Resources/Administrators Toolbox

Brown Bag series

Brown Bag series is a 45 minute session which focuses on updates and topics of interest in Research Administration.

  • February 2026

    • NU-RES Admin Updates
      • NOT-OD-26-034: Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2026
      • NOT-OD-26-020: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period
      • NOT-OD-26-033: Adjusted Timeline for NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms
      • Policy Notice: Implementation of Policy Changes to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1, Supplement 2
    • Data/Systems Updates
      • ePAWs 2.0 launches 2/18/26
      • Reporting in Data Warehouse
      • Types of Reports and Timelines
    • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • AP is introducing CANDEX for Reimbursing Non-Employees For Travel-Related Expenses.
      • FY25 Payroll Certifications
      • Residual Balance Transfer Forms
      • Award Tasks for Final FFRs
      • Final Invoices
    • NU-RES Compliance Updates
      • NIH MFTRP Certification Required for RPPRs (NOT-OD-26-018)
    • Upcoming Events
      • 2025-2026 Academic Year: In-Person RCR Workshops
      • 2025-2026 Academic Year: Virtual Deep Dive RCR Workshops
      • 2025-2026 Academic Year: Essential Research Knowledge Series
      • NYU Research Administration Demonstration (RAD) Series
  • January 2026

    • NU-RES Admin Updates
      • Policy Notice: Implementation of Policy Changes to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
        (PAPPG) 24-1, Supplement 1
      • NSF Update PAPPG chapters include revisions
    • Data/Systems Updates
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Final FY25 Research Payroll Certifications are due January 16th, 2026.
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Research Security Training Requirements
        • Federal Restrictions on Drone Use – Key Updates as of 12/22/25
      • Upcoming Events
    • December 2025

      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NSF Update No. 149: NSF Research Security Policies
        • NOT-OD-26-017: Research Security Training Requirements for NIH
        • NOT-OD-26-018: NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending
          Support
        • NOT-OD-26-019: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort – Removal of
          Requirements for Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Direct Costs
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • ePAWs v2.0 Soft Launch – Hub NU Clients
        • ECD update
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • NUFIN Principal Investigator Dashboard
        • Workday Trainings
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Recent Research Security Training (RST) Policy Updates
        • Research security training required for PIs with active DOE awards and those applying for DOE funding
      • Upcoming Events
    • November 2025

      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • Subaward IDC recovery
        • Contracts
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • EPAWs 2.0 update
        • EPAWs 1.0 records already submitted but still in workflow…
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Award Task workflows impacting PIs & Research Admins
        • Final Payroll Certification FY25 March-June
        • Payroll Accounting Adjustments (PAA) for Terminated Employees
        • Changes to Costing Allocations in Workday Finance
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Research Security & Other Support Training Requirement Email Issued to Faculty
        • Proposal Submission Requirements for NSF & DOE
        • High Risk Check List
      • Upcoming Events
    • October 2025

