Updated Cost Sharing Procedure for Sponsored Projects

Effective March 1, 2007, appointments for personnel whose effort is cost shared to a sponsored project must be completed with a cost share chartfield combination. The cost share chartfield combination will be determined by the source of funds (E&G, Auxiliary, Research Foundation, FSU Foundation, SRAD, etc.) and will also include the sponsored project number. The cost share chartfield combination will populate on Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) and will help facilitate accurate effort reporting.

The Campus Cost Sharing Procedures posted at http://www.research.fsu.edu/contractsgrants/documents/csprocedures.pdf have been updated to reflect this change.

Sponsored Research Accounting Services recommends detailed training for all department representatives involved in cost share/effort reporting and personnel appointments. The next OMNI-SP-2389: Cost Sharing for Sponsored Projects will be held April 6th. For more information on training opportunities, please visit http://www.research.fsu.edu/contractsgrants/workshops.html or contact James Licklider at 645-0384 or at jlicklider@admin.fsu.edu.

CReATE Graduates Announced

The Compliance and Research Administration Training and Education program, better known as CReATE, recently graduated its latest group of staff and faculty.

The classes are very detailed and all participants are required to pass a test in order to complete the program. The latest class of CReATE graduates includes:

Deidra Baines		Amy Day-Pierce		Tracy Pistorio
Patricia Becton		Janice Foley		Terry Rinkel
Rick Bessey		Missy Goddard		Renee Rossi
Marsha Best		LaShawn Harris		Dawn Sandal
Aaron Bollinger		Christina Hillman		Michelle Slaton
Patty Boutelle		Diane C. Hunt		Greg Smail
Katie Brock		William Johnson		Plato Smith
Traci Burns		Barbara Koehler		Pam Walker
Donna Butka		Corinn E. Levine		Regina Ware
Hope Colle		Michele Locke		Margaret Watson
Thomas Cordi		Aynalem Markos		Sue Weathersbee
Chantel Cummings		Ron McCoy		Erin Westberry
Sarah Damm		Jane Meadows		Amber Whetstone
Tony Daniels		Emily Nerona		Joseph B.Williams Jr.
Yekaterina Davis		Lucy Patrick		Nancy Worrell

We will formally recognize our graduates’ efforts at an awards ceremony which will be held Wednesday, April 4th at 8:30 a.m. in Room 201 of the Westcott Building.

CReATE was established to help participants:

• become familiar with various federal rules and FSU policies governing the administration of sponsored research
• understand the requirements for grant/contract proposal preparation and submission
• become knowledgeable regarding fiscal requirements for managing grant/contracts
• understand the differences between managing private and federal/state/local grants/contracts
• understand the requirements for research involving humans, animals and biohazards
• become knowledgeable regarding intellectual property issues and
• gain an appreciation for the responsible conduct of research

Watch upcoming Office of Research newsletters for announcements of new CReATE training opportunities.

CReATE Appendices Now Available on the Web

Each person that has been through CReATE training is supplied with a book that includes, among other things, appendices of Office of Research policies and other important information. We are now making the appendices available on line so that CReATE graduates can update their books with the latest information for reference. Please visit: http://www.research.fsu.edu/contractsgrants/createappendices.html to view the different documents available.

Funding Opportunities

Click on the title above for some of the latest funding opportunities for disciplines throughout the campus.

CRC and Cornerstone Updates

Council on Research & Creativity (CRC)
For a listing of CRC awards soon after they are awarded, watch for articles in issues of STATE.

The Developing Scholar and Distinguished Research Professor awardees have been selected.  Please make plans to attend the Faculty Awards program, scheduled for Monday, April 9, in Dodd Hall (Werkmeister Reading Room) to learn who has been selected.  Watch for announcements from the Faculty Awards planners and articles in STATE which will follow the awards program.

Cornerstone
External FSU review of the AHPEG and SSPEG Cornerstone proposals has been completed.  Internal FSU considerations are under way.  Funding decisions will be made on/about April 1.  Stay tuned.

Remember that future DSR forms (aka proposal transmittal forms) related to CRC or Cornerstone programs are to be delivered to Jan Townsend in 109 Westcott (not to the Sponsored Research Services Office).  Note also that the DSR form was modified in January and replaces earlier versions of the form.  See Sponsored Research website/Forms for the latest document and instructions http://www.research.fsu.edu/contractsgrants/forms.html

Please Submit Proposals Timely!

Sponsored Research Services (SRS) is continuing to receive last minute proposals, some of which they have been unable to submit.  Due to the overwhelming system requirements of electronic submissions nationwide and the increased workload of SRS, a new proposal submission policy went into effect in February that requires proposal submittal by 9:00 a.m. three business days prior to the agency deadline to both SRS and the FSU Research Foundation. To read the full submission policy, CLICK HERE.

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