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...first time, we can actually foresee turning down awards," says A. Simone Reagor, associate director for research administration, whose office negotiates all faculty proposals and sponsored research offers. While most of the 2000 contracts per year flow through the office smoothly--particularly those coming from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Health (NIH)--about 25 a year must be renegotiated to meet the Faculty of Arts and Science's relatively stiff policy on acceptances...
According to A Simone Reagor, director of Harvard's office of sponsored research, the changes will result in reduced paperwork for scientists and shorter waits for government grant approval...
Nevertheless, both sides acknowledge that the real problem lies in tax record-keeping. When federal auditors came across questionable transactions, often no records existed--or the researchers had long since left Cambridge--to confirm their validity. A. Simone Reagor, director of Harvard's office of sponsored research, recalls one case where a professor took a legitimate trip to Africa but had no plane ticket or other voucher to prove he actually made the journey. Only when he produced his expired passport with visa stamps did the auditors approve the cost of the trip...
...Reagor will meet with HHS officials later this week to receive a response to Harvard's most recent series of proposals...
...time is spent on the larger issue" of government-university relations, O'Brien said, adding that Reagor and a large staff have worked for several months to uncover contradictions and new evidence in the audits of Harvard...