Archives: Announcements

Published June 18, 2021 Washington University in St. Louis has reached agreement with our Federal cognizant agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, on predetermined Fringe Benefit and Facilities and Administrative (F&A) cost rates. This new rate agreement is effective July 1, 2021, and it covers fiscal years 2022 through 2025. To allow Workday stabilization and […]

Published June 17, 2021 All Research Monitors must complete “HIPAA Training for Research Monitors.” The Research Monitor will request a Guest WUSTL Key. The Department will approve the Guest WUSTL Key. The Research Monitor will receive the WUSTL Key information via email from WashU Information Technology. The Guest WUSTL Key may take 1-3 days to […]

Published June 11, 2021 How and when we conduct research has changed dramatically over the past 15 months. Working alone is not unique to alternate operations due to COVID-19; however, situations where researchers needed to work alone increased during this time. While conducting research activities alone in the laboratory may be necessary and is part […]

Published June 7, 2021 As research continues to ramp up to pre-COVID levels, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) has observed an increase in issues associated with chemical and unwanted material management. The following reminders are based on learnings from these issues: Biological waste containers should not be used for chemical disposal, radioactive material disposal or […]

Published June 1, 2021 Clinical trial sponsors, including sponsor-investigators who are academic researchers, have been required by law to register and report results on applicable clinical trials¹ in the ClinicalTrials.gov database for more than a decade. Events that occurred over the last year, and those occurring more recently, indicate the FDA’s intention to exercise its enforcement authority. […]

Published May 27, 2021 The university will transition to the Workday system for effort certifications effective July 1, 2021. All individuals, faculty, staff and students that work on Sponsored Projects (including cost sharing) will certify on a semi-annual basis (July – December & January – June) regardless of role and campus affiliation. ePARS System Retirement​The Spring […]

Published May 25, 2021The purpose of this announcement is to share information with the Washington University community regarding the Unique Entity Identifier, Login.gov and SAM.gov.​ Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) From May 24, 2021, through April 2022, federal agencies are transitioning from the DUNS number to Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to uniquely identify institutions. Washington University’s UEI is L6NFUM28LQM5. Grants.gov […]

Published May 24, 2021 As an update to the NIH Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page and as announced on April 28, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided the following: To align applicant and recipient systems with NIH’s longstanding policy requirements and application requirement updates, NIH expects applicants and recipients to […]

Published May 18, 2021 Reminders: The next Workday-related SPA deadline is 6/11. No changes to SPA fund profiles made after 6/11 will convert over to Workday. Please submit all PAs, mods, allocations and similar requests to SPA as early as possible. Due to the high demand expected, SPA will not be able to guarantee completion […]

Published May 11, 2021 Corrections from Prior Editions:Previously, BAs within allocations were allowable between 6/11 and 6/30. Conversion needs now require all budget amounts to stay constant after 6/11. No BAs will be able to be processed after 6/11. Please submit by 6/10 to ensure approval before the data conversion snapshot. New Updates On In-Process Topics:Please do […]