We have extended the deadline for submissions to Friday, May 7, 2021.

Licensed attorneys who wish to provide specialized legal services to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (RCUH) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2021, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest (SOQ) to RCUH pursuant to HRS § 103D-304.

RCUH is currently looking to contract for legal services in the following areas:

1. Employment:  Employment, employee benefits, disciplinary, termination, workers’ compensation and discrimination/retaliation issues.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Providing advice and recommendations regarding responses to claims asserted by current and former employees; 
   3. Participating in negotiations regarding items (a) and (b); and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

Previous experience advising employers is essential, and previous experience advising government agencies is preferred.  

2. Immigration: Temporary visas and/or permanent residency applications.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Completing and filing permanent residency applications (previous experience representing both employers and employees in the permanent residency application process is essential);
   3. Completing and filing temporary visa applications and related documentation; and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

3. Tax: Payroll, IRS compliance, foreign payroll and/or nonresident alien and foreign entity contractor payments (crossover immigration experience preferred), IRS compliance.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

4. Maritime: Charter, third-party vessel, and other marine-related agreements; marine insurance terms and policies.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto; and
   2. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, insurance policies/terms, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

Please email your SOQ to: [email protected] by Friday, May 7, 2021, to be eligible for consideration.  An SOQ received after May 7, 2021 will be considered a “late submittal” for the balance of the fiscal year as follows: a late submittal received May 8, 2021 through May 31, 2021, will be considered for services beginning October 1, 2021.

SOQ forms are available here.

The Create New Vendor issue has been resolved, and you may resume creating new vendor registrations in the Financial Portal.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding.

The RCUH Financial Portal will be down for system maintenance on Saturday, April 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

The Financial Portal is encountering intermittent connection issues due to a system error in the Vendor Registration process. At this time, we kindly ask our users not to Create New Vendors in the Financial Portal. We are working to resolve this issue, and we will post a message when the Financial Portal is back in operation.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you.

Licensed attorneys who wish to provide specialized legal services to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (RCUH) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2021, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest (SOQ) to RCUH pursuant to HRS § 103D-304.

RCUH is currently looking to contract for legal services in the following areas:

1. Employment:  Employment, employee benefits, disciplinary, termination, workers’ compensation and discrimination/retaliation issues.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Providing advice and recommendations regarding responses to claims asserted by current and former employees; 
   3. Participating in negotiations regarding items (a) and (b); and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

Previous experience advising employers is essential, and previous experience advising government agencies is preferred.  

2. Immigration: Temporary visas and/or permanent residency applications.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Completing and filing permanent residency applications (previous experience representing both employers and employees in the permanent residency application process is essential);
   3. Completing and filing temporary visa applications and related documentation; and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

3. Tax: Payroll, IRS compliance, foreign payroll and/or nonresident alien and foreign entity contractor payments (crossover immigration experience preferred), IRS compliance.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

4. Maritime: Charter, third-party vessel, and other marine-related agreements; marine insurance terms and policies.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto; and
   2. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, insurance policies/terms, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

Please email your SOQ to: [email protected] by Friday, April 30, 2021, to be eligible for consideration.  An SOQ received after April 30, 2021 will be considered a “late submittal” for the balance of the fiscal year as follows: a late submittal received May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021, will be considered for services beginning October 1, 2021.

SOQ forms are available here.

The RCUH Financial Portal is back in operation and you may resume processing transactions.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding.

The RCUH Financial Portal is currently down due to a system error.  We are working to resolve the issue, and we will post a message when the Financial Portal is back in operation. 

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you.

As RCUH prepares our path for the next five years, we want to ensure that our vision is aligned with the researchers we serve. Please share your feedback on RCUH’s services by completing a brief survey of 12-13 questions. This survey should only take 7 minutes and will make an impact as to how RCUH allocates our resources and adjusts our goals moving forward.

Please submit your feedback by Friday, April 16, 2021. Mahalo.

Faculty, staff, and administrators in the research community are invited to attend a briefing on Compliance, Governance & Security as it relates to research. This webinar is an informational briefing for principal investigators, researchers, administrators and support staff and will provide information on: undue foreign influence, conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment, recently implemented DOD regulations (e.g. NIST 800-171 Self Assessment), and a walk through of the UH data governance process for research.

Special guest speaker Shawn Case, Counterintelligence Special Agent at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), will join the panel to offer insights from the federal government’s lens.

Shawn’s bio: http://datagov.intranet.hawaii.edu/speaker-bio-shawn-case/ (UH login required)

WEBINAR INFORMATION:

When: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:00 AM Hawaii time
Topic: UH Research: Compliance, Governance & Security

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://hawaii.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S94VIIkuTbGzW9o6AZcLfw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Questions?  Email [email protected].

Hosted by: Office of Research Compliance, Information Technology Services, and Data Governance Office.

Thursday, April 29, 2021
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Register on Eventbrite

Academic espionage. Intellectual property theft. While these may sound similar to themes from a spy film, foreign governments have been seeking to influence, interfere, and, in some cases, steal research from American universities for many years.

Although most foreign students, researchers, or professors are studying or working in the U.S. for legitimate reasons, it is important for researchers to be aware of the ongoing threat of foreign intrusion into academia. Join us at RCUH’s annual forum “Foreign Intrusion into Academic Research & Training” on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Learn how and why U.S. adversaries are infiltrating our research community with speakers from the:

• Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• University of Hawai’i