SRAI 2023 Annual Meeting Presentations

Monday, October 16

10:30 am - 11:30 am

• M100: Rookies Unite: New to Research Administration 
• M101: Falling In and Building Up: Career Paths and Opportunities for Research Administrators 
• M102: Project Management in Sponsored Projects
• M104: Costing Sponsored Research in Collaborative Projects with Low- And Middle-Income Countries 
• M105: Improving Credibility to Speak Research Administration with Authority 
• M106: Where Is My Money? Award Set-up and Project Implementation 
• M107: Indirect Cost Rates - A Non-Profit Perspective 
• M109: Indemnification Tools in Research Contracts and Agency Enforcement 
• M110: We’re Better Together: IACUC 101 for Research Administrators 
• M111: Navigating Foreign Influence: How Department Research Administrators Can Ensure Compliance and Transparency in Federally Funded Research 
• M112: The Evolution of Research Impact 
• M113: Office of Research Integrity Update 
• M114: Using Salesforce as a Subrecipient Entity Monitoring Tool 
• M115: Breaking Barriers with ORCID: What do Research Administrators Need to Know? 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• M200: Group Therapy for Research Administrators
• M201: What Did You Just Say!? Clear Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age
• M202: Punching Up - Moving Beyond Just Submitting a Proposal
• M203: In the Post COVID World, How Do You Survive: With Departmental Administrators; Without Departmental Administrators?
• M204: Review of NIH Grants Policy Topics: NIH Policy Updates, Pre and Post-Award Management, FAQ's, and Case Studies focused On Grants to Foreign Institutions/International Organizations and Domestic Grants with Foreign Components
• M205: Managing and Discerning Emotional Intelligence in a Digital World
• M206: Subrecipient Monitoring-The Basics
• M207: Issues That Arise When the Pi Is Involved with a Foreign Entity
• *M208: Negotiating Confidentiality Agreements - The Basics
• M209: The Expansion of Conflict of Commitment
• M210: Imagining Failures to Identify Blind Spots in Research Administration and Compliance
• M211: Collecting and Communicating the Evidence of Societal Impacts from Research
• M212: NSF OIG Update
• M213: All About Other Transactions Authority at NIH
• M214: Designing a Datamart to Unlock Valuable Insight: Northwestern’s Story

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• M300: Jumpstarting Your Research Administration Journey with the SRAI Odyssey Program 
• M301: Future Roles in Research Administration – What Will they Be?
• M302: It’s All about Context: Developing Institutional Strategies That Work
• M303: Project Management vs Project Administration – There