mltowery

Dec 11, 2024

CBO Newsletter: December 2024

Read the CALS Business Operations monthly newsletter for important updates, deadlines, reminders, helpful resources and more. 

Dec 10, 2024

Documentation for Personal Reimbursements

Personal Reimbursements are used to request reimbursement for expenses paid for with personal funds (i.e. personal credit card or cash). These types of requests for non-travel-related expenses should be for… 

Dec 10, 2024

Deposits: Partial and/or Full Reimbursements

For ledger 6 and 7 project reimbursements please continue to follow the current guidance, for PCard Reimbursements please see Quick Guide: PCard –  Misuse & Corrective Action.  For State Appropriated… 

Dec 9, 2024

Confirming Orders

Confirming Orders are purchase orders that are issued AFTER purchases above $5,000, including shipping charges, and have been received by employees. These orders are normally unauthorized purchases and are not… 

Dec 9, 2024

NSF Research.gov Has a New Login

Per the SPARCS Interim Director, effective October 27, Research.gov requires multi-factor authentication for login. Since NC State is an InCommon Federation participating organization, Shibboleth meets the requirement since it is enforced… 

Dec 2, 2024

External Professional Activities (EPA) Disclosure Is Now in Effect

A revised External Professional Activities (EPA) Disclosure form replaced the Notice of Intent (NOI) form on November 25, 2024; however, the deadline to disclose all EPAs isn’t until January 30,… 

Dec 2, 2024

SPARCS Year-End Reminders

Please see the email below, shared by Kevin Schroeder, Interim Director of NC State’s Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance Services (SPARCS), to the Research Support Council listserv: Hi everyone, With the… 

Dec 2, 2024

SPARCS Guidance: Streamlined Routing for Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)

Per NC State’s Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance Services (SPARCS) website: An MTA is a contract that governs the transfer of tangible research materials between two organizations when the recipient intends… 

Dec 2, 2024

OIT Now Has Service Center Rates for Research Storage on both Federal & Non-Federal Grants

NC State’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has received approval to accept payment from federal grants for Research Storage (https://researchcomputing.oit.ncsu.edu) allocations that exceed 30TB. The default Research Storage allocation for awarded… 

Dec 2, 2024

University Guidance on AI Tools

With the growing prominence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the university is committed to providing comprehensive guidance on the ethical and responsible use of these transformative tools. The following resources provide…