Archives: Announcements

Published May 20, 2019 As a reminder to the research community, as of October 1, 2020, a REAL ID will be required for all domestic flights and to enter federal offices (NIH, NSF, etc.). We recommend that you prepare soon for this upcoming change. WHAT IS REAL ID? “REAL ID” comes from the REAL ID […]

Published May 10, 2019 On May 7, 2019, the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and the School of Medicine Office of the Dean launched a pilot of a faculty profile information system called Profiles at Washington University School of Medicine. Profiles is a publicly accessible and easily searchable knowledge base for exploring the […]

Published May 8, 2019 Dear faculty and staff, I write to share that Martha Jones, MA, CIP, Executive Director, Human Research Protection Office (HRPO), will be leaving the University as of July 10, 2019, to assume a Vice President positon at Partners Healthcare in Boston, MA. Martha joined Washington University in 2009, and was responsible […]

Published May 2, 2019 Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) in partnership with WashU IT will be rolling out at the end of May 2019 an upgrade to the University’s Environmental Management System (EHS Assistant). The EHS Assistant Chemical Inventory function supports EH&S and the University in monitoring chemical inventory information required by many regulatory agencies, […]

Published May 1, 2019 Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that Amanda Cashen, MD has accepted the positon of IRB Executive Chair for Washington University. Amanda previously served as the Interim IRB Executive Chair following Dr. Jonathan Green’s departure this past October. Dr. Cashen, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology, Section […]

Published April 29, 2019 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has increased the Salary Cap to $192,300 (Executive Level II). This new cap rate has an effective date of January 6, 2019, and it applies to competing and non-competing awards. For the full text visit NIH NOT-OD-19-099. Effective 5/1/2019, the NIH salary cap edits in […]

Published April 24, 2019 The MyDay project is expected to transform many business processes throughout the University. Recently, the MyDay Project Team has recommended that the account set up process for grants should be performed by the post-award accounting office (e.g., Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA)). Accordingly, the positions within the Office of Sponsored Research Services […]

Published April 23, 2019 In 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) promulgated new regulations that changed various procedures for how the Bayh-Dole Act (“Act”) is implemented. The Bayh-Dole Act is a federal law that entitles universities to retain ownership of inventions developed under federally funded research programs. One of the recent revisions […]

Published April 16, 2019 As a condition of publication of clinical trial results, ICMJE journals require that a Data Sharing Statement be included in the ClinicalTrials.gov registration. Before enrolling participants, carefully consider if you may potentially submit to an ICMJE journal. If so, this requirement applies to clinical trials that begin enrolling on or after […]

Published April 8, 2019 The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. Users will not be allowed to access RMS after 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. All RMS activity required for applications due between April 26-28 must be completed by 5:00 p.m. On […]