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Sep 5, 2025

Drone Use in Federally Funded Projects

Per the Research Administration and Compliance webpage, FAR 52.240-1 is a federal regulation designed to protect national security by prohibiting the use of drones from specific foreign entities in federally… 

Sep 5, 2025

NIH Policy Update on Application Submissions and AI Usage

Per NOT-OD-25-132 issued July 17, 2025 “Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications”:   NIH is providing guidance to researchers on the appropriate usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain… 

Sep 5, 2025

Aging Reports: Collections for A/R Billing Requests

As part of the pilot program for the CBO Accounts Receivable (A/R) collections process, it has been shared in newsletters over the past year that departments/billing units should notify the… 

Sep 5, 2025

Ordering Deposit Slips From the University Bookstore

If your department needs to reorder university deposit slips from the bookstore, please note that the contact person has changed. Debra Goode has retired and is no longer the point of… 

Aug 12, 2025

CBO Newsletter: August 2025

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

Aug 12, 2025

New Assistant Dean of Finance and Business Management

We are pleased to share that Maggie Merry, the assistant dean of finance and administration for Poole College of Management, will become CALS assistant dean of finance and business management,… 

Aug 11, 2025

USDA Requiring Use of Commons Forms in Proposals

Per USDA Secretary’s Memorandum SM 1078-014, dated July 8th, proposals to USDA will require the use of “Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support and a Common Form for… 

Aug 11, 2025

New NSF Training Requirements and Other Research Security Reminders

As shared by Mary Millsaps, Director of Research Compliance, via the July 16 email: The U.S. National Science Foundation will make Research Security training mandatory effective Oct. 10. NC State has… 

Aug 11, 2025

Salary Distribution Change (SDC) Approval Reminders

As a reminder, salary distribution change requests need to include the approval of the “responsible party” indicated in WRS for each of the impacted project IDs. 

Aug 8, 2025

PCard for Travel-Related Expenses

Per the Travel Manual, the PCard should be used, to the extent possible, for all authorized travel expenses, as it provides an efficient method to handle travel-related expenses. Individuals with…