      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • Policy to budget and charge PhD tuition to sponsored research awards
        • NIH Notice NOT-OD-25-155: New Application Structure for NIH-Funded International Collaborations
      • Data/Systems Updates
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • NIH announces a new policy requirement to train Senior/Key Personnel on Other Support Disclosure
          Requirements
        • Recission Notice re: Implementation of NIH Research Security Policies NIH Notice NOT-OD-25-161
        • NSF Notice No. 149 Research Security Training Requirements effective October 10, 2025
        • Important Reminder for Training Related to Grants
        • Update from COGR on Department of Energy Limitations on Reimbursement of Indirect Costs
        • RCR Training and Education Program
    • September 2025
      • NU-RES Updates
        • NIH Update: NOT-OD-25-132: Supporting Fairness & Originality in NIH Research Applications
        • NIH Update: NOT-OD-25-132: Supporting Fairness & Originality in NIH NIH Policy on Foreign
          Subawards for
          Active Projects
        • HHS Issues Changes in New Grants Policy Statement
      • Workday HR Updates
        • Cognos “Undefined” Payroll
        • Payroll Costing Adjustments (PCAs)
        • Period Activity Pay (PAPs)
      • NU-RES Processing Updates
      • Upcoming Training Sessions
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • NIH announces a new policy requirement to train Senior/Key Personnel on Other Support Disclosure
          Requirements
        • NSF Notice No. 149 Research Security Training Requirements as of July 10, 2025
        • The RCR Training and Education Program for AY 25-26 is Live!
      • Department of Human Research Updates
    • May 2025
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NIH Update on Public Access Policy
        • NIH Update on NCEs
        • NSF Update on Indirect Cost Rate
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • ePAWs 2.0 Launch – July 1, 2025
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Key WD transition dates
        • WD reports
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Policy on external International engagements
        • Travel Registry – Foreign travel
        • DOE Security Training requirements
      • Summer 2025 Mini NU-RES Conference
    • April 2025
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NOT-OD-25-085: Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2025
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Improvement to College Tableau Dashboards
        • Deobligations in eCLAWs
        • New Process/Stop in eCLAWs route: Adding OGC stop
        • Updates to the Metrics, Measures & Indicators (MMI’s) on the homepage
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Summer Salary 2025
        • Interim Payroll Certifications Jul24 – Feb25
        • RF Contact Changes
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Annual Disclosure Cycle
        • Policy on External International Engagements
        • Foreign Travel Requirements
        • Research security training requirements
        • Research Security Training
    • March 2025
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • Guidance document to facilitate changes in Uniform Guidance as it relates to supply and equipment thresholds
        • IDC
        • The AHRQ salary cap increases to $225,700
        • NU’s Global News website
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • ePAWs 2.0 target for 7/1/25 launch
        • eCD Annual Conflict Disclosure is coming soon
        • Awaiting next steps from ITS on NU AI Chatbot
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Preparing for the Transition to Workday in July 2025- Grant clean-up Research security training requirements mandated by the Department of Energy (DOE) Financial Assistance Letter (FAL 2025-02)
        • Research Security Training Communications
        • NIH will require all applicants/recipients to link their ORCID ID into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier (PID) section of the Common Forms.
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
    • February 2025
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • KRI LLC F&A Rates
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • NU AI, NU ChatGPT, NU-RES assistant chatbot
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Grad Students reimbursement
        • Performance Audit of Subs Cost
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Research security training requirements
        • ORCID ID to be linked into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier
    • January 2025
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NOT-OD-25-054: NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
        • NOT-HS-25-006: New AHRQ “FORMS-I” Grant Application Forms
        • NOT-OD-25-040: NIH Requires Mandatory Use of the eRA Prior Approval Module U-RES Admin Updates NOT-OD-24-163: NIH’s Adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Website Enhancements
        • Cognos Research Users Group 
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Uniform Guidance Updates
        • New threshold for Capital Equipment and Subawards
        • FY25 rate agreement
