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Based on user feedback, two new enhancements have been incorporated into Rascal Proposal Tracking (PT) 3.0:
- Ability for an administrator to select a Rascal proposal as a Parent when creating a child proposal, regardless of whether the individual was listed on the original proposal.
As a reminder, Parent records include New, Competitive Renewal, and Transfer In proposals. Child records include Non-competing Continuations, Supplemental Requests, and Cost Extensions. Administrators with access to the Rascal PT departmental reports can also see all parent proposals in their departments…
Per NIH notice, NOT-OD-23-161, effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after October 5, 2023, NIH has eliminated the single cost line item in the R&R Budget Form for detailed budgets. However, NIH will continue to require applicants to specify estimated DMS cost details in a designated section of the “Budget Justification” attachment of the R&R Budget Form. The updated instructions for the R&R Budget Form state:
"Provide a brief summary of type and amount of scientific data to be preserved and shared and the name of the established repository (ies) where…
Dear Colleagues,
We hope the new academic year is off to a good start. We are writing to all of you, who have a role in the academic personnel leave process, to let you know about a new requirement for faculty and officers of research who plan to take an unpaid leave from the University with a duration longer than three months.
Funding agencies, and Columbia policy, require the principal investigator and other senior/key persons to obtain prior approval from the agency before disengaging from a project for more than three months. When faculty or officers of research take…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will mandate the use of SciENcv for the preparation of the biographical sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support information, effective with new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023. On that date, NSF applicants will no longer be able to use the NSF fillable-PDF forms, and they will no longer be accessible.
If you are planning to prepare an NSF proposal and haven’t already begun to use SciENcv we strongly recommend you become familiar with it now. Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) will offer three webinars to researchers…
Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) hosted a webinar on July 26, 2023 featuring Dr. Stephanie Rolin, a researcher at Columbia and recipient of an NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) award. Dr. Rolin is also an LRP Ambassador. The slides from that webinar are available at NIH LRP webinar, 7/26/2023.
Dr. Rolin will be hosting a six-week online workshop from August 16th – October 11th to provide direction and strategy to prospective applicants. This workshop is ideal for first-time applicants (though all are welcome to participate) and will provide practical resources to ensure…
Dear NSF Researchers,
If you plan to submit an NSF proposal on or after July 31, 2023, please read this message carefully.
Congress has mandated a new training requirement in responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) for all NSF-funded faculty and senior personnel. This message contains important information about how to meet this new requirement.
What is the new RECR training requirement?
In 2022, Congress mandated that faculty and senior personnel supported by NSF must complete RECR training. This training requirement has applied to NSF-funded undergraduates, graduate…
Dear Colleagues,
NIH has issued importance guidance that prohibits the use of ChatGPT or other similar programs in the peer review process:
NIH prohibits NIH scientific peer reviewers from using natural language processors, large language models, or other generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing and formulating peer review critiques for grant applications and R&D contract proposals. NIH is revising its Security, Confidentiality, and Non-disclosure Agreements for Peer Reviewers to clarify this prohibition. Reviewers should be aware that uploading or sharing content…
We are writing to let the research community know there are two new templates that can be used to create NIH Data management and Sharing (DMS) Plans that are in DMPTool. NIH plans to implement one of these templates across all NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs) sometime next year.
Background:
Columbia University is a member of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), an association of universities, research institutions, and federal agencies collaborating together to examine ways to reduce administrative burden associated with the management of federally funded sponsored projects…
The Shared Research Computing Policy Advisory Committee (SRCPAC) is happy to offer the Columbia research community the option to buy into the next shared high performance computing cluster. For more details and pricing, see the full 2023 HPC Buy-in Announcement.
Please fill out our shared HPC order form between Monday, May 22, 2023 and Friday, June 16, 2023. All orders will require a chartstring account code. Please ensure that your chartstring is properly budgeted and will be valid until the end of the calendar year. We plan for the…
Dear Members of the NIH Research Community,
In preparation for the upcoming NIH proposal deadlines, we are resuming Data Management Office Hours. Office hours will be available to address questions and concerns related to writing a data management and sharing plan, selecting repositories, and general consultation about the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. Registration is not required for these sessions, which are held over Zoom (link below).
- Next session: Thursday, 5/25/2023; 1:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Zoom link to join the call
Meeting ID: 990…
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago via our listservs, NIH is going to launch a newly redesigned xTrain on March 30th. xTrain is used to manage appointments, reappointments and terminations for institutional training grants (Ts), individual fellowships (Fs), institutional career development awards (K12), and some research education awards (such as the R25).
NIH released additional information about the new xTrain, which can be read here. In addition, they created a high-level, six-minute video walking through the new xTrain. Their detailed, online user guide won’t be available until after the…
This is a reminder that Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), in collaboration with Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT), will be launching Rascal Proposal Tracking 3.0, anticipated to be released the start of April. We will be hosting webinars beginning next week.
What is Rascal Proposal Tracking?
Rascal Proposal Tracking is currently required to register any new or competing renewal grant or contract proposals with SPA. It captures critical proposal and compliance details used by your SPA Project Officer for proposal review and submission to a sponsor. Rascal Proposal…
Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), in collaboration with Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT), is excited to announce Rascal Proposal Tracking 3.0, anticipated to be released the end of March 2023.
What is Rascal Proposal Tracking?
Rascal Proposal Tracking is currently required to register any new or competing renewal grant or contract proposals with SPA. It captures critical proposal and compliance details used by your SPA Project Officer for proposal review and submission to a sponsor. Rascal Proposal Tracking is also used to register proposal resubmissions, transfer…