Staff Heads Up

Contract Management Services

March 26, 2024

Are you interested in outsourcing your contract management and review needs? The Office of Contract Management offers fee-based services to the Harvard Community including prioritized drafting, redlining, negotiating of contracts, contract entry into and management through the University-wide Buy-to-Pay contract management tool, and more. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Copeland at Elizabeth_Copeland@Harvard.edu.

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Feedback for ORSD's Upcoming International Research Support Website

March 26, 2024

The Office of Research Strategy and Development (ORSD) is designing a website to provide features, information and resources that support Chan research projects with an international scope or partnership. As they finalize the site, we welcome your input on what you believe should be included to make this website a valuable tool for Chan’s international research community. Please let ORSD know what you would like to see on your new international research website by submitting a quick...

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Harvard Cybersecurity Advisory: Deepfakes

March 26, 2024

When it comes to digital media, seeing is no longer believing. Using “deepfake” technologies, it is now possible to convincingly mimic another person’s appearance and voice in real time. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this new capability to target large institutions for financial gain. Organizations have reported incidents where executives are deepfaked in live Zoom meetings, leading to a request to transfer funds. To help protect Harvard against similar attempts, read the...

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Update to B2P Open Commitment Report

March 4, 2024
The B2P Open Commitment Report has recently been updated to include ALL open purchase orders. It was brought to our attention that at some point the filters on the report had changed, and it was only showing partially invoiced purchase orders in the results. The intent of the report is to show all open purchase orders (no invoices, partially invoiced, fully, and over invoiced), so that administrators can determine if any action is needed.

OSP Launches First Live Onboarding Course on March 13

February 29, 2024

Dear Research Community,

OSP is thrilled to announce the launch of their first live onboarding course, scheduled for March 13th, 2024: 2 pm – 3 pm! The goal of this course is to bring together relatively new research administration colleagues across the institution and provide an opportunity to network and discuss specific topics in research administration.

This course is a complement to the new ...

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International/non-U.S. Payee Tax Determination Software Update

February 7, 2024

The International Payee Tax Compliance (IPTC) group (formerly Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance, NRA) is transitioning from the Glacier tax determination system to Sprintax Calculus on January 16, 2024. The Sprintax Calculus webpage will launch on January 16, 2024. This page will include an outline of required documents, Sprintax Calculus Quick Start Guide, FAQs, and more. The IPTC website will also be updated to include additional...

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University Survey on Data Management and Sharing (DMS)

February 5, 2024
In 2023, NIH issued the DMS Policy to promote the sharing of scientific data. Harvard’s collaborative response to the policy included developing new outreach, resources, and services. In the next phase of our work, we seek information on the broader data management and sharing landscape, both at... Read more about University Survey on Data Management and Sharing (DMS)