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What is SciENcv?
Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is an electronic system of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) that...
What is the difference between a Pre-Award Office and a Post-Award Office?
Under the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is Pitt’s central pre-award office. OSP’s main...
Including Foreign Collaborations in NIH Progress Reports
Recently, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has been receiving more inquiries from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to foreign collaborations and Research Performance Progress...
Professional Organizations for Research Administrators
What is a Material Transfer Agreement?
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) are contractual documents used for the acquisition of various biological and research materials developed by nonprofit, government, and private industry. The...
How does the NIH define Senior/Key Personnel?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) define senior and key personnel to be:
...Completing your COI Annual Disclosure by April 15
The deadline for the 2022 annual Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure filings is Friday, April 15, 2022. Annual COI disclosures must be completed and current prior to the Office...
Removing eRA Commons Delegates
Faculty with eRA Commons accounts may have delegated certain actions to administrators with Assistant (ASST) roles to aid with processing and routing items related to their National Institutes of...
Do I need a subaward or a services agreement?
To help determine if a subaward should be issued from the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) or if a services agreement should be issued from...
Preventing Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism in Proposals
Federal funding agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), are paying close attention during the review of submitted materials (ex:...
What is CoRA?
The University of Pittsburgh Committee of Research Administrators (CoRA) is a committee of certified research administrators. CoRA facilitates the recertification process for Pitt and UPMC...
How do I “flatten” a PDF?
A new electronic signature requirement became effective on January 25, 2022 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Other Support...
What is Pitt’s UEI number and where can I find it?
The federal government will stop using the DUNS number to identify entities and instead use a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).
The University of Pittsburgh’s UEI is MKAGLD59JRL1...
Quickly Routing Award Documents to OSP
All requests and supporting documents for award approval and acceptance should be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) as soon as possible after an award document (i.e., Notice of...
Proposal Processing for Federal Grants and Contracts
Which OSP team should process a proposal if it is unclear whether it will be awarded as a federal grant or a contract?
When a federal solicitation (funding...