The federal government requires that the distribution of salary and wages to grants and contracts or other activities including teaching, patient care, and administration must be based on payrolls that are documented in the Effort Certification Reporting System. Effort certification training is recommended for all new department administrators who are responsible for effort, defined as the total time spent on university activities that an employee is compensated for. Although this class is designed for new administrators, it is also recommended for all effort coordinators who would like a refresher in using the system.

The session will be held on Thursday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Dominion Tower, 10th Floor Conference Room. Registration is available at ulearn.miami.edu. For additional information, contact the Office of Research Education and Training at 305-243-5092.

Are you submitting an NIH proposal soon? Are you submitting electronically? Learn how to use the InfoEd proposal development system to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the NIH.

InfoEd streamlines the proposal development process. It is Web-based and accessible almost anywhere by Mac and PC users; no additional software is required. InfoEd pre-fills agency forms, includes built-in agency validations, stores proposals in a secure environment, and provides a database of all proposals submitted.

In this interactive, hands-on computer workshop, participants will learn how to create, route, submit, and track a proposal using InfoEd. The workshop is scheduled Wednesday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the tenth-floor training room of Dominion Towers, located on the Medical Campus.

Registration is required through ULearn. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 305-243-5092.

Among all weather disasters, extreme heat is the leading cause of death. The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health will present grand rounds on Wednesday, March 17 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, Conference Room 989. Laurence S. Kalkstein, research professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geography and Regional Studies and director of the Synoptic Climatology Laboratory, will present “Climate and Human Health: Present Realities and Future Uncertainties.” For more information, contact Katie Lewitt at 305-243-6398, [email protected], or click here.