National Council of University Research Administrators
NCURA Region IV
Spring Meeting
April 27 – 30, 2014
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Thomas E. Wilson
Assistant Vice President
University College of Health Sciences
Rush University Medical Center
Thomas_Wilson@rush.edu
David E. Lynch
Executive Director
Office for Sponsored Research, Chicago Campus
Northwestern University dlynch@northwestern.edu

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 a leading Medical University
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45% of Sweden’s academic medical research
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22 departments, clinical and basic sciences
◦ 1600 Senior Researchers
◦ 2165 active PdD students
◦ 5885 undergraduate students

In Physiology or Medicine

1998 - 99 Advisor international funding
1999 Administrator/financial manager
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2002
2004
2005
2008
Independent unit (Grants Office)
Advisor international funding (became an US specialist)
Lawyer
Budget advisor
Science writer (became an EU specialist )
Financial manager
Financial manager
Advisor EU-funding
Advisor National and Nordic funding
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2013
Compliance Coordinator
Five (5) financial managers

PRE-CONTRACT
Tatjana Nilsson, PhD
Team leader
EU Grants Specialist
+ 3 colleagues (all PhDs):
1 EU specialists
1 Nordic/National specialist
1 US specialist
Björn Kull, PhD
Head of Unit
POST-CONTRACT office
Eva Björndal
Team leader
Compliance Coordinator
+ 9 colleagues
+2 under recruitment
8 financial managers
1 US grants specialist
Team Facilitating
Research
Anna-Carin Christoffersson
Team leader
Administrator F&F
+4 colleagues
2 funds and foundations specialists
1 internal grants specialist
1 Electronic lab books specialist (PhD)

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Main objectives
• Maximize external research funding
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Clients
• Researchers
• Administrators
• Heads of departments
• Heads of administration
• Internal Boards at Karolinska Institutet
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Number of applications completed by Grants Office 2012
• EU - 120
• US – 120
• National - 190
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EU
• Authorized Representative
• LEAR
USA
• Authorized Organizational Representative AOR
• Grants.gov
• Signing Official ( NIH eRA Commons)
• Financial Representative (NSF Research.Gov)
• Certifications
• OHRP Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) – human trials
• OLAW Animal Welfare Assurance – animal trials
• ORI Annual Report on Research Misconduct
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Pre-contract negotiations start
Post-contract takes over from the moment
Application Negotiatons
Signing of agreements
Financial management
Close-out

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The oldest and one of the most prestigious
Nigerian Universities
Besides the College of Medicine, there are now ten other faculties: Arts, Science,
Agriculture and Forestry, Social Sciences,
Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology,
Law, Public Health and Dentistry

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Research Management Office
Dr. Eme T. Owoaje, Director

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Objectives
◦ To consolidate the position of the University of
Ibadan as a centre of excellence for research activities
◦ To increase innovative and cutting-edge research activities among staff and students; facilitate continuous research capacity building among staff and students
◦ To encourage the mainstreaming of research outcomes into teaching and community service

Research Management Office (RMO)
The RMO is structured into five units under the Office of the Director

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Research Development & Policy Unit
◦ Collaboration, training, identification of funding opportunities, proposal review & submission
Finance Unit
◦ Financial management of grants
Research Ethics & Integrity Unit
◦ Human subjects, Research integrity, Research safety
Research Links Unit
◦ Liaises with private sector sponsors
Legal Unit
◦ Ensure that the legal interest of the University is adequately protected in all research contracts/MOUs

Acknowledgements:
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Eva Björndal, Team Leader Post-Contract and
Financial Compliance, Grants Office,
Karolinska Institutet
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Olumuyiwa Moses Desmennu, Research
Management Office, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
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Lori Palfalvi and Dan Young, Northwestern
University

NCURA Region IV Spring
Meeting
April 27 – 30, 2014
Thomas E. Wilson, MBA
Senior Research Administrator
Assistant Vice President
Rush University Medical Center
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April 27 – 30, 2014
National Science Foundation (NSF) Program objectives:
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The NSF does not make awards directly to international institutions or organizations, but encourages investigators to collaborate with international investigators
Grant funds can be shared with international institutions through subawards or memos of understanding
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Partnership for International Research and Education Grants (PIRE)
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PIRE is designed to enable U.S. scientists and engineers to build strong, long-lasting international research collaborations
PIRE awards are focused research projects that can only be successful with the collaboration of international partners
Initial PIRE grants were made to Brigham Young University,
Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University,
Michigan Technological University, Pennsylvania State
University, Princeton University, Rice University, the
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of
California at Santa Barbara, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island
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In general, international organizations and institutions are eligible to apply for grants
Eligible for “R” series (R01, R21, R03) mechanisms
Also, eligible to be project director on a
Program Project (P01)
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The following as part of the peer review process and award decision:
◦ Whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that are not readily available in the United
States or that augment existing U.S. resources.
◦ Whether the proposed project has specific relevance to the mission and objectives of the Institute or Center and has the potential for significantly advancing the health sciences in the United States.
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Fogarty International Center (FIC)
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Fogarty International Center, the international component of the NIH, addresses the global health challenges through innovative and collaborative research and training programs and supports and advances the NIH mission through international partnerships.
All FIC grants are in response to program announcements posted on Grants.gov
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Contracts.
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