September 2024 Triannual Meeting
September 2024 – Federal Agency Updates
September 2024 – Session Summary Notes
Opening Remarks & 40-Years of GUIRR
Speakers: Darryl Pines, President of University of Maryland & Co-chair of GUIRR (Government University Industry Research Roundtable | Michele Masucci, Faculty Co-chair of the FDP, University of Maryland Systems | Alex Albinak, Administrative Co-chair of the FDP, Johns Hopkins University | Maria Koszalka, Executive Director, FDP
Track: #NationalAcademies, #GUIRR, #USResearchEnterprise
Audience: All
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NIST Frameworks
Federal Agency Updates
Dale Bell | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants | HHS Jennifer Riggle | Director, Division of Grants Policy and Planning | HRSA Jean Feldman | Head, Policy Office, Division of Institution and Award Support | NSF Bindu Nair | Director, Basic Research Office (Science and Technology) Foundations| DOD Kasima Garst | Director, Division of Grant Systems Integration, OPERA | NIH Michael Pellegrino | Director, Financial Assistance Policy & Oversight | DHS Susan Rice | Division Director for the Policy and Oversight Division, OGFM | NIFA Mary Sladek | Senior Program Director| NASA Christiane Diallo | Sr. Program Analyst, Grants Policy & Compliance Team| NASA
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Foreign Influence Plenary
This session will cover the latest updates from our federal partners on research security topics of interest, including the implementation of the final Research Security Standards, the rollout of the NSF-funded SECURE Center, plans for agency adoption (beyond NSF) of the Common forms, how the first reporting cycle went for the new NSF Foreign Financial Disclosure Report (FFDR), risk rubric updates, risk mitigation reviews, any special agency required terms and conditions expected, and discussions related to the Malign Foreign Travel Requirement Program (MFTRP) policy requirement. Favorite representatives from DoD, Dept. of Energy, NIH, and NSF will provide the updates.
Speakers: Sarah Stalker-Lehoux and Jean Feldman, NSF – Michelle Bulls, NHI Julie Anderson, DOE – Bindu Nair , DOD – Pamela Webb, Minnesota – Jim Luther, Yale
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- Video
- Presentation (Coming Soon)
American Council on Education Plenary
Speakers: Mushtaq Gunja | American Council on Education
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- Video
- Presentation (Coming Soon)
Compliance Unit Standard Protocol
Description: This session will highlight progress of the Compliance Unit Standard Procedure (CUSP) project, which aims to relieve the administrative burden and increase inter-institutional communication between researchers and regulators while improving animal care through the promulgation of procedures that have proven to meet the standards of IACUCs, veterinarians, researchers, and national regulatory bodies. Topics covered will include results of pilot testing recently completed in August 2024 and next steps. More information about the CUSP project can be found online.
Speakers: Aubrey Schoenleben |University of Washington
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Subawards
Description: The Subawards Subcommittee will provide final updates and reminders about 2024 template and FAQ/Guidance revisions. We will then dedicate the majority of the meeting to discussing the following topics as they relate to subawards: NIH NOT-OD-23-182 implementation; Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program (MFTRP) policies effective 8/9/2024; UG updates effective 10/1/2024; and NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans. Please bring any challenges, questions, or institutional approaches that you have related to these topics and be prepared to discuss if and how FDP can help members navigate these topics.
Speakers: Kevin Ritchie | Harvard Medical School, Maggie Hassan | Emory University, Jennifer McCallister | Duke University, Stuart Politi | University of Pennsylvania
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- Video
- Presentation
- NOT-OD 23-182
- OSTP Memo in MFTRP
- 2024 Revisions to 2 CFR (from the May 2024 meeting)
- NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
What you need to know about ARPA-H Other Transactions (Ots)
Description: This session will provide attendees with an overview of the ARPA-H OT process. The ARPA-H representative will discuss how OTs work and how ARPA-H will use this funding mechanism moving forward.
