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New Enhanced Look for eRA Commons Coming Soon
eRA Commons modules and screens are moving to an improved visual appearance being adopted by all eRA modules. New screens will be rolled out over the next few months into spring including the Status...February 16, 2024 -
NIH strengthens is enforcement of closeout requirements
To increase compliance with timely reporting of closeout documents, NIH announced in NOT-OD-24-047) that starting in January 2024, it will send an additional closeout email notification 90 days...February 13, 2024 -
Register for NSF Webinar on new PAPPG (Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide) 24-1
New NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide 24-1 (PAPPG) - PAPPG (NSF 24-1). Effective date: May 20, 2024 NSF Webinar on Tuesday, March 12, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST Summary of ChangesFebruary 12, 2024 -
New DHHS Salary Cap is $221,900 effective January 1, 2024
See NOT-OD-24-057.February 12, 2024 -
NIH Webinar on 2024 Grants Policy Updates
NIH recently held a Grants Policy Updates Webinar - https://grants.nih.gov/learning-center/2024-grants-policy-updates on January 31, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The webinar covered what's new and...February 12, 2024 -
Andy Satkowiak selected as new Director, Operations and Administration
We are please to announce that Andy Satkowiak will serve as the new role of Director, Operations and Administration, effective January 8, 2024. Andy has worked with small and large teams in both...January 8, 2024 -
NIH Updates for Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements
A reminder that, effective January 1, 2024, NIH’s Policy Guidance for Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements, requires international subrecipients to provide access to copies of all lab notebooks,...December 13, 2023 -
Andrea M. Anderson selected as new Executive Director, Sponsored Projects
We are pleased to announce that effective November 1, 2023, Andrea M. Anderson will start as the new Executive Director, Sponsored Projects for the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP).October 31, 2023 -
Reminders about Signature Authority
The U-M Standard Practice Guide (SPG) section 601.24 grants ORSP a signature authority up to $250,000, for Training, Research Contracts & Grants, in its Table 1October 1, 2023 -
NSF Requires SciENcv for Current & Pending (Other) Support
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is mandating the use of SciENcv for the preparation of Current and Pending (Other) Support (C&POS) information, effective for new proposals.September 15, 2023
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As the nation’s largest public research university, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) aims to catalyze, support and safeguard U-M research and scholarship activity.
The Office of the Vice President for Research oversees a variety of interdisciplinary units that collaborate with faculty, staff, students and external partners to catalyze, support and safeguard research and scholarship activity.
ORSP manages pre-award and some post-award research activity for U-M. We review contracts for sponsored projects applying regulatory, statutory and organizational knowledge to balance the university's mission, the sponsor's objectives, and the investigator's intellectual pursuits.
Ethics and compliance in research covers a broad range of activity from general guidelines about conducting research responsibly to specific regulations governing a type of research (e.g., human subjects research, export controls, conflict of interest).
eResearch is U-M's site for electronic research administration. Access: Regulatory Management (for IRB or IBC rDNA applications); Proposal Management (eRPM) for the e-routing, approval, and submission of proposals (PAFs) and Unfunded Agreements (UFAs) to external entities); and Animal Management (for IACUC protocols and ULAM).
Sponsored Programs manages the post-award financial activities of U-M's research enterprise and other sponsored activities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as sponsor regulations. The Office of Contract Administration (OCA) is also part of the Office of Finance - Sponsored Programs.
