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Research Newsletter
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Case Research Weekly
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July 13, 2007
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Sponsored Projects News and Updates |
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Sponsored Projects Accounting Update
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After careful consideration, it has been determined that Nick DeGeorge will remain with the Controller’s Office as Director of Indirect Cost. Effective immediately, Robin Trail, Associate Director of Sponsored Projects Accounting, will be responsible for directing the post-award sponsored projects activity (e.g., FSRs, cost transfer review, project close-out, invoicing) for all schools at the university. Nick will be transitioning his other SPA responsibilities (largely those related to core functions, e.g., cash drawdown, financial cash transaction reports) to certain SPA staff on an interim basis until a replacement is hired.
Recruitment efforts are well underway for additional staff in SPA and it is hoped that most of these positions will be filled by the end of the summer. At that time, efforts will be made to inform schools and departments about the specific individuals within SPA who will be supporting them going forward and meetings between these individuals and school/department representatives will be held. As always, please feel free to contact Eric Cottington at emc14@case.edu with any questions, concerns or suggestions related to Sponsored Projects Accounting.
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Compliance News |
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Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosures Due
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Faculty, whether they are involved in sponsored projects or not, and all non-faculty, key personnel on sponsored projects are required to submit annual conflict of interest disclosures. E-mail notifications about the 2007 conflict of interest disclosure process have been sent to all affected individuals.
If you have not completed your 2007 Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form, please go to the following link for instructions and access to the conflict of interest disclosure form:
http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/research/orc/coi/index.cfm
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Sponsored Projects News and Updates |
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Article on the Economic Benefits from Research
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| The current issue of The Scientist has an interesting article on the economic benefits from research. It describes various studies that have attempted to quantify the return on the investment in scientific research. To access the artice, please go to:
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/home/53302/
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Legislative Update from the Government Relations Office
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The June 2007 Legislative Report, brought to you as a service of the Office of Government Relations, has been released. It highlights recent activities underway within the federal, state and local government that may be of interest to the research community.
Sources of information for this report include the Association of American Universities, American Institute of Physics, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio's updates and reports, newspapers, political and legislative wire services, and others.
To acess the report, please go to:
http://www.case.edu/pubaff/govrel/june07update.html
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Compliance News |
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CMS to Make Additional Revisions to Clinical Trial Policy
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In April, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed Clinical Trial Policy Decision Memorandum. However, CMS reports that since then, it has received comments from hospitals and others indicating that Medicare contractors have been paying claims for hospital services that differ from those listed in the April memorandum.
As a result, on July 9, CMS issued a revised policy with a plan to revise to an even greater extent in future. See the July 9 memo at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewdecisionmemo.asp?id=186.
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