Recent content changes

10/22/09
Posted a minor update to the Equipment Screening page

10/16/09
Added the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) @ UK FAQ under latest news

10/14/09
Posted updated versions of the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration Organizational Chart and the Research Administrator Assignment List.

10/2/09
Posted a link to NSF's New Award and Administration Guide for January 2010 under latest news on the front page.

9/15/09
Updated the Industry Information page adding a link to the Center for Clinical and Translational Science. and updating the Non-Indemnified Trials link.

9/8/09
We posted an updated SAP BudRule Cross Walk.

7/30/09
Updated the Clinical Info page, the Conflict of Interest page and the OSPA Forms page. We also posted an updated SAP BudRule Cross Walk and the page detailing Charging Facilities and Administrative Costs to Sponsored Projects.

7/1/09
Updated the OSPA Forms page with the latest Disclosure of Financial Interest form adding new resources. We also added new reference material to Key Reports and Policy Guidance on the Conflict of Interest page.

6/15/09
Updated the SPIFi link on our Site Index.

6/3/09
Posted a minor link correction to the Budget Development Guidance page.

6/1/09
Updated the Clinical Trial Agreements Information Sheet making a minor change to some of the contact information.

5/19/09
Updated the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration Organizational Chart.

5/13/09
Updated the University of Kentucky Fringe Benefits table found in the Useful Information section of our site.

4/24/09
Updated the University of Kentucky Fringe Benefits table found in the Useful Information section of our site.

4/21/09
Updated the Sample Clinical Trial Agreement on the Industry Information page.

4/20/09
Added Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan information to the latest news area and on the Proposal Development section. We also posted an update to the Conflict of Interest page.

4/2/09
Posted the latest NIH Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts to the main page of the OSPA website and the Useful Information page.

We also updated the NIH Frequently Asked Questions link under Federal Policies on the Conflict of Interest page.

3/20/09
Posted an update to the costing page correcting the link to UK’s "Costing Guidelines for Sponsored Projects"

3/19/09
Changed the SPIFi (Sponsored Project Information Files) link on the front page of our site to read "Search Awards" so it's a bit clearer what can be done with this resource.

3/16/09
Updated Deborah Davis' title in several spots around the site.

3/6/09
Added UK's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding Opportunity Overview to our latest news on the front page of the site.

2/25/09
We moved the Guide for Industry into the OSPA website. We also updated the College Grants Officer and Research Administrator lists.

2/19/09
Posted an updated Model Company Agreement which is linked into the Industry page and several other areas of our website.

2/10/09
Posted the new Facilities and Administrative Cost Agreement updating several pages that reference it throughout the site.

2/03/09
Made some initial updates to our Staff Page following recent personnel changes.

1/20/09
Changed the mileage rate for travel reimbursement on the Useful Information page and the Budget Development Page.

Also updated the NIH Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts on the Useful Information page.

12/19/08
Posted a few minor updates to our Conflict of Interest page. We also updated a mix of links on our Award Administration page.

12/09/08
Updated the Useful Information page adding new detail tied to Graduate Student Health and rate increases in the '10-'11 academic year.

12/02/08
Fixed a broken link and removed some dated information tied to delegating fiscal authority from our Award Administration page.

11/24/08
Added an Internal Approval Form Continuation Page to our Forms page.

11/11/08
Posted an update to the NIH Salary Cap on our Useful Information page.

11/10/08
Added a reference to Clarification on New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications under Latest News on the main page of the website.

10/15/08
Posted a minor update to the Locate your College Grants Officer or Research Administrator (Sorted by Research Administrator Name) file, added a Sorted by College Grants Officer Name file and updated the overall About OSPA page. We also updated the Staff Directory page.

10/13/08
Posted a minor change to the Sample Face Page - SF424 R&R (NIH).

10/09/08
Updated the Facilities and Administrative Costs section of the Clinical Trial Agreements Information Sheet.

09/25/08
Pulled the Meals on Sponsored Projects page. See the Budget Development page for additional information on meals. We also fixed a minor issue with the recently added No IRB Approval Memo.

09/19/08
We posted a minor update to the Meals on Sponsored Projects page.

09/16/08
We updated our forms page and the industry information page adding the No IRB Approval Memo.

09/01/08
We updated the SAP BudRule Cross Walk linked into the front page of the site.

08/18/08
We updated the front page of the site adding a link to Award Information.

08/13/08
We added a link to the Research Administration (RATE) Classes on the front page of the site.

We also updated some of the reference materials associated with the Facilities and Administrative Costs rates on our useful information page.

08/12/08
Our facilities and administrative costs rates have changed. Please see our useful information page for additional details. This change impacted our industry information page, our award administration page, our budgets page and our site index.