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Research security training requirements
        • NIH Notice NOT-OD-24-163: link  ORCID ID into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier (PID)
    • December 2024
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • New AHRQ “FORMS-I” Grant Application Forms
        • Off Campus Rates
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Update to the NU-RES Website Search Page
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • DOE Research Security Training Requirements for all R&D Financial Assistance Awards
        • DOE Digital Persistent Identifier or Persistent Identifier
    • November 2024
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Instruction Guide
        • Announcement of Childcare Costs for Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Programs F99 Recipients
        • New AHRQ “FORMS-I” Grant Application Forms
        • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Department of Commerce (DOC)
        • Updated Award Obligation Setup Process
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Use of eCLAWs Info Request and Consult feature
      • NU-RES Finance Update
        • Financial Reports
        • Annual Payroll Certification FY24
        • WD Finance Update
      • Space Survey Update
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Upcoming changes to NASA’s grant policies
        • DOE Research Security Training Requirements
        • Northeastern Research Security Training Program
        • Northeastern Internal Research Administration Certificate/Research Administration Professional Development Program
    • October 2024
      • NIH Graduate Student Compensation
      • Changes to Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Progress Report
      • Guidance on Internal Deadlines: Institutional Review, Approval and Submission of Proposals
      • eCLAWS Process Changes
      • FY24 Space Survey
      • FY24 Research Annual Certification Reports
      • 30/60-Day Project Closeout Notifications
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
      • Upcoming Events
    • September 2024
      • NU-RES Admin updates
        • NIH’s Adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending
        • Retirement of NIH’s Automated Just-in-Time Email Notification
        • NSF Update
        • Off Campus Rate
        • New NDA/DUS/MTA Intake forms process
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Data Warehouse: RSRCH0030 and RSRCH0031 ePAWs Attribution by Affiliation
      • NU-RES Finance
        • WD update
        • Closeout & Deficits
        • Research Annual Certification Reports
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Final Research Security Program Rule
        • RSP Standard Requirement Finalization
        • RS Program Certification
        • International Engagement Policy
        • Reporting requirements for damaged, lost or theft of research equipment
    • May 2024
      • Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) 2024 Stipends
      • Revised NSF T’s and C’s effective 5/20/24
      • NEW College Transaction Dashboards in Tableau
      • Summer ePAWs 2.0 user feedback sessions
      • FY25 IDC rate increase
      • Accounting Feed “kicks”/Closeouts/PDCs
      • NU-RES virtual conference Summer 2024
    • April 2024
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NSF Awards Terms and Conditions
        • NSF Changed in Application and Peer Review
        • NIH FORMS- I
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • Locking ePAWs 1.0 documents functionality
        • Proposal reports proposals date amendments
        • Sharepoint Excel Tracker
        • Tableau LIVE dashboard for each college/HUB to review ePAWs records submitted to sponsor
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • New Grant Rebudget Form
        • Summer Salary
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • NU-RES Summer 2024 Conference
    • March 2024
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • ePAWs: Grant Officer ability to lock/unlock documents from deletion
        • eCLAWs: New Compliance Review function
        • eCD disclosure cycle closes 3/15
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • New hire and portfolio assignment
        • February financial close completed with IDC variance, ITS working on resolution.
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • NU-RES Summer 2024 Boston Research Administration Conference 6/12-13
    • February 2024
      • NU-RES Admin updates
        • NIH Grants Policy Update: Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2024
        • NSF new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024
        • NSF programmatic overdue reports
        • DOE update
      • Data System Updates
        • Multi select Research Theme in ePAWs
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • WD Finance go live 7/1/2025
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • NU-RES Summer 2024 Boston Research Administration Conference
        • Reminder to utilize the “Incoming Faculty – Proposal & Award Transfer Checklist”
        • NSF Research Security Training Modules
        • NCURA Region 1 Research Administration Discussion Group (RADG)
        • Nature Masterclasses On-demand training
