Effective January 1, 2017, RCUH will be eliminating the discount on the indirect cost rate for advance funded intramural projects service ordered to RCUH. Currently, the indirect cost rate is 1.5% for projects with advance funds and 3.2% for projects without advance funds. All projects will henceforth be charged the 3.2% rate. RCUH regrets that … Continue reading “RCUH Indirect Cost Rate for Intramural Service Ordered Projects”

Effective July 2016, RCUH will be sending monthly email notifications to Principal Investigators (PIs) and Fiscal Administrators (FAs) regarding intramural or revolving accounts that are nearing termination and/or have a deficit balance. We request that PIs work with their FA to take the necessary action regarding their account(s). We hope that these notifications will be … Continue reading “Notifications to Intramural and Revolving Account PIs and FAs”

The Agreement for Services (“Agreement”) template has been updated and revised effective July 12, 2016. There are now two versions of the Agreement: one for UH Projects, and one for Direct Projects. The new templates are available as drop-down options in the Financial Portal’s Purchase Order document, and as Attachment 8a (UH Projects) and Attachment 8b … Continue reading “Agreement for Services Template Updated”

The print layouts for the RCUH Reports and UH Project Fiscal Reports have been modified to resemble the improved form layouts with clearer text, simple borders, and an overall improved layout. Most reports should fit to one page. However, there may be instances when a report may not reasonably fit on one page due to … Continue reading “RCUH FS Modernized User Interface, Announcement No. 10 – Print Layouts Update”

The UH Office of Research Services (ORS) announced its new subaward process in its June 2016 newsletter. To align with the new subaward process, a new field – the UH subaward number – has been added to the RCUH purchase order (PO). This will facilitate the tracking of all POs related to a subaward. Instructions … Continue reading “New UH Subaward Field on Purchase Orders”