August 6, 2012

KU's Research Caliber: strengthen skills, technology, and retaining top performers

• The conflict-of-interest system will go-live August 3. Campus wide training opportunities will be available and announced in the coming weeks.
• Bi-campus planning is underway to implement Click Commerce for the Institutional Review Board and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

KU-KUMC Collaboration: pursue system improvements that enhance cross-campus activities

• The committee that was formed to discuss policy and system consistent/collaboration will meet on August 23rd.

KUCR Efficiency: strengthen operations, processes, and overall effectiveness

• The RGS and KUCTC websites are still in progress.
• Pre-Award, Contracts, and Post-Award were reorganized to align with the departmental groupings of the Shared Service Centers.