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Extensions and Amendments in MyRA
Have you received a MyRA notice stating that your agreement “is nearing expiration?” If Yes, and if you want to extend it, you can simply request an amendment in MyRA by following the steps below...
What the Office of Sponsored Programs needs with respect to an IRB approval
The vast majority of grants, proposals and agreements submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OR) for review do not require evidence of IRB approval as part of the OR submission. OR...
CITI MODULES
In accordance with the Pitt Training Requirement instructions on the CITI University website, recertification is required every four years. As 2012 was a...
CHANGING INFORMATION ON INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
A number of internal documents are arriving to the Office of Sponsored Programs with information crossed out or changed. To meet audit standards, the following details should be included for each...
Corporate Funded Research Projects
Do you have a funded project with a company?
Glossary and Contacting Federal Agencies
Wonder what a “BAFO” is?
Departing Faculty and NSF Compliance Checks
Departing Faculty
Just-In-Time Submissions
In an effort to ensure timely and effective processing of Just-in-Time (JIT) submittals to the NIH, please include in either your hard copy or e-mail JIT submission to the Office of Sponsored...
Pending Nonfinancial Agreements
The Office of Sponsored Programs’ Clinical and Corporate (CC) team is working diligently to try and finalize older nonfinancial (MTAs, CDAs, and DUAs) agreements, so that the officers can turn...
Electronic Grant Submissions
Electronic grant application submissions can be quite confusing, especially when more than one system can be utilized to submit a proposal (i.e., ASSIST or Grants.gov). Since the Office of...
Addgene Orders
In April, we informed you that the University of Pittsburgh had signed a Master Reception Agreement with ADDGENE, INC, and for most orders of materials from Addgene, this will eliminate the...
Forms Page
Do you know how to navigate the Forms Page on the Office of Sponsored Programs website?
CERTIFICATES OF CONFIDENTIALITY
What is a Certificate of Confidentiality?
Are you confused by the terms “Prime Funding Source” or “Prime Sponsor” when used in reference to sponsored research?
Funding for any given sponsored research project can originate from a variety of sponsors (e.g., federal, state, and local governments, non-profit organizations (including foundations and other...
The Use of Department Approval Memos by the Clinical and Corporate Contracts Team
The Clinical and Corporate Contracts Team uses the Department Approval Memo (“Memo”) for verification and documentation of approval for all funded agreements, amendments to funded agreements, and...