Financial Management & Post-Award
Provides administrative research staff with an understanding of best post-award and financial management practices that include the regulatory framework for the direct and indirect costing of sponsored program activities, financial management decision-making and fiscal compliance of sponsored funds. Topics include: research cost accounting; auditing; OMB requirements; matching funds/cost sharing; financial conflict of interest; facilities and administration costs; purchasing; equipment and property management; salaries, compensation, honoraria; and travel allocability and allowability; working with sponsoring agencies and sub-recipient monitoring.
Pre-Award & Sponsored Programs
How to develop collaborative partnerships with industry, government and non-profit sectors; identifying strategies in developing public-private partnerships; institutional capacity building, including supply-side partnerships; faculty, positioning; effective grant writing techniques; the role of the research administrator in sponsored programs development; diversifying funding sources; communication strategies in sponsored programs development; and organizational and team structures to support successful program development.
Professional Development
Continuing education commitment; building on personal growth and development; leadership; quality of life development; self-assessment; supervisor/staff relations; industrial/workplace psychology; and the emerging role of research administrators within the culture of research.
Proposal Development/Management Infrastructure
Provide opportunities to discuss the following topics essential to research administration: Supporting PI’s in identifying proposal opportunities and assembling competitive proposals; Understanding research administration budgets; Submitting proposals and accepting awards; Managing the award—financial management and compliance; Managing the project team to achieve outcomes/deliverables; and Creating and maintaining ongoing research infrastructure—facilities, equipment, and collaborations.
Science and Security/Research Protection and Compliance
Provide opportunities to share insights about challenges in the following areas: Human/animal research protections; scientific/research misconduct; foreign influence and conflict of interest; data sharing, management, security, and ownership—including data use agreements; and required compliance training including management of any Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship programs.