Dear Colleagues,

In our ongoing effort to reduce the administrative burden placed on both the research community and the staff who support them, we are continuing to review existing processes and policies to determine where changes can be made to improve efficiency. Our goal is to provide efficient and effective service to the research community over the complete grant lifecycle while maintaining work-life balance for Research staff.  
 
Before Thanksgiving, we communicated changes to the eIAF system, effective immediately. You can find those here. In addition to those previously announced changes, the F&A enrichment split will now be determined during account setup once a project is awarded. The enrichment split information no longer needs to be included in the “Enrichment Award” section of the eIAF, thereby significantly reducing approvals required for submission.

I appreciate the candid feedback you have provided on improving the process of submitting, establishing and managing a grant at UK. We are committed to continued engagement with the research community in these endeavors.

Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD
Acting Vice President for Research