Updated the useful information page and our budget development page reflecting the recent change in the travel policy's mileage rate.

Posted an update regarding Charging Facilities and Administrative Costs (Indirect Costs) to Sponsored Projects under latest news on the front page of the site. This same resource was also linked in under the site index and our budgets page.

We also posted updates to the equipment transfer and factulty transfer information pages.

08/05/08
Updated the ED 80-0013 and ED 80-0014 forms on the Sponsor Forms Page.

07/30/08
Pulled a few dated news stories from the front page of the site.

07/10/08
Fixed a broken link for the Faculty Effort System on both the Award Administration page and the site index.

07/9/08
Updated the Other Fringe rates under University of Kentucky Fringe Benefits on our useful information page.

06/16/08
Added the Memorandum of Understanding: Departing Faculty to our site index.

06/9/08
Added the sample PHS 398 and 2590 forms.

05/6/08
Added New Web Resource for Limited Submission Grant Opportunities under Latest News on the front page of the website.

05/2/08
We updated the Research Administrator list which is sorted by Research Administrator name.

Our College of Medicine CGOs have moved to their new office which led to phone and address updates on the staff directory and the OSPA Research Administrator / College Grants Officer Overview (Sorted by the University Department/Division) page.

In other updates, we pulled the Cost Sharing Certification Form and the Cost Sharing Information Form from our forms page. We also posted the latest versions of each of the Contracting / Subcontracting Boilerplates on the the forms page.

Over on our Conflict of Interest page we added links to NIH Frequently Asked Questions and the Associated of American Medical Colleges and the American Universities Advisory Committee on Financial COI in Human Subjects Research Report

We also posted an updated version of the Letter for Publishers tied to the new NIH Public Access Policy.

Finally, we posted the 2007 A-133 Audit report to the Award Administration page and our site index.

04/9/08
Updated the Award Administration page adding a Letter for Publishers tied to the new NIH Public Access Policy.

04/8/08
Updated the OSPA Research Administrator / College Grants Officer Overview (Sorted by the University Department/Division) to reflect a change in the Research Administrator for Nutritional Sciences.

04/3/08
Updated the Cognizant Federal Agency Contact (now Darryl Mayes) and the Life Insurance rates for post docs, graduate and undergraduate students on our useful information page.

04/2/08
Updated the Sponsored Projects Accounting / Fiscal contact to Jennifer Miles on our useful information page. On that same page, we also posted the FY 08/09 Prorated Amount of Health.

Added NIH Public Access Policy to the Award Administration page and also referenced it under latest news on the front page of the site.

03/18/08
Added a notation to our DUNS number on our useful information page.

03/14/08
We added information on OSPA's Outreach Request on the front page of the site.

03/06/08
Our Find Who Handles Your Department (sorted by department) resource has been updated to include the new College of Medicine Grants Officers.

02/21/08
Posted a minor update to the Budget Development Guidance page under tuition.

01/23/08
Posted a department correction to the OSPA Research Administrator / College Grants Officer Overview page.

We also posted new NIH-NRSA Individual Fellowships: F30, F31, F32 and F33 and NIH-NRSA Individual Training Grants: T32, T34, and T35 information update to our NIH NRSA Training Grants page.

01/22/08
Posted the new NIH Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts under latest news on the front page of the site.

01/16/08
Updated the domestic travel mileage rate to 50.5 cents per mile on the Budget Development Guidance page and on our useful information page.

Added the latest Cost Accounting Standards DS-2 Approval Date to our useful information page and linked in a copy of the the letter.

We also updated the Sample Clinical Trial Model Agreement located on our our Forms and Industry Information pages.

01/15/08
Posted Revised NIH PHS 398 Now Available, Revised NIH PHS 2590 Now Available and Appendices to Paper NIH PHS 398 to be Submitted on CD notices under latest news on the front page of the site.

01/08/08
Posted Teleconference Announced: Managing Cost Issues (January 22, 2008) under latest news on the front page of the site.

01/07/08
Posted NIH Clinical Trials Registration in ClinicalTrials.gov: Competing Applications and Non-Competing Progress Reports under latest news on the front page of the site.

12/20/07
Our Find Who Handles Your Department (sorted by department) resource has been updated and is live once again.

12/19/07
Updated the address informaiton for four Research Administrators on our staff directory.

12/18/07
Added our new Training Calendar to the front page of the site.

12/12/07
Added several new photos to our staff directory.

12/12/07
Updated the faculty other fringe benefit rate on our useful information page.

12/5/07
Updated the Sample Contract Agreement on the Industry Information page.

12/3/07
Fixed a broken link to A Guide for Industry Research Agreements with the University of Kentucky and add an NIH notice regarding the Error Correction Window for Grant Applications to latest news on the front page of the site.

