亲爱的同事们,

我希望大家都度过了一个宁静的长周末。

本周有积极的迹象表明,美国国立卫生澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究院的资助又恢复了生机,一些赠款也到达了SPH。 However, there have also been more news of cuts to research, and impacts to researchers and infrastructure (see the NSF and 美国卫生和公众服务部). The words we use in our grants are being 检查, putting funding at risk. The proposed NIH restriction on 间接的利率 is on its way to court. 我们现在等待国家预算、新领导人的就职和司法裁决。

Guidance from the university’s 赞助项目办公室 remains unchanged. 如果pi对联邦拨款不再续期、停止工作指令或资金“暂停”通知有任何担忧,应立即向院长麦克林汇报。 PIs should take personnel actions in response to anticipated federal funding disruptions without prior consultation with and approval from Sponsored Programs, which Dean McClean will help facilitate. Check for updates on the University’s 澳门威尼斯人注册2025年行政过渡的最新在线资源.

Here, I reiterate specific guidance on your 澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究活动 that we announced this week:

现有的奖项:

  • 我们应该按计划继续进行所有资助的工作
  • 我们应该审查当前奖励年度的预算,以确保pi没有建立过多的平衡。 近年来,NIH认识到新冠病毒导致澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究中断,对结转请求持宽容态度。  但是,在目前情况下,结转资金损失的风险可能更高,我们担心结余越高,风险就越大。
  • We encourage PIs to check their spend rates (i.e., roughly 50% spent through 6 months, 75% through 9 months, etc.), aiming to use the funds awarded in the prescribed grant year.
  • 对于最后一年的资助,pi不应该认为他们将在奖励结束日期之后获得任何剩余的资金。 与你的项目官员讨论。
  • 目前,没有建议清理网站(项目、教员简介、课程)的内容。
  • If you receive a communication indicating that certain activities must be paused or terminated on your projects, please reach out to Dean McClean to discuss before responding to Project Officials or federal agencies.

新提交:

  • 建议在校园进行澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究的补助金应使用目前协商的F&A率63.5%提交。 In the budget justification, it is important to include the following sentence: 波士顿大学 requests our current federally negotiated rate, but we will accept the rate approved at the time of award. The purpose of this sentence is to make sure that the grant doesn’t get removed from consideration at any point in the process if the approved rate ends up changing to a rate other than 63.5%.

更广泛的财政资源

澳门威尼斯人注册我们更广泛的财务资源,从今天开始,在进行外部和可自由支配的支出之前,需要得到行政副院长的批准,包括但不限于:

  • 聘请外部顾问
  • 大学资助的国际旅行
  • 场外活动和会议
  • 化妆空间改造
  • 聘用全职及兼职员工(包括临时雇员及学生工)。 Remember that the 聘用意向书 must be properly submitted to each departmental Director of Administration for any such hiring requests.

我们认识到,这些措施可能会给教职员工带来挑战和负担,但它们对于维持财务稳定和确保资源的战略性分配是必要的。 Please direct any questions to Ira Lazic at iralazic@bu.edu.

额外的资源:

SPH’s Center for Health Data Science has has developed a tool to help researchers search for government datasets that have been removed: https://findlostdata.org/

波士顿大学与NCFDD签订了一份合同,NCFDD是一个专业发展活动的提供者,为澳门威尼斯人注册网站、博士后和澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究生提供工具,以提高他们的写作和澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究效率。 这些资源侧重于实用技能——引导学术景观,有效管理时间,或建立有意义的专业关系。

To activate your personal NCFDD account and start accessing these resources, visit: NCFDD – 波士顿大学 Membership. 可供您使用的会员资源包括:

Public Safety has updated page on safety protocols, particularly in light of mandates that ICE and CBP may have /safety/campus-safety/your-safety-is-our-priority/ and may be helpful guidance for students, staff and others.

一如既往,我们非常重视我们社区的所有成员和我们在SPH建立的组织。 我们正在代表我们的社区努力工作,并将尽快分享更多的更新和指导。  与此同时,如果你有任何问题,请直接与我联系。

Finally, following the good attendance at last week’s discussion, we will be holding a不her virtual 开放论坛 for Faculty and Staff on Friday, February 21 at 12:00-1:00pm ET.

每天感谢你们所做的一切。

Michael Stein
Dean ad interim
mdstein@bu.edu

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