September 20, 2006 In this Issue: Who do you Trust? Part 2 The importance of keeping one's ethics A Measure of Control Stuck on you eT3: eTRAC Tips and Tricks RSO's Research Administration eNewsletter Volume 2 issue 6 Editor Nikki Van Dusen Contributors RSO Management Team
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RSO presents overview of research administration at New Professors' Orientation As part of the annual Orientation for New Professors, organized by University Teaching Services, RSO presented a workshop titled Finding, Applying for, Receiving and Managing Research Funding at the U of A to over 60 new U of A faculty members. New researchers who missed the orientation can contact their research facilitation office for the handouts or visit RSO's New-to-the-U Researchers to download the presentation and the 2006 handbook. Visit New-to-the-U Researchers on the RSO website. An overview of the new AAS:UA agreement and Trust-Funded Employees The University and the Association of Academic Staff (AAS:UA) have a new agreement that covers the terms and conditions of employment for trust/research academic staff. This new agreement is effective July 1, 2006. New provisions that may affect your research administration include:
Academic Human Resources is working with APOs and personnel contacts in the Faculties and departments to implement the new agreement. The full story outlining changes is available on the RSO website. The importance of keeping one's ethics Maintaining Ethics and Certifications Once a project is open and the speedcode issued, it's easy to become absorbed in the research and lose sight of ongoing administration. But, students must be paid, budgets revised and ethics and certifications renewed. When grants are awarded for research involving animals or human subjects, ethical approval from the appropriate animal welfare committee or research ethics board must be obtained before the funds are released. In addition, that ethical approval must be maintained throughout the life of the grant. Therefore, if you extend the end date on your grant or agreement, your ethics approval must also cover the additional period of time. This renewal process often involves filing an annual report and would include any proposed or anticipated changes in the study or protocol. Amendments (for instance, changing personnel or adding a funding agency) are separate from renewals and do not extend the period of ethical approval. For further information please follow the links provided below. Get all the links to committees, information and contacts on the ORCA website: Get biosafety certification information on on the Environmental Health and Safety website. University receives Controlled Goods registration The University of Alberta is now registered under the federal Controlled Goods Directorate program. The Controlled Goods Directorate is governed by the Controlled Goods Regulations. Its objective is to safeguard controlled goods and/or controlled technology within Canada and prevent controlled goods and/or controlled technology from being accessed by unauthorized persons. For more detailed information, please visit the Controlled Goods Program section of Environmental Health & Safety website. NSERC asks a favour of RTI research teams NSERC requests that Research Tools and Instrument (RTI) grant awardees affix the "NSERC" stickers they received to equipment funded by their RTI grant. According to NSERC's Isabelle Blain, VP Research and Scholarships, "Canadians must understand how their tax money is being used. Displaying the NSERC sticker on your equipment will help build public support for scientific and engineering research." So, stick away! Lost your sticker? Request another by contacting your Research Facilitation Office. Downloading eTRAC to Excel There are two ways to generate eTRAC reports:
Get instructions for downloading reports to Excel (PDF). Visit the eTRAC resource centre on the RSO website, which includes links to:
eT3 is a regular column that highlights ways to get the most out of eTRAC. If you would like to see your tip and trick featured here, e-mail the editor by clicking the green feedback button.
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