11/16/07
Posted a minor update to our staff directory page. Congratulations to Kim Stroth and Jeff Kurz who have been promoted to Senior College Grants Officers!

11/15/07
Posted a minor update to our staff directory page. Congratulations to Katie Riley who has been promoted to Senior Research Administrator!

11/14/07
We updated the Research Administrator list which is sorted by Research Administrator name.

10/31/07
We added a link to the recent AVC Update to the front page of our site.

10/30/07
We posted the new Internal Approval Form (and instructions) along with the new Disclosure of Financial Interest Form to the site following a UK Forms page update.

10/23/07
We posted minor contact info and typographical tweaks to the Staff Directory, the Useful Information Page and the Conflict of Interest Page.

10/12/07
We posted notice of the upcoming JUST THE FAQs: Who and What You Should Know to Jump Start your Research Program at UK presentation to the front page of the site under upcoming events.

Under latest news we added NIH Notice: Non-Competing Grant Awards Under the Current Continuing Resolution and share a link to he new NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (Effective January 1st, 2008) . We also pulled a few dated news items.

Over on our useful information page, we updated the fringe benefit percent total for staff.

Finally, we updated our Staff Directory to reflect all the new people who have recently come on board.

9/27/07
We updated the date for our most recent Facilities and Administrative Costs agreement on our Useful Information page.

9/26/07
We corrected links to the Mutual and One-Way Confidentiality Agreements on our Industry Information page.

We've posted an updated Facilities and Administrative Costs agreement. The new agreement is linked into our Useful Information page, our Industry Information page, our Award Administration page and our Budgets page. The new agreement maintains our existing F&A rates, but changes the miscellaneous fringe benefit rate for staff. That change has been reflected in our fringe benefit rate table.

9/25/07
We've updated our sample SF424 pages to reflect Deborah Davis' correct title. Pages changed include SF424, SF424 R&R and SF424B.

On our Conflict of Interest page we updated the primary contact to Carol Cole and adjusted an FDA referenced resource and an NSF referenced resource under federal policies.

We updated the Research Administrator list which is sorted by Research Administrator name.

Pulled a dated Business Procedures Manual reference and replaced it with Research Subjects Compensation on our Award Administration page.

We've added a mission statement to our About OSPA page.

9/19/07
Corrected the Personal Services Agreement amount per fiscal year on the Subagreements and Consultants on Sponsored Projects page.

9/13/07
Pulled NCURA Teleconference: Sub-awards: A Survivors Guide of Key Concepts and Principles from the front page as the teleconference took place on 9/11/07.

8/21/07
Added NCURA Teleconference: Sub-awards: A Survivors Guide of Key Concepts and Principles information to the front page of the site.

8/16/07
We posted a few minor corrections to our Useful Information page.

8/03/07
We posted an updated Patient Care Rate Agreement. This change impacted our Useful Information page and our Budgets page.

7/26/07
Added Updated IRB documents put into production under latest news on the front page of the site.

7/24/07
Added Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, "COI Toolkit," July, 2007 to our Conflict of Interest page.

7/23/07
Added Social Security Numbers on OSPA Forms under latest news on the front page of the site. We also added a note regarding the change to our Forms page.

7/17/07
We added a Clinical Trail Agreement Information link just below our facilities and indirect cost table on our Useful Information page.

7/10/07
We updated our University of Kentucky Fringe Benefits table to reflect the '07 - '08 rates on our Useful Information page.

7/09/07
We updated the link to Commercialization and Economic Development on our Industry page.

6/29/07
Updated our Useful Information page updating Federalwide Assurance Number Expiration Date and adding a note that it is on file with Department of Health and Human Services.

6/13/07
Posted a minor typographical correction (spelling fix) on our Useful Information page. We also pulled the flyer for our recent teleconference (Conflict of Interest: How to Spot and Manage It) from the front page of the site.

6/08/07
We posted Victoria Bryan's new telephone number. This led to updates in our staff directory and our departmental assignment page.

6/06/07
OSPA welcomes Victoria Bryan, Mike Gabbard and Regina Vessels, our three newest College Grants Officers. The addition of these three led to updates in our staff directory and our departmental assignment page.

5/22/07
Posted a change in Kim Stroth's address on our Staff Directory page. We also posted a few minor updates to the Internal Deadline page.

5/21/07
In an effort to make our Useful Information Page easier to find, we bolded the text on the front page of our site.

5/18/07
Corrected the phone number listed for Steve Jacoby on our Staff Directory page.

5/17/07
We updated our upcoming events area on the front page of the site to announce the next grants.gov presentation (scheduled for 7/18/07). We also updated the handouts to reflect those used in today's presentation.

