Important Notices & Updates from OCRO

Vice President for Research
The George Washington University seeks a highly qualified and experienced individual for the newly created position of Vice President for Research. The VP for Research will report to the President through the Executive Research Oversight Committee and will be a member of the senior leadership team.
Announcement (MS Word)
Announcement (PDF)

Please note important changes in the following topics:

New Independent Contractor Agreement Materials
New Indirect (F&A) Rates Finalized

Changes in Indirect Cost Recovery Rates
Revised Conflict Of Interest Form
Revised Policy on Direct Charging

New Independent Contractor Agreement Materials
Please see the new independent contractor materials now available and required to be used beginning July 1, 2007. Information about using these new materials can be found on our Forms page under Post Award forms or via Supply Chain's website.

New Indirect (F&A) Rates Finalized
Please note that the new indirect cost and fringe benefit rates to be used starting July 2007 have been finalized and established. These rates can all be found on our page for Institutional Information.

Changes in Indirect Cost Recovery Rates
Please see the newest information about indirect cost recovery rates for the University and Medical Center.

Revised Conflict Of Interest Form
Please note that a new conflict of interest form is now available.

Revised Policy on Direct Charging
Please see this memo from Carol Sigelman and Pam Goodnow regarding a new policy revision for “Direct Charging of Administrative Costs Associated with Sponsored Projects”.