To:  Principal Investigators and Project Directors, UNH Sponsored Programs Community

This is a reminder that all effort reports for FY12 activity must be reviewed, certified, and received in Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) by September 30. Please return the completed certifications to your effort certification coordinator/BSC contact, clearly indicating any needed revisions. 

Dear UNH Research Community,

SPA has scheduled a staff development meeting September 6, 2012, and the office will be closing at noon. 

Please discuss any anticipated scheduling conflicts with your GCA/FRA.

Regards,

Victor Sosa

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Victor G. Sosa, Director
University of New Hampshire
Sponsored Programs Administration
51 College Road, Room 107
Durham, NH 03824

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) has revised the Sponsored Program Proposal Internal Approval Routing Form (aka “Yellow Sheet”) to reflect new financial conflict of interest in research requirements.  It is available on the Research Office website.

Dear UNH Research Community,

The UNH Rate Sheet was revised August 1st to update stipend rates for AY12-13, along with tuition, fees and the Student Health Benefit Plan.

Please use the new rates in proposals immediately and contact your Grant and Contract Administrator with any questions.

Regards,

Karen Jensen
(on behalf of Victor Sosa, Director)

Dear UNH Research Community, 

Dear UNH Research Community,

At the request of the UNH Disclosure Review Committee (The faculty committee responsible for the oversight of the financial conflict of interest in research program, aka DRC) we have amended the current Yellow Sheet language regarding financial conflict of interest in research to read as follows:

Beginning October 21st, 2011, Sponsored Programs Admnistration will copy Deans and Institute Directors on e-mail notifictions of all award activity.

Research Administration has completed an analysis of workload and will be changing the Grant and Contract Administrator (GCA) for several departments, effective July 1^st. 

The revised “Find your Grant and Contract Administrator” listing includes two notable changes:  New Hampshire State agreements for all departments will now be handled by a single GCA, Dianne Hall, and each department is now paired with both a primary GCA and an alternate.

New fringe benefit rates for FY12 sponsored programs have been finalized and should be used immediately in proposal budgeting.  

The primary changes reflect the following: