Please see the below memo from the Office of Culture, Ethics, and Compliance.********************************************************************* Dear Colleagues, The Office of Culture, Ethics, and Compliance (OCEC) is collecting data on the use and awareness of the USC Research Training Finder, which can be found at: https://researchtrainingfinder.usc.edu/. The Training Finder is a website that assists researchers, research staff, and research administrators in determining what […]
Amazon Web Services Outage Impacting Cayuse Applications
Announcement: Please be aware that Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage this morning. As a result, some federal web applications, including eRA Commons, have been affected. So far, DCG has not received any reports of affected Cayuse 424 submissions, but please be advised that users may experience 504 errors when trying to login, navigate, and download funding opportunities from […]
Update to Cayuse 424 Tonight at 5 p.m. (Workday Cost Centers Added)
Announcement: Today at 5pm, Cayuse 424 will convert Organizational Unit Codes to Workday Cost Centers. The update is in response to the implementation of Workday Financials and conversion to Cost Centers. Please Note: This change will not impact proposals already under development and/or in route. What Will Be Different?When users look up their Person Profile in Cayuse 424, […]
Winter Recess (Office Closure)
The Department of Contracts and Grants would like to wish you and your families a Happy Holiday season. To prepare for the Holiday season and the University’s Winter Recess, below are some important dates and reminders regarding upcoming office closures. In observance of the University’s Winter Recess, DCG will be closed from Monday, December 20, 2021, […]
Enhancements to the Research.gov Proposal Submission System, NSF Public Access Repository, and NSF.gov Award Search
Announcement: Effective November 22, 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) enhanced the Research.gov Proposal Submission System, NSF Public Access Repository, and NSF.gov Award Search. Below is a summary of those enhancements. Research.gov Proposal Submission System Enhancements Preliminary proposals and full proposals related to a preliminary proposal are now supported in Research.gov. The program solicitation will clearly […]
Enhanced Checks for Compliance with Clinical Trial Registration and Reporting in RPPR
Announcement: Enhanced checks on non-compliance with clinical trial registration and reporting came into effect in eRA’s Human Subjects System on October 1 that could delay your RPPR submission if you are late on either front (see details in eRA news item). All NIH-funded clinical trials are expected to register and submit results information to Clinicaltrials.gov, as per the […]