General Resources

General Information

• Certificate of Confidentiality
• Data for Proposal Preparation
• Faculty Effort Reporting Workshop
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• Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
• Glossary of Research Administration Terms
• OSP Brochure (PDF) 
• Roles in the Preparation, Submission and Oversight of Grants, Contracts, and Agreements
• Please use the following link to request an eRA Commons account: https://www.osp.pitt.edu/resources/faculty-resources/nih-era-commons-registration-request

OSP Communications

• News and Notes
• Tip of the Week
• Latest Communications

Policy Notices and Updates

• Consideration of Sex as a Biological Variable
• Importing Mice or Rats to the University of Pittsburgh
• Genetically Modified Animal Requests from External Vendors
• HRSA Legislative Mandates Financial Guideline
• NIH 2023 Data Sharing Policy and Data Management Sharing Plans
• NIH Genomic Data Sharing Plans
  • Key Points of the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy
  • Model Data Sharing Plan for Human Genomic Data
  • Responsibilities of Investigators Submitting Genomic Data
• NIH and NSF Information on Fair Labor Standards Act and Postdoctoral Researchers
• NIH Clinical Trials Requirements FORMS-E the Common Rule and Single IRB - What You Need to Know Slides 2017-11-27
• NIH Simplification of the Vertebrate Animals Section
• Rigor and Transparency
  • Rigor and Transparency in NIH & AHRQ Grant Applications
  • Rigor and Reproducibility in NIH Applications 
  • Rigor and Reproducibility Chart
  • Examples
    • Bakkenist Authentication of Key Biological and or Chemical Resources
    • Kirkwood Rigor and Transparency Blinded Statements
    • Tejero Authentication of key biological and or chemical resources
• Subrecipient Monitoring
  • Financial Guideline for Subrecipient Monitoring
  • Attachment 4
  • Attachment 5
• TikTok FAQ
• Veterans Administration (VA) Related Information

Agency Updates

• NIH News
• NSF Policy Office

Research Administration Memos

• Clinical and Translational Science Institute Service Center Memo
• Grant Subcontracts between the University of Pittsburgh and the Magee Women's Research Institute
• Openness in Research and The University of Pittsburgh Project Checklist for Openness in Research
• Transition of Children's  Hospital of Pittsburgh Grants to the University of Pittsburgh