Advisory Council for Research Administration Meeting Highlights
The Advisory Council for Research Administration held a Zoom meeting on 9/29/20 covering community and central office updates, COVID testing/compliance, research fundamentals, PI onboarding, Idle Project Hourly updates, and staffing changes. The meeting discussed important issues such as PI reminders, brand/social media updates, and recent personnel changes within the central office. Key topics included community news, funding details, and the ongoing fulfillment of OMB guidance related to Idle time.
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Advisory Council for Research Administration 9/29/20 Tuesday 12:00pm 2:00pm Zoom Meeting 1
Agenda Community Updates Central Office Updates COVID Testing and Compliance Gloria Waters Fundamentals of Research Courses Follow-up PI Onboarding Checklist Community Shadow Systems Show and Tell 2
Central Office Updates Brand/Social Media: Logo created Signed PARs due Oct 9 Upcoming training Effort, Oct 7 Audit, Nov 6 Cost Share, Dec 2 4
BU UID's PI's Grant #'s Salary $ 400,000 525,000 310,000 100,000 March All April All May All June Exempt 308 351 246 84 122 135 126 36 189 $ 214 $ 180 $ 50 $ Salary Idle Project Hourly 6/1 - 8/18 8/19 - 9/28 30 8 25 7 32 $ 8 $ 63,000 17,000 Hourly For Hourly Individuals; only 1 was still using Idle Codes at end of September Email sent to PI on 9/28/2020 that no Idle Time as of 10/1/2020 is allowed Still missing 4 Idle Forms required to fulfill OMB Guidance post 6/18 (no other sources of funding) Exempt June Still missing 8 forms from June or confirmation that Idle time was not > 6/18/2020 July Still waiting on 13 responses Once complete, will calculate salary $ and follow up on any missing forms For Idle Time in July that was not listed as Idle in August or left Blank: 31 BU UID's over 13 PI's Reminders that no Idle Time as of 10/1/2020 is allowed was sent to PI's on 9/28/2020 August file due Friday, October 2nd - reminders went out 9/28/2020 September file will be sent mid-October 5
Central Office Updates contd SP Staffing Updates Megan Foley (Admin Coord) promoted to Outgoing Subaward Administrator Makaela Myers hired as Administrative Coordinator Alexander DaSilva (Award Analyst) left SP Yennie Mok (Admin Coord) promoted to Award Analyst Mike Vergoni promoted to Outgoing Subaward Administrator/Research Administrator Diane Lopez hired as Research Administrator Brandi Negron hired as Senior Research Administrator 6
Fundamentals of Research Curriculum As of Sept 1, Over 70 people have completed the full curriculum (11 modules) Most graduates of the curriculum are from CAS, MED, SPH, ENG, PAFO, SP Positive feedback overall great for new starters and experienced staff as well 7
PI Onboarding Checklist Looking for your additions and feedback Consider how it will be used, standalone product or supplemental to other resources 8
Closing/Central Links Future Agenda Items October: SAP account close-out November: TBD Minutes and slides from today s meeting will be posted on the ACRA webpage ACRA Research Administration page https://www.bu.edu/researchsupport/administration/committees/research- administration-advisory-council/ ACRA email: acra@bu.edu (to email the central office mailbox for ACRA) ACRA Group vpr-advisory-council-RA@bu.edu (to email the entire group) COVID-19 updates for Research LinkedIn ACRA https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12320374/ 10