    • January 2024
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NOT-OD-24-039: NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
        • NOT-OD-24-042: Reminder of eRA Commons ID Requirement for All Personnel on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form
      • NOT-OD-24-047: Reminder for NIH Closeout Reporting Requirements and Closeout Email Notifications
      • NOT-OD-23-182: NIH Updated Policy Guidance for Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements
      • NU-RES Data/Systems Updates
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • Bayh-Dole Compliance and iEdison
    • December 2023
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • NIH Data Management and Sharing Town Hall
        • eCLAWs Comment feature
        • Data/Systems Updates
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
    • November 2023
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
        • DOJ Financial Guide
        • Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference
      • Data/Systems Updates
        • NU-RES, HSRP, and Animal Care websites moving to new Domain/Campus Press
        • Search function adjustments on the NU-RES webpage
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
        • Typical Reporting/Invoicing Timelines
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
        • The Northeastern Research Allowability Advisory Panel has been reconstituted
        • June 2024 NU-RES Research Administration Conference
    • October 2023
      • NU-RES Admin – Updates/NSF, NIH Updates
      • Data/Systems Updates – Previous Search Button; Affiliation default to 100%; Search Setting; SciENcv and ORCID learn more session
      • NU-RES Finance Updates – Research Payroll Certification; Advance Account Requests
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
    • September 2023
      • Northeastern Research Allowability Advisory Panel
      • Pilot Program: Incoming Faculty – Proposal & Award Transfer Checklist
      • New faculty orientations
      • June 2024 Boston Research Administration Conference
      • Upcoming NCURA Live Webinar: Implementing and Managing International Proposal Development and International Subawards
      • NSF RCR Research Mentorship: A Shared Community Dialogue
    • May 2023
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • Data/Systems Updates
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
      • NSPM-33 Research Security Program
      • Collaborative Help for ITS Survey
      • NU-RES Summer 2023 Workshop
    • April 2023
      • Grants Online transitioning to GEMS in NIH eRA platform
      • Revised the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy
      • NIH Update: Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan
      • NSF Update to FAQs
      • New Rate Agreement FY24
      • HRIT Obligation Reporting Announcement
      • Summer Salary 2023 (Period Activity Pay)
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
      • Upcoming Event: NU-RES Summer Workshop
    • March 2023
      • NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMSP) Update
      • Post Doc Salary Update
      • IRB Update
      • Single IRB for Multi-Site or Cooperative Research
      • Actions Routed via ePAWS
      • Concur Updates
      • Internal Consulting Training: Banner Finance Approval Queues
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates
    • February 2023
      • New Quick Card: SOP for Overdue Programmatic Reports Submitted Directly by Principal Investigator
      • New Quick Card: GEM Fellowship Process
      • NIH Updates: Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy
      • NIH Updates: Data Management and Sharing  on Budget/Costs; Staffing Update
      • NU-RESFIN updates
      • NU-RES Compliance Updates: NSF Off-site Policy
      • Upcoming Events
    • January 2023
      • Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for Fiscal Year 2023
      • Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2023
      • NSF Revised Award Terms and Conditions & Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
      • NIH Data Management & Sharing Plans
      • Suspense Payroll Postings
      • NU-RES Compliance new listserv & Training/Learning/Education Resource Committee
    • December 2022
      • NIJ Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
      • NSF Award Terms and Condition
      • NU-RES Finance Training
    • November 2022
      • Limited Submissions Process
      • Clarification Regarding Data Management Plan Requirement for AHRQ National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant
      •  NSF PAPPG
      • FastLane Proposal Preparation and Submission Decommissioning Deadlines
      • NU-RES Finance new Cognos reports
      • Banner HR Correction
    • October 2022
      • NIST New iEdison System
      • Department of Energy Update
      • NU EHS is now OARS and ECOS
    • September 2022
      • NSF updates PAPPG Biosketch and Pending Support SciENcv Implementation
      • NIH Implementation for Data Management and Sharing Policy
      • NIH and AHRQ Grant Applications; NIH new “FORMS-H”
      • NIH increase of NIGMS K99 Support Levels
      • New NU F&A Rate agreement
    • May 2022
