Archives: Announcements

Published December 30, 2021 We are sure you are all aware of the recent surge in COVID-19 in the St. Louis area, largely driven by the Omicron variant. We encourage you to get a booster shot (if medically appropriate) to protect yourself. Primary vaccination and booster shots against COVID-19 reduce the severity of the disease […]

Published December 17, 2021 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search, Paola Cepeda, PhD, has been named Director of Postdoctoral Affairs in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, effective January 4, 2022. Paola currently serves as the Program Manager for Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development at Stony Brook […]

Published December 10, 2021 Dear Faculty and Staff, As Workday rolled out here at WashU over the summer, many activities and transactions that impacted research slowed down, in part because there was a steep learning curve to use the new system both within the departments/schools and in the central offices, in part because problems were […]

Published December 7, 2021 As previously announced, NIH’s Forms-F application package is being replaced by the new FORMS-G application package, effective for deadlines on or after January 25, 2022. The WashU Research Management System (RMS) has been updated to accommodate System To System (S2S) applications to NIH using FORMS-G, in addition to FORMS-F. Below is a […]

Published November 17, 2021 As previously announced, a permanent fix for the fringe issue related to personnel earning over the fringe cap of $200,000 and propose effort only in academic or summer months (Danforth faculty) was implemented into RMS Production today. The manual workaround and use of the Fringe Calculation Spreadsheet is no longer necessary.  This […]

Published November 8, 2021 As previously announced, the fringe calculation methodology required by Workday was implemented into RMS on July 19, 2021. At the time of implementation, RMS was not calculating fringes correctly for personnel earning over the fringe cap of $200,000 and propose effort only in academic or summer months. A manual workaround, including […]

Published October 20, 2021 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) application cycle opened September 1, 2021, and will close on November 18, 2021. Please see this procedures document for important information regarding the LRP process and obtaining approval from the Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS). The NIH Loan Repayment […]

Published September 13, 2021 Securing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) The federal government has introduced heightened security standards for university systems which house or transmit sensitive information known as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), set forth by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). As cybersecurity threats build in both intensity and impact, the Department of […]

Published September 10, 2021 The Workday team continues to collaborate with department administrators to prepare for the release of the Faculty Finance Reporting (FFR) dashboard in early Fall 2021. Department administrators should complete a few steps now to ensure PIs can see their correct grants, gifts, projects and non-carryforwards when the dashboard becomes available. FFR […]

Published September 1, 2021 On August 30, 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued the following update: The NSF has enabled a number of enhancements for proposals submitted in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov. In addition, the updated NSF-approved biographical sketch and current and pending support SciENcv and fillable PDF formats that fall under the revised Proposal […]