Sponsored Administration Policy Updates to Take Effect Starting January 1, 2016

November 19, 2015

On January 1, 2016, Harvard will put into effect several policy updates pertaining to the work of the Operations and Policy Committee, Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP), and Office of the Controller (OC).

Specifically, updated versions of the following policies will be released:

  • Travel Policy
  • Sponsored Closeout and Financial Reporting Policy
  • Responsibility of Preparers and Approvers Policy
  • Sponsored Expenditure Guidelines Policy

The new policies apply to all financial, administrative, and research administration staff, as well as faculty. Although they will not take effect University-wide until January, we strongly encourage early adoption.

Each policy will be featured in more detail in a series of blog posts that OSP will release over the next few weeks. The full policies will also be posted on the OSP and OC websites alongside the current policies for your reference.

In addition, we will be hosting policy information sessions on the following dates:

POLICY INFORMATION SESSIONS

Date

Day

Time

Audience

Location

Room

11/19/2015

Thursday

1-2:30PM

OSP

Cambridge

Lamont Forum Room

12/4/15

Friday

1-2:30PM

ALL

Cambridge

Lamont Forum Room

12/15/15

Thursday

9:30-11AM

ALL

LMA

SPH, G3

12/14/15

Monday

9:30-11AM

ALL

Cambridge

Lamont Forum Room

12/17/2015

Thursday

10-11:30AM

ALL

LMA

Armenise

1/7/16

Thursday

9:30-11AM

ALL

LMA

SPH, G2

1/11/16

Monday

9:30-11AM

ALL

Cambridge

Lamont Forum Room

We encourage all staff to closely follow the OSP Blog and Calendar, as well as our social media channels, for updates and information.