5/09/07
We posted a few CAS policy updates today. On our Award Administration page we've updated the Disclosure Statement (CASB DS-2), Cost-Transfer Policy and Service Center/Recharge Operations Policy.

5/08/07
Our Useful Information page has been updated to reflect a change of title for the official authorized to sign / legally bind the applicant organization. You can see the updated information here.

5/04/07
Posted New Funding Opportunities in the KSEF Research & Development Excellence Program under latest news on the front page of the site.

Additionally, we added a link to the Facilities and Administrative Cost Policy on our Useful Information page.

4/23/07
Added a new page detailing the IRB Review Fee to the Human Clinical Trail Agreements section of the Industry Information page.

Additionally, we detailed the fact that NIH's Grants.gov Application Guides for the SF424 (R&R) has been updated sharing an additional link to the list of notable changes under latest news on the front page of the site.

4/20/07
Updated the notes tied to the Graduate/Undergraduate Student Health Fee giving the budget amount for the '07-'08 year within the Fringe Benefit section of the Useful Information page.  

4/17/07
Posted NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide under latest news on the front page of the site. This document revises, combines and replaces the former NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) and Grants Policy Manual (GPM). This also led to an update within the NSF section of our Federal Agency Links page.

We also added Cost Sharing / Grant Matching information to both the Proposal Development and Award Administration pages.

4/16/07
Posted NIH Revised Notice of Award Letter under latest news on the front page of the site.

4/13/07
We added the 2006 OMB A-133 Audit to the Award Administration section of the site.

We posted an updated photo of College Grants Officer Faith Cordray within the OSPA Staff Directory.

Posted Sponsored Projects Accounting Year End Reminders under latest news on the front page of the site.

4/11/07
We posted a few minor corrections to our research administrator assignment page.

4/06/07
We posted updates to our departmental assignment page and research administrator assignment page.

4/04/07
Posted updated versions of the Internal Approval Form and the Fixed-Price Agreement Budget Form. We also changed the link to the Subagreement Request Form as it has moved to the UK Forms page.

3/29/07
Posted a new version of the Subagreement Request Form. We also shifted the form to interactive PDF with this update.

3/28/07
Posted an updated version of the Roles and Responsibilities: Sponsored Project. This document can be found on the About OSPA page, our Proposal Development page and our Award Administration page.

Posted under latest news a revision to the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2007.

3/26/07
Posted a minor update to our staff directory page. Congratulations to David Azbill who has been promoted to Senior Research Administrator!

Posted an additional update to the Subagreements and Consultants on Sponsored Projects page adding a small bit of new information.

3/16/07
Updated the Subagreements and Consultants on Sponsored Projects pageadding new information.

3/14/07
Did some reorganizational work to the site index.

3/13/07
Under upcoming events on the front page of the site, we pulled today's Grants.gov presentation announcement and added the next scheduled training session. Next, we updated the handouts to those used in today's session. Finally, we posted details on our June teleconference on Conflict of Interest.

3/12/07
Posted an updated Roles and Responsibilities: Sponsored Projects to our About OSPA page. This document is also referenced in our Proposal Development and Award Administration areas.

Added a new page under Award Administration sharing information regarding Equipment Purchased with Federal Funds.

3/7/07
Today we added Todd Bryan's photo to our staff directory.

We also fixed a reference to the waste recharge fee under Equipment on our Budget Development page.

3/6/07
OSPA welcomes Todd Bryan! Todd is our newest Research Administrator and his first day was last Friday. The addition of Todd led to updates in our staff directory (photo coming soon), departmental assignment page and research administrator assignment page.

We also posted a visual update to the proposal file upload page.

3/5/07
We posted an updated clinical trial agreement boilerplate. This file is linked into our forms page and our industry page.

2/27/07
Posted latest news updates on the Implementation of NIH Fiscal Policy for Non-Competing Grant Awards, the NIH Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts, and the latest Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2007. The last two notices led to updates to our NIH NRSA Training Grants page and our Useful Information page.

2/26/07
Congratulations are in order for Betty Newsom who recently celebrated 25 years of service to UK.

2/21/07
We added a new link which summarizes the waste recharge rate and the GL Accounts to which it applies. That link can be found here. This update impacted the Useful Information page, the Budget Development page and the Hazardous Waste Recharge page.

We added an Upcoming Events area just above Latest News on our site's front page.

We also posted a few corrections to Kim Blair's contact information and assignment area on the Department Assignment page.

2/20/07
The way in which the Proof of Necessity form is used in subcontracting has been further defined. See our Forms page (under Subcontracting) for all the details.

2/13/07
The new OSPA website design is fully launched.