Archives: Announcements

Published February 9, 2026, via Research News The NIH has recently announced several significant structural changes designed to streamline the application process and unify funding decisions across all Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs).  These changes, which include a new funding framework and new resources for identifying research priorities, will impact how you plan, search for, and […]

Published February 9, 2026, via Research News This 6 session course provides an introduction to the conduct of human research. Registration is now open! Course will occur via Zoom. Do not enroll if you are not available for all 6 sessions.Please note, the virtual class requires that your webcam be on for the entire course due to […]

Published January 30, 2026, via Research News Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2026 On January 28,2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an increase to the salary cap for Executive Level II, raising the limit to $228,000, effective January 11, 2026. This change applies to NIH grants, cooperative agreements, extramural research […]

Published January 30, 2026, via Research News Lunch will be provided. This workshop features presentations on WashU policies and procedures related to the responsible conduct of research (RCR) as well as case study sessions facilitated by WashU faculty. All members of the WashU community who are actively engaged in research and interested in RCR are welcome […]

Published January 29, 2026, via Research News We continue to monitor the Department of Homeland Security bill in congress and recognize that a partial government shutdown may happen beginning on Saturday, January 31, 2026. The following information is general guidance as to what WashU researchers and their support teams should expect during a potential shutdown if they […]

Published January 21, 2026, via Research News On January 20, 2026, the NIH released the Parent Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supporting the new application structure for NIH-funded international collaborations. Submissions will be accepted starting April 25, 2026. BackgroundOn September 12, 2025, the NIH issued NOT-OD-25-155 to announce NIH will no longer accept new applications that request funds for foreign components […]

Published January 20, 2026, via Research News NIH will require new SciENcv Common Form versions of Biosketches and Other Support documents for applications with due dates on or after January 25, 2026. RPPRs and JITs, and prior approval requests submitted on and after January 25 must also use the new Common Form versions. SciENcv is required to create […]

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 […]