 2017
Effective October 17, 2017, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has an updated Policy and Procedure pertaining to residual fund balances on fixed price agreements. Effective with this updated policy, residual balances on sponsored projects will now be transferred to the administering department when all of the following conditions are met: All direct charges and ... Read more
New RAMSeS Personnel Role for Lead PI Changes
October 18, 2017
Effective October 18, 2017, an update to the RAMSeS Award Administration module will introduce a new personnel role called New Lead Principal Investigator (New Lead PI) and new data lock rules. The changes will help preserve historical data regarding the original Lead PI and project attributes entered during creation of the award record. Select RAMSeS ... Read more
Checking Payroll Suspense Chartfields
October 3, 2017
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has noticed an increasing number of employees with payroll distributing to suspense in recent months. In the last biweekly or monthly payroll for September 2017, there were 749 employees with payroll that distributed to suspense. OSR would like to remind campus to utilize the two available reports to track ... Read more
Change in Project ID Set-Up Process
September 21, 2017
Effective Friday, September 22, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) will implement a change in process for setting up new Project IDs for sponsored projects that are not granted automatic carryover per award terms. Currently, sponsored projects with no automatic carryover maintain the same Project ID for the duration of the award. As a result ... Read more
Changes in ecrt System to SHRA Period of Performance
September 21, 2017
A recent change was made in the ecrt system that impacted the period of performance for SHRA employees with the intent to align the period of performance for both SHRA and EHRA employees. As a result, the SHRA employees have an overlapping pay period that is pulled into two effort statements. The pay period covering ... Read more
Application of the New Budget Pool Method
September 21, 2017
Effective immediately, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) will no longer require detailed budgets when the sponsor does not require them. Projects that do not require detailed budgeting will use the budget pool in account code 501000 – Other Expenses. This account code is used when all direct costs are ... Read more
NIH Loan Repayment Program – Application Process
September 8, 2017
The NIH is accepting new and renewal applications for its five (5) Loan Repayment Programs (www.lrp.nih.gov). The application cycle is September 1, 2017 – November 15, 2017. In order to submit your application by the deadline, the UNC certification official must certify your information. The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) provides support ... Read more
Upcoming Change to OSR Pre-Audit Workflow
August 22, 2017
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is restructuring OSR Pre-Audit workflow. This transition impacts the transaction approval process in ConnectCarolina. Part of this effort is to shift responsibility of Pre-Audit approval from the Research Administration (RA) to the Audit Team within OSR. It also aligns the OSR Pre-Audit workflow group with the OSR RA team ... Read more
Fiscal Year 2018 Fringe Benefits
August 18, 2017
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has updated fiscal year 2018 fringe benefits budgeting guidelines for sponsored agreements. The annual Fringe Benefits Memo is available on the OSR website at: https://research.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FY-2018-Annual-Fringe-Benefits-Memorandum_Final.pdf Rates are available on the OSR website at: https://research.unc.edu/sponsored-research/resources/data_res_osr_infosheet/#fringe2 Questions about which rate to apply should be directed to OSR Research Administration and the ... Read more
Upcoming Effort Certification & ecrt Training Dates
August 7, 2017
Our next effort certification period is rapidly approaching. Here are a few important things for you to consider as we get closer to our next effort certification period beginning on September 1, 2017: January-June 2017 Effort Certification Period Timeline Pre-Review Period Ends Thursday, August 31, 2017 Certification Period Begins Friday, September 1, 2017 Escalation Period ... Read more