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Division of Sponsored Programs!

The purpose of the Division of Sponsored Programs is to provide support for faculty and staff in the pursuit of external funding while assuring compliance with applicable regulations. Sponsored Programs provides assistance in the following areas: identifying potential funding sources; developing proposal narratives and budgets; facilitating compliance with federal, state, sponsoring agency, and University regulations; completing electronic applications; submitting proposals to sponsoring agencies; negotiating contracts and other award agreements; accepting award documents; administering post-award non-accounting issues, including subcontracts, award modifications, no-cost extensions, and budget revisions; administering the Institutional Review Board for the protection of human research subjects; administering the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; and providing workshops on various pre-award topics.

WHAT'S NEW AT SPONSORED PROGRAMS?

Implementation of New IRB Training Module - posted October 21, 2008 – The Institutional Review Board (IRB) announces the implementation of a new training module, the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). This online training system satisfies the federally-mandated educational requirement for investigators using human subjects in research, as prescribed by the United States Office of Human Research Protections. The CITI modules will replace the current NIH tutorials that have been used for investigator training.

Certification is required for principal investigators, key personnel, and faculty advisors involved in human subjects research and is valid for a period of three years. If an investigator has completed one of the NIH tutorials within the last three years, the IRB will continue to accept those certificates as evidence of meeting the federally-mandated educational requirement. However, if the completion date on the certificate is more than three years old, investigators are required to complete the CITI training module.

The CITI training system is linked from the IRB website and is available for immediate use. Click here for instructions on registering and using the CITI training system.

FY 2008 Annual Report – posted October13, 2008 – Sponsored Programs' Annual Report for the 2008 fiscal year is now available online.

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