Postdoctoral Appointee Minimum Compensation for FY2023

Published April 26, 2022 The minimum compensation for Washington University Postdoctoral Research Associates and Scholars for FY2023 will be $54,835 per year as of July 1, 2022 (per year defined as a 12-month appointment). The postdoctoral appointee minimum compensation (salary or stipend) amount is tied to the NIH NRSA year 0 postdoctoral stipend amount with a delayed […]

HRPO Guidance on the Conduct of International Research

Published April 25, 2022 Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) Guidance on the Conduct of International Research The Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) is pleased to announce the release of guidance for the conduct of international research on human subjects. The guidance materials were developed by the Committee for International Research with Human Subjects led by […]

Required Workflows for Clinical Research in Epic

Published April 12, 2022 On April 23, 2022, hospital billing will transition from Soarian to Epic. The adherence to Epic required workflows for clinical research is of utmost importance for billing compliance. This change introduces patient-level timelines that will be applied by the Clinical Research Billing and Support team, and align with your OnCore billing […]

NIH: NIAAA Issues New Data Sharing Guidance Related to Human Subjects

Published April 11, 2022 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced new data-sharing guidance related to human subjects that applies to all NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) grant applications (new and resubmitted) that include human subjects research and all Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) in which NIAAA participates, regardless of the amount of direct costs […]

Update: Budget Check – Pilot

Published April 8, 2022 The Budget Check Pilot which was communicated in a Research News announcement on March 11, 2022, has been completed. During the pilot, Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) disapproved transactions that received a budget check message. As discussed during the Workday Bi-Weekly Zoom Call on April 6, 2022, the relevant data regarding the […]

New IRB Fee Schedule Effective July 1, 2022

Published April 4, 2022 We are announcing a revised IRB fee schedule for research studies that are supported by for-profit entities and WashU serves as the IRB. The last fee increase occurred in 2015.  The new fee schedule is listed below (Table 1) and becomes effective for all reviews as of July 1, 2022. These fees reflect current […]

Spring Research Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Update

Published April 1, 2022 It’s time once again for some spring reminders and updates from Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S). EH&S has been working to support your lab safety efforts by creating a standard operating procedure (SOP) template and guidance document, which are available on the EH&S SOP landing page. Certainly feel free to utilize […]

Required Use of Research.gov for Preparation and Submission of Proposals in Response to Program Descriptions

Published March 28, 2022 The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released the “Dear Colleague” information below. Dear Colleagues: In accordance with Important Notice No. 147, many National Science Foundation (NSF) program solicitations now require the use of Research.gov for the preparation and submission of proposals. Please be advised that NSF will now start requiring the use […]

ePARS System Moving to Read-Only Status

Published March 23, 2022 Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) would like to notify the research community that the ePARS system (legacy effort reporting system) will be switched to a Read-Only status, effective March 31, 2022. Moving to Read-Only is the first step in retiring the system. Under Read-Only status, faculty and staff will still be able to […]

Budget Check – Pilot

Published March 11, 2022 As discussed at the Research Administrator Forum on March 10, 2022, and several Bi-weekly Workday Grant Issues calls, Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) will be initiating a Pilot related to transaction approvals that receive a Budget Check warning message. The designed functionality in Workday will generate this message when the free balance […]