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<p class="MsoNormal">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects, for distribution to all Department Representatives.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">As part of the FSU Research Foundation (FSURF)
<a href="https://controller.vpfa.fsu.edu/services/accounting-reporting/omni-research-foundation">
<span style="color:#0563C1">integration into OMNI</span></a>, salary companion projects will no longer be utilized for FSURF projects. As a result, ePAFs must be processed through OMNI HR for all individuals currently appointed on FSURF salary companion projects
if the award will still be active <b>after June 30, 2020</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Appointments on the existing salary companion projects should end on
<b>June 25, 2020, </b>and appointments on new projects should begin on<b> June 26, 2020.</b> The new OMNI projects will be available in OMNI starting Monday, June 1, 2020. Departments will have until
<b>June 26, 2020,</b> to have the ePAF processed through final approval.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The FSURF to OMNI frequently asked questions (<a href="https://controller.vpfa.fsu.edu/services/accounting-reporting/omni-research-foundation/faq"><span style="color:#0563C1">FAQs</span></a>)
have been updated to include information about the transition away from using existing salary companion projects for Research Foundation funds (see Personnel Action Questions).
<span style="color:black">General information about this project, as well as a crosswalk of current salary companion project numbers to the new project numbers, can be found on the
</span><a href="https://controller.vpfa.fsu.edu/services/accounting-reporting/omni-research-foundation"><span style="color:#0563C1">Controller’s Office website</span></a><span style="color:black">. We look forward to a successful transition and thank you in
advance for your cooperation and feedback. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Questions? </b>Project-specific <span style="color:black">
questions </span>related to the FSU Research Foundation transition should be <span style="color:black">
directed to </span>your <a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/fsu-research-foundation/view-staff-assignments/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Grants Analyst</span></a> at FSURF. G<span style="color:black">eneral questions
</span>about the FSU Research Foundation transition should be directed to Betsy Miller at
<a href="mailto:bcmiller@fsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">bcmiller@fsu.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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