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News for Faculty & Research Staff                    January 12, 2016
Moving Parts: Much of ORED Staff Moving to Knightsbridge Rd., Piscataway 
Much of the Office of Research and Economic Development will be moving January 14 through 22 to a building at 33 Knightsbridge Road, Piscataway. Those relocating include the Division of Grant and Contract Accounting, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), the Office of Research Commercialization, corporate contracts, research development, and research operations. Read more here. 
Important note: Due to the move, some staff may be unavailable at times January 14-22. Please plan ahead, particularly if you need services for time-sensitive matters (e.g. grants proposals), such as those provided by ORSP and corporate contracts.
Selected Events 
New Jersey Planning Conference
February 12   Biomedical Research: The Process of Problem-Solving
National Engineers Week at Rutgers

Research Contacts

A list of key contacts, including staff in ORED and in other units, is posted here. Send suggestions to

res-comm@rutgers.edu
Kinzy Promoted to Vice President for Research
Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D., has been named vice president for research. Reporting to Christopher Molloy, senior vice president for research and economic development, this position reflects Kinzy's expanded responsibilities in overseeing strategic research development and support at Rutgers. Read more here.
Corporate Contracts Under New Leadership 
Melissa Matsil, J.D., is now acting director of the Office of Corporate Contracts, where she has worked since 2010. She succeeds Charles Wyckoff, who retired after 24 years at Rutgers. Read more here.
Training on RAPSS for Faculty and Staff in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has scheduled training sessions on the new research Administration and Proposal Submission System (RAPSS), which is now mandatory for submission of new grant proposals to all federal agencies that use Grants.gov (when Phase Two is completed this spring, RAPSS will be extended to state agencies, foundations, other sponsors, and research contracts). Training sessions are now scheduled in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden. The schedule and staff contacts are posted on the RAPSS website.
Using eCOI: Training for Faculty and Staff
Training sessions on the new eCOI system are scheduled for faculty and staff in Newark January 25 and 27. Times and locations are posted here. Sessions in New Brunswick will be set up in the coming weeks.
The RDI2 Open House will be held February 23 in the CoRE Building on Busch Campus. This half-day event will feature an introduction to RDI2, remarks from its senior leadership, and speakers discussing their experiences with the institute's new high-performance computing equipment. Read more and register here.
Obtain a Free Drug-Screening Library
Rutgers Translational Sciences is offering a limited opportunity to obtain a drug-screening library at no cost. Any faculty member who may be interested in receiving a screening library of more than 2,600 FDA-approved drugs should submit a one-page request detailing interest, the target being screened, and whether an assay has been developed or will be developed. Those who submit the top five proposals will receive a copy of the screening library free of cost. An additional 10 library copies will be available for $1,000 (the FDA-approved library's value is more than $9,000). If interested, contact Vincent Smeraglia (vincent.smeraglia@rutgers.edu) by January 31.
ClinicalTrial.gov Reporting Drawing Increased Interest     
The NIH and FDA have increased emphasis recently on ClinicalTrials.gov reporting. ClinicalTrials.gov, a public database developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, maintains clinical trial study information and facilitates the dissemination of the research results regardless positive or negative, completed or inconclusive. If you are interested in registering your study in ClinicalTrials.gov, please contact Rebecca Chen, who is Rutgers' ClinicalTrials.gov administrator.
NIH Adjusts Salary Cap
The Federal budget resolution for FY 2016 (signed into law on December 18, 2015) maintained the NIH Salary Cap at the Executive Level II. But the Executive Level II cap was increased to $185,100 effective January 10. The NIH Notice (NOT-OD-16-045) is posted here.
Grants and Gifts
Each week in the Rutgers Faculty & Staff Bulletin we run a small sample of the many grants awarded to Rutgers researchers. The archive is here.
Key Contacts for Research Support 
A list of key contacts has been posted here, including staff with ORED and with other units at Rutgers. Send suggestions to res-comm@rutgers.edu.
Accessing the Archive, Contributing Content and Email Addresses
You are invited to submit research-related news and events for this newsletter from the Office of Research and Economic Development. We send it to all Rutgers faculty and our list of more than 830 research staff. To add a staff member to the list, send the email address to res-comm@rutgers.edu or go to the newsletter archive here. 

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