Archives: Announcements

Published March 5, 2020 NSF Announces Revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) The new PAPPG (20-1) will be effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020. Until then the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 19-1) continue to apply. Significant changes include: NSF will […]

Published March 2, 2020 Updated RMS PT & AT Statuses Used by SPA for Award Profiling  The grant account set-up function, award processing, and post award items have been transitioning from the Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) to Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) since April 2019. Noted below are some updates to that process in the […]

Published February 13, 2020 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has increased the Salary Cap to $197,300 (Executive Level II). This new cap rate has an effective date of January 5, 2020, and it applies to competing and non-competing awards. Find the full text for this notice NOT-OD-20-065 here. Effective 3/1/2020, the NIH salary cap […]

Published January 30, 2020 Dear WashU Research Community, We are closely tracking the spread of the new coronavirus, first identified in December in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. At this point, there are no known cases of the virus in St. Louis, but there are cases in the United States, and it’s likely there will be […]

Published January 10, 2020 A new Washington University Fee Schedule for the use of services provided by the WU IRB and Human Research Protection Office has been posted. The information can be found on the HRPO website. Primary changes: The fee for the use of a commercial IRB in for-profit funded studies will change from […]

Published January 2, 2020 The National Science Foundation issued the following update: The National Science Foundation is currently working to finalize a revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) for use in 2020. We anticipate that the revised PAPPG will be released in the coming months and, as is standard practice, will be […]

Published December 30, 2019 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released an updated version of their Grants Policy Statement (GPS) via NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-20-043. The revised GPS (dated 10/2019) applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2019. This new GPS supersedes, in its entirety, […]

Published on October 28, 2019 Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that Jeanne Velders has accepted the position of IRB Executive Director of the Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) at Washington University. Jeanne has been serving as the Interim Executive Director for HRPO following Martha Jones’ departure this past July. In her new role, […]

Published September 19, 2019 HFT is defined as research involving the study, analysis, or use of primary HFT, cells, and derivatives, and human fetal primary cell cultures obtained from elective abortions and includes the following: human fetal primary or secondary cell cultures, whether derived by the investigator or obtained from a vendor. animal models incorporating […]

Published September 3, 2019 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Cindy Brantmeier has been selected to serve as the first Faculty Fellow in International Research for the School of Medicine and Danforth Campus. The Faculty Fellow in International Research will advise faculty on conducting international research and achieving effective collaborations with international […]