Archives: Announcements

Published June 13, 2022 The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2022 W. M. Keck Postdoctoral Program in Molecular Medicine: Dr. Emily Holloway, mentored by Dr. Samantha Morris; Dr. James Thomas O’Connor, mentored by Dr. Aaron DiAntonio; and Dr. Taylor Nye, mentored by Dr. Scott Hultgren. The W. M. Keck Postdoctoral Program provides […]

Published June 9, 2022 Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) is providing the research community with several reminders regarding the fiscal year end closing process. The University has developed a number of  year-end resources that can be found on the Fiscal Year End Close Overview website, and we highly recommend that you review this data. There is specific […]

Published June 8, 2022 Dear Colleagues, As a reminder, due to rising COVID-19 cases in our community, the Medical Campus reinstated the masking requirement for all areas. In particular, the mask requirement applies to all laboratories and other laboratory-based research activities and research areas. At this time, the guidance already in place for the Medical […]

Published May 23, 2022 RPPR Module New Visual AppearanceThe Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Module in eRA Commons is moving to the new visual appearance being adopted by other eRA modules, because of a required technology upgrade that enhances the security and stability of the module. The upgrade includes adding the new unique entity identifier […]

Published May 19, 2022 Following the corrections released by the National Institutes of Health on May 13, 2022, this memo replaces the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs’ announcement from April 2022 and announces that the minimum compensation for Washington University Postdoctoral Research Associates and Scholars for FY2023 will be $54,840 per year as of July 1, […]

Published May 17, 2022 The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released the “Dear Colleague” information below. Dear Colleague: Beginning in January 2023, all new proposals must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov or Grants.gov. FastLane will no longer be a preparation and submission option. The National Science Foundation strongly urges proposers to prepare and submit all eligible proposals in […]

Published May 16, 2022 In the release of NOT-OD-22-112, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) extends the guidance provided earlier (NOT-OD-22-046 and NIH-OD-21-180) for applicants preparing applications for the January 2023 Council round, beginning with the May 25, 2022 due date. Reviewers will continue to receive instructions to assume that constraints arising from the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Published May 13, 2022 Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) will be initiating the second effort recertification process in Workday on May 16, 2022. This recertification process will run on a continual monthly basis. If you are an effort reviewer, please look at your Workday inbox on that day for any effort certifications in your department that […]

Published via Research News May 11, 2022 Washington University in St. Louis has negotiated new predetermined fringe benefit rates with our Federal cognizant agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. These rates and the applicable rate agreement are effective for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. See below: Applicable To: Predetermined […]

Published May 10, 2022 As announced on April 27, 2022, the changes to the Proposal Certification (PC) Form and the additional form for Department of Energy (DOE) have been implemented into Research Management System (RMS) Production. Additionally, the PC Form is now accessible in its own tab below the WU Comments tab on the left-hand navigation in […]