Federal Archives

Sep 28, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

RAIN Notes – September 2021

NCURA Webinar – Developing Compelling Budget Justifications  Budget justifications have taken on increasing significance in recent years, moving from explaining to reviewers the basis of cost calculations to persuading them...

Sep 08, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

NIH & NSF Virtual Conferences (Free)

Both the NIH and the NSF have opened registration for major virtual conferences related to their grant processes. The NSF is also hosting a webinar on updates to its proposal...

Sep 01, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

NSF Update Webinar

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce that it will offer an NSF Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar to the research community on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 2:00 – 3:00pm EST....

Aug 30, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

NCURA Webinar – Developing Compelling Budget Justifications

The NCURA webinar described below is available to stream by ECU personnel. The original webinar was recorded on 16 August. See the link and description below. In addition, there are...

Aug 11, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

RAIN Notes – August 2021

NCURA Webinar – Participant Support Costs – This webinar had several great takeaways – some of the key points were: ECU employees cannot be considered participants Participant Support Costs should...

Jul 06, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

RAIN Notes – July 2021

NCURA Webinar – Avoiding “Returned Without Review” – Successful proposal submission requires research administrators at both the central and departmental levels to have a solid understanding of sponsor guidelines. Efforts...

Apr 15, 2021
  • Rick Smiley

New NIH Biosketch Format

Please be advised the NIH biosketch will move to a new format for all proposals submitted after May 25,2021. Link to NIH Info Page: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm Link to Sample Biosketch: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/non-fellowship-biosketch-sample-2021.docx Highlighted...

Nov 05, 2020
  • Rick Smiley

FastTracks – Professional Development for Research Administrators

Are you searching for professional development in research administration? The Office of Compliance Monitoring and Strategic Initiatives (CMSI) in REDE is making professional development available to ECU staff working in research...

Sep 01, 2020
  • Rick Smiley

PI Closeout Attestation Moving to eTRACS

PI Closeout Attestation Moving to eTRACS When a sponsored project is completed, the Principal Investigator is generally required to attest that the project expenditures were reasonable and appropriate. The “wet...

Jun 27, 2020
  • Rick Smiley

OMB Updates Administrative Relief Provisions

The Office of Management and Budget has extended some of their Administrative Relief provisions – specifically the ongoing charging of salaries and benefits to active federal awards. This extension runs...