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Updates from Johns Hopkins University Research Administration
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June 2018, Volume 2
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Important Announcement for School of Public Health MTAs
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*As of July 1, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) will process Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) for the Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH).
JHTV already provides this service for a number of schools across the university, and JHTV is excited to serve JHSPH in this capacity as well. JHTV is committed to a smooth transition as it steps into this role and is working with all stakeholders to provide the highest level of customer service to JHSPH’s world-class faculty.
If you have an MTA-related inquiry, please email JHTV at mta@jhu.edu.
*This function was previously handled by JHURA.
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Congratulations to the 2018 Catalyst and Discovery Awards Recipients!
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2018 Catalyst Awards
The Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards support the promising research and creative endeavors of our early career faculty with the goal of launching them on a path to a sustainable and rewarding academic career. These grant awards of up to $75,000 are available to faculty three and ten years since their initial faculty appointment.
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2018 Discovery Awards
 The Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards provide grant awards to cross-divisional teams in order to spark new, synergistic interactions between investigators across the institution. These grants of up to $150,000 are available to teams of faculty and/or non-faculty members (e.g. APL scientific staff) representing at least two separate divisions of the university.
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The 2019 cycle will open in January 2019.
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Reducing Federal
Administrative and Regulatory Burdens on Research
Title II, Section 201 of the 2017 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA) directed the OMB, in coordination with the OSTP, to establish an interagency working group to reduce administrative burdens on federally funded researchers while protecting the public interest through the transparency of and accountability for federally funded activities.
Read the full report
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NIH Releases Strategic Plan for Data Science
Storing, managing, standardizing and publishing the vast amounts of data produced by biomedical research is a critical mission for the National Institutes of Health. In support of this effort, NIH released its first Strategic Plan for Data Science that provides a roadmap for modernizing the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem.
 Read the NIH's News Release
Read the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science 
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Introducing the Workflow Team
The Workflow team works closely with the grants and contracts associates to provide administrative support for award related activities. The Workflow Team is responsible for award intake through the Johns Hopkins Award Workflow System (JAWS), ensuring compliance with University and sponsor guidelines; submission of information and award documents to JHSPH Finance and SPSS for account setup; review and approval of contract proposal records; and award closeouts.
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Workflow Team
Jennifer Hopkins, Assistant Director
Keya Booker
Tiffany Cline
Rachel Hoffman
William Pearce
Hershea Watson
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Grants Team
Ted Fehskens, Assistant Director
Gail Cusimano
Michael Ebelugwu
Tom Mattern
Denise Sparks
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What does this mean for you?
- Your JHURA Departmental Assignments have NOT changed.
- As part of our new triage process to provide better customer service and faster response times, you may be contacted by one of the Workflow Team regarding your project's JAWS or Coeus records.
- If you have questions, give us a call or send us an email. We're working on improvements, so your feedback is appreciated.
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Pro Tip for JAWS:
How to View Your Award's Status in JAWS
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1. To search for an existing record in JAWS, click on Search Records in the center of the Welcome page.
2. Click on  to the left of an agreement in the results to display the record’s information.
3. The right portion of the JAWS record pages contains the Progress Panel. This area displays the following information about the record:
- Record status
- Owner
- Dates on which key events were completed
- Creation and modification history of the record
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For more information on how to use the Progress Panel, including status descriptions, see pages 11-13 of our JAWS User Guide.
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Begin Research Sooner!
Apply for Special Approval if faced with New and Lapsed IRB Protocols
For new awards involving an IRB protocol, or amendments that involve a lapsed protocol, JHURA staff will instruct the appropriate department contact/PI to apply for Administrative Approval or a Planning Phase Approval. This will offer you more freedom to begin your research as opposed to keeping the award on hold indefinitely.
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Divisional IRB Offices:
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jhpiego
Homewood IRB
Whiting School of Engineering
School of Education
Carey Business School
SAIS
Peabody Institute
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
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JHU Signing Official for NIH dbGaP data access requests
Please note: John Evermann, JHURA Associate Director, is the Signing Official (SO) for NIH dbGaP data access requests from JHURA. Faculty will need to update the Signing Official in the NIH system for proper approval routing at the time of any new or renewal request.
Visit the eRA Commons FAQs on viewing and assigning roles.
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Transition from Inclusion Management System to New Human Subjects System (HSS)
Read the full Notice: NOT-OD-18-179
As part of NIH efforts to comply with 21st Century Cures requirements to enhance accountability and transparency in NIH clinical research, NIH has developed a new Human Subjects System (HSS), which consolidates human subjects and clinical trial information in one place.
Post-submission updates to human subjects and clinical trial-related information (including human subjects protections, participant and enrollment information, and Clinicaltrials.gov registration and reporting information) must be made in HSS via the eRA Commons Status page after June 9, 2018.
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Wait...It's Not MY Grant?
By Mike Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH
"Remembering back to my days as a PI, I can recall myself saying something like “yea, on my NIH grant…” when discussing my research. This may have been okay over coffee, but it is technically incorrect. We hear this confusion a lot. So, we thought it would be worthwhile to remind you about some of the respective roles of institutions and investigators working on an NIH award.
For the most part, NIH makes awards to institutions, not people...."
Read the full article on the Extramural Nexus
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Training Opportunities & Professional Development
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Save the Date!
NCURA's Financial Research Compliance Workshop
FREE Web Event on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: JHURA's Main Conference Room at Eastern
This half-day workshop is a professional development opportunity that focuses primarily on the financial regulatory compliance aspects of Research Administration. It provides an in-depth look at financial compliance issues through a combination of lecture, case studies, review of Federal audit reports, and a discussion of best practices.
Continuing Education credits are available for those attending on August 8. We'll send a separate email with details on how to enroll in the JHURA-hosted session, perfect for those unable to attend NCURA's annual meeting!
JHURA will upload the recording to MyLearning and include a link for viewiing in September's eNewsletter.
Learn more
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Research Administration Training Program
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Stay Tuned! Nominations for the Existing Staff RAT Pack open in the Fall!
If you or someone you know is interested in expanding your knowledge and skill in research administration, please consider applying to the Research Administration Training Program for Existing Staff. A Call for Nominations will be issued early this fall, with selections made for the new cohort in late October 2018.
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SWIFT Introduction Sessions Overview
Thank you to everyone who attended the overview sessions introducing our new Subawards Workflow and Information Tracking System (SWIFT) earlier this month.
- We received positive feedback, good questions, and suggestions for Phase 2 planning.
- Both the existing Checklist system and SWIFT are expected to be unavailable Friday, July 20, to Sunday, July 22.
- SWIFT will be available Monday, July 23, for new requests.
- The previous Checklist system will remain available as “read only” for department users to view the historical records.
Learn more in the SWIFT User Guide.
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If you have any questions, we're here to help!
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Content Ideas? Items to Share? Training Requests?
E-mail Us at JHURAnews@jhu.edu
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