Speakers: Diane Sidebottom | ARPA- H Director, Business Innovation Division (BID), Katie Cook | Michigan State University, Janet Hannam-Hayes | Emory University, Missy Peloso | University of Pennsylvania
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The SECURE Center
Description: Meet the leaders of the SECURE Center in this interactive session. The speakers will provide an overview of SECURE national and regional centers, analytics, and other areas. Learn about SECURE’s community-based process for identifying and producing the research security resources that meet community needs.
Speakers: Mark Haselkorn | University of Washington, Lynette Arias| University of Washington, Sonia Savelli | University of Washington, Robert Nobles| Emory University, Jim Luther| Yale University, Deepika Bhatia | Emory University, Amanda Humphrey | Northeastern University, Lori Schultz | University of Texas, San Antonio, James Pierce | University of Washington, Amy Brenneke | University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kevin Gamache | Texas A&M University, Narcisa Pricope | Mississippi State University, Glenn Tiffert | Stanford University, Lisa Nichols | University of Michigan, Susan Anderson | College of Charleston, David Ribes | University of Washington, and Kelly Shaver | College of Charleston. Mark Sweet | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Doug Backman | University of Central Florida.
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FFATA Working Group Updates
Description: This session will provide attendees with an overview of the FFATA WG’s purpose and goals for moving forward. FFATA WG representatives will poll attendees for their input and will incorporate feedback into future initiatives.
Speakers: Matthew Ross | University of Mississippi, Carmen Martinez | UT Health Science Center at Houston
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Evaluation of Workload Reducing Measures of OLAW and the USDA
Description: Representatives from OLAW (and the USDA) will present the evaluation of the of Federal Agencies’ approaches to reduce the administrative burden associated with research activities with laboratory animals; and solicit feedback from the attendees regarding implementation at their home institutions.
Speakers: Neera Gopee | OLAW, Carolyn Reneski |OLAW, Dr. Robert Nobles |Emory University
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- Presentation (Coming Soon)
FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Subcommittee Updates
Description: The agenda will include updates regarding subcommittee members, system developments, conflict of interest fields, the Subrecipient Monitoring Tools working group, single audit developments, and potential future field additions and removals.
Speakers: Amanda Hamaker | Purdue University, Robert Prentiss | Yale University, Jennifer Rodis | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tyra Darville-Layne | Northwestern University
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AI/ML in the Research Enterprise / SciENcv
Description: A discussion of AI/ML from NSF’s CIO and SciENcv updates from the NLM team.
Speakers: Lori Schultz | University of Texas, San Antonio, David Saunders | National Science Foundation, Bart Trawick | National Library of Medicine
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COI Survey Results and More!
Description: The COI Subcommittee will present the results of the 2024 survey on the practices and processes related to research-related conflict of interest identification and management. We will update members on the status of current projects and potential new projects
Speakers: Lindsey Spangler | Duke University & April Pepperdine| University of Michigan
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Defining and Addressing Burden
Description: The session will include an update on a planned project proposal involving multiple FDP committees related to understanding and minimizing the added burden on institutions and researchers associated with the changing reporting requirement for researcher profiles. Reducing the burden of enhanced reporting requirements will be linked to the general issue of increasing security and integrity in funded research. Feedback will be solicited from the audience.
Speakers: Steven Post | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, David Driesbach | Florida International University, Mark Haselkorn | University of Washington, Carmen Scholz | University of Alabama, Huntsville, Lori Schultz | University of Texas, San Antonio
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Finance, Auditing, and Costing Updates
Description: Update on committee activities since May meeting.
Speakers: Michelle Bulls | NIH OPERA, Christi Keene | University of Chicago
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OG:RAD: HERD Survey Working Group & Research Profile Optimization Study Updates
Description: Updates for both of the ongoing efforts within OG:RAD: 1) HERD Survey – A working group that is assessing the HERD survey itself for data quality 2) RPOS
Speakers: Richard Fenger | University of Washington, Angie Rochat | Loyola Marymount University, Jenn Garye | Florida State University, Carmen Scholz | University of Alabama, Huntsville, David Dreisbach | Florida International University
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Committee Report Outs
Description: The committees who hosted a session during this meeting will give an overview of their session’s main takeaways and the next steps they will take.
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