Advisory Council for Research Administration Meeting Highlights and Updates
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Advisory Council for Research Administration 2/24/20 2:00pm 4:00pm Charles River Campus - Kilachand Center - Room 106C 1
Welcome 2
Agenda Department Updates BU Bridging follow-up Mary Beth Dillon, Human Resources FCOI Q & A Sarah Porter, Research Integrity Open Discussion Progress Report Poll Follow-up Central Updates 3
Poll Follow-up/Open Discussion Reference Guide / Checklist BW reports to run how to find a Commons name How to calculate effort? How to calculate effort in a NCE situation K awards situation How to calculate and report effort in a situation when the grant has 90 days preaward expenditure? (ex: staff that will have 15 CM 12CM from the regular year and 3 CM from the pre-award) How to calculate the 25% unspent balance? Situations with - Subawards, supplements, carryover accounting for subcontracts in calculating the % unobligated balance (underspending by subawardees) RF1 situation How to report the OS format, what to look for? this may be a separate topic as well RPPR s (Research Performance Progress Report) What else would you like to know? How are RPPRs handled in your department? University process? Sponsor requirements? Creating a progress report? What content should be included? How to write the sections? 7
Central Updates PARS July December PAR Period 3,897 PARs sent out for certification Due Date: April 10th Microsoft Teams ACRA Logo LinkedIn SP Staffing Updates: Maria Costa (2/28) and Melissa Klumpar (3/4) leaving SP Eric Gibbs returning to SP March 3 8
Closing Tentative Future Agenda Items MARCH: Subaward presentation lets discuss in more detail what aspects you would like us to share. This piece may also be used for Coffee with Colleagues APRIL: RPPR s Minutes and slides from today s meeting will be posted on the ACRA webpage http://www.bu.edu/research/administration/research-support-offices/advisory-council-for-research-administration/ ACRA email: acra@bu.edu (to email the central office mailbox for ACRA) ACRA Group vpr-advisory-council-RA@bu.edu (to email the entire group) 9
