The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) announced the availability of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay and Ambiguity for Investigators. Read More
This notice is a reminder that effective January 25, 2011, the NIH eliminated the error correct window from the application submission process. Investigators will still have up to two business days to view the application image and submit a corrected/changed application, as long as it is completed before the proposal deadline date and time. Read More
After much thought and discussion, the Office of Research (ODUOR) and Research Foundation (ODURF) have concluded that we need an internal submission deadline for research and sponsored programs applications to external organizations.Read More
This is to inform everyone that we have just received official notification from our cognizant Federal Agency, Office of Naval Research, new facilities and administration (F&A, known customarily as “indirect cost”) rates for the next three years (fiscal year 2012-2014).Read More
We are pleased to announce Hope Fowler has joined the Research Foundation as Human Resources Director. Hope came to us from Opportunity, Inc. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in all aspects of human resources. Read More
The Research Foundation has a drop box located at the security desk in the lobby of the 1st Floor of the Innovation Research Park Building 1, located at 4111 Monarch Way. The box is locked and we pick up documents at least three times each day.Read More
Since our most recent announcement that dealt with how recovered F&A cost will be distributed, we received questions from one of the PIs who wanted to know of various aspects of F&A principles including:Read More
To ensure that recovered F&A costs are distributed uniformly across the campus and that faculty PIs are adequately incentivized to seek external funding, with concurrence of President Broderick and Provost Simpson, effective for the 6 month period ending on June 30, 2010 we will implement the following traditional allocation:Read More
New requirements put in place by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) call for the institutional officer to certify when proposals are submitted that the institution has a responsible conduct of research (RCR) training plan in place. Read More
Effective immediately, the Research Foundation asks that Principal Investigators write preaward@odu.edu for notifying the Research Foundation of an intended proposal submission and for requesting assignment of a pre-award Grant and Contract Administrator (GCA).Read More
