Grant Manager Townhall

Thank you to all who attended the Grant Manager Town Hall on Tuesday, August 15th. For review and anyone not able to attend, some main items from the discussion included:

• The MSU Office of Sponsored Programs office (proposalteam1@osp.msu.edu) will be the central office/AOR for NIH submissions. Grant managers will work directly with OSP when developing a proposal. The HFH+MSU Health Sciences FAQ page includes example email templates you can use for communication with OSP.

• Both lead and flow-thru (subaward) proposals will be processed in KR under the HFH+MSU Health Sciences applicant.

• Please refer to the proposal timeline when working on an application.

• Any HFH employee named as a PD/PI, Multi-PD/PI, or Co-Investigator will need MSU appointment prior to proposal submission. Verify appointment status with all investigators early in the pre-award process. Direct questions regarding appointments to Kathy Huber at MSUFAA@hfhs.org.

• Post-award processes continue to be developed and refined. Once an award is received, MSU will set up an account number and the lead PI and administrator will be notified. MSU will set aside funds for MSU and HFH expenditures. Expense processing at HFH will continue per current processes and will be reported back to MSU at which point funds will flow to HFH from the parent award account.

• The HFH+MSU Health Sciences negotiated F&A rate agreement is available online. The negotiated research rate is 57%.

The August 15th Town Hall recording will be available on the OSP website shortly, including presentation slides. In the meantime, refer to the KR Training page, FAQ page, and proposal development job aid.

Training Resources

MSU is extending the Essentials of Research Administration (ERA) certification course to HFH grant managers. The educational series provides training for staff who have responsibilities for research proposals, grants, contracts, pre- and post-award administration and related activity. There is no cost to complete certification.

HFH staff with FPIDs will not be able to sign up for courses online, so please email Amy Bane at barteram@cga.msu.edu to register.

Proposal Support for Faculty

Health Colleges Research Services (HCRS) is pleased to provide pre-award assistance to HFH investigators who do not have dedicated grant management support in their departments, including:

• Eye Care
• Pancreatic Cancer (until 10/31/2023)
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
• Sleep Center

HCRS pre-award support is available for NIH proposals submitted under HFH+MSU Health Sciences. Other proposal types will follow HFH processes.

Please complete the proposal intake form to initiate a proposal with HCRS. A team member will be assigned to assist you. Contact HCRS.proposals@msu.edu if you have any questions about the pre-award support available.

Please note, you must be signed in with your MSU Net ID to submit a proposal intake form. The NetID is an auto-generated personal identifier at MSU and serves as the login to many university computing and networking services. The NetID also determines your MSU email. 

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