Archives: Announcements

Published January 13, 2026, via Research News The next session for STAR RA Pre-Award Bootcamp is scheduled. The program provides intensive training in pre-award research administration processes. The Pre-Award Bootcamp will take place over the course of five weeks from Monday, March 23 – Friday, April 24, 2026 on Zoom. To learn more about bootcamp, and to […]

Published January 9, 2026, via Research News As an update to the notification below, we identified a short-term workaround for large records with over 20 subprojects. On Thursday, January 8, 2026, OSRS contacted the administrative/departmental owners of 59 PD Records with over 20 subprojects.  With our vendor, we are still investigating potential long-term solutions. Our vendor […]

Published January 6, 2026, via Research News RMS has had three brief outages over the last week that impacted all modules including Proposal Development (PD), Proposal Tracking (PT) and Conflict of Interest (COI). In each instance our vendor was able to identify the issue and fix RMS in approximately 20 minutes. The vendor has prioritized this […]

Published January 5, 2026, via Research News The University’s Research Integrity Policy has been updated and is now available. The revision incorporates changes to the Department of Public Health Service’s research misconduct regulations, which are primarily administrative in nature. The steps for evaluating allegations of research misconduct remain unchanged. Concerns about potential fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, authorship policy violations, […]

Published December 23, 2025, via Research News An updated version of the RMS PD PT User Guide has been published and is available via Box. Some highlights of the recent updates include: WU Initial Setup, WU Additional Setup, Other Support and Abstract, Research Administrator web resources, and more. Updates to this guide are maintained by the Office of […]

Published December 22, 2025, via Research News The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) recently upgraded the search functionality on research.washu.edu. The search function can be the fastest way to find what you need among the wealth of information available on the website. Other key websites included in research.washu.edu search results: Search results can be […]

Published December 18, 2025, via Research News On December 2, 2025, NIH issued NOT-OD-26-018. NIH will require faculty to use SciENcv Common Forms to complete all Biographical Sketch, Biographical Sketch Supplement, and Current and Pending (Other) Support documents for due dates on or after January 25, 2026. The official forms are expected to be available in SciENcv the […]

Published December 9, 2025, via Research News The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade was successfully implemented into the RMS Production environment on Monday, December 15, 2025. Before accessing RMS, please clear your cache. Instructions can be found on the RMS webpage under “RMS Troubleshooting.” It is important to clear cache for “all time” and not just for […]

Published December 9, 2025, via Research News On December 3, 2025, NIH updated their requirements related to Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Direct Costs. Letters of Intent Effective immediately NIH will no longer request or accept Letters of Intent (LOIs) as part of the application process. NIH has occasionally requested LOIs […]

Published December 8, 2025, via Research News The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025. Users will not be allowed to access RMS after 4 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025. All RMS activity required for applications that are due December 12-14 must be completed by […]