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • NU-RES Compliance updates
      • System updates
      • Upcoming events
    • April 2022
      • NU-RES Admin updates: SciENcv for Biosketch and Current & Pending 2023; NRSA Stipends; NIH
        Scientific Data Sharing
      • NU-RES Finance updates: Period Activity Pay – Resources and Deadlines
      • System updates: Research.gov (or Grants.gov) required 1/1/23
      • Upcoming events
    • March 2022
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • System updates
      • Upcoming events
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • Reporting Update / Workday Q&A Session
    • February 2022
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • NU-RES Compliance updates
      • System updates
      • Upcoming events
    • January 2022
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • NU-RES Compliance updates
      • System updates
      • Upcoming events
    • December 2021
      • Special Guest: Darren McCloskey K2 changes
      • NU-RES Finance Updates
      • NU-RES Admin Updates
      • System Updates
      • Upcoming Events
    • November 2021
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • System updates
      • Upcoming events
    • October 2021
      • Research Administration
        • Funding Agency Updates
      • System Updates
      • Research Finance
        • Fellowship Payment Guidance Doc DRAFT
        • Revised Informational Form for new setups
    • September 2021
      • Welcome back!
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • Agency Updates
      • NU-RES Finance updates
      • Finance Portfolio Assignments
      • New Day / Workday Update
      • Changes to Closeout Checklists
      • Upcoming Deadlines – PDCs & Effort
      • Upcoming events
    • May 2021
      • NU-RES Admin updates
      • NSF Training Completion updates
      • Agency Updates
        • NIH Biosketch format requirements
        • Flatten PDFs before eRA Commons upload
        • IE not supported by eRA Commons after 7/19/21
      • NU-RES Finance updates
        • New Folks
        • Year End Closing Deadlines
        • New Day
      • Upcoming events
    • April 2021
      • NSF Training Completions
      • Other Research Support
      • Welcome new GO and Sub Award Finance Administrator
      • Agency Updates
      • NCURA Department Level Admin workshop June 2021
      • Summer Salary
      • Guest: Fabio Chen, Internal Consulting, K2 Invoice process
    • March 2021
      • NSF Training
      • eCLAWs: search for common names
      • DOJ’s JustGrants
      • NIH Biosketch/Other Support Report updates; childcare costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA awards
      • NU-RES Finance updates
        • UG Updates; 200.458, 200.461, 200.471
        • Fly America
        • Summer Salary
    • February 2021
      • NFS Training: Additional Live training scheduled Jan/Feb
      • NIH Guidance on Salary Limitation; Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA stipend amounts
      • eCD: Annual COI disclosure updates/changes
      • Info Request/Consult email changes
      • ePAWs 1.0/Coeus monthly software updates
      • FFR deadlines update
    • January 2021
      • Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
      • NSF Training: Additional Live training dates scheduled
      • Award Obligation Setup SOP, Award Obligation budget forms have been updated
      • Institutional Base Salary (IBS) Calculator Tool has been updated
      • ePAWs 1.0/Coeus Lite servers are now on a monthly software patch scheduled through ITS
      • New Check Deposit Workflow (K2)
    • December 2020
      • IBS…NIH Salary Cap….committed cost share
      • Updates to Uniform Guidance effective on November 12, 2020
      • SAP Concur Mobile App: starting in late January/early February 2021 users will be signed out automatically if they haven’t updated the SAP Concur mobile app over the course of three updates
      • COVID Activity Code – causing discrepancies in the EDW
      • HR Action Forms are no longer submitted in Liquid Office…new HR Service Center forms
    • November 2020
      • Fastlane support slowing down, NSF is proactively working to move all submissions to Research.gov by 2022
      • NSF Single ID Help Guide
      • NIH Releases New Policy for Data Management and Sharing
      • Guest: Research Computing
    • October 2020
      • Corporations and Foundation Relations
      • Research.Gov Implementation Update: Notice No. 147
      • Updates to the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) -Effective October 5th
      • Annual Effort Certifications: return all completed annual certification reports to Fred Cromp
      • Salary Distribution Reports available in Cognos
    • September 2020
    • COVID 19 Updates
      • Updates on COVID-19 are provided at both the University level, and on the Research home page
    • NSF Updates
      • Effective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin enforcing the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
    • NIH Updates
      • Use of hypertext restricted
    • OMB M-20-26 flexibilities expiring
    • Fringe Rate Update
      • Increase from 25% to 26%
      • Campus rates remain the same at 31.9%
    • Special Guest: Research Development

    Last Updated on February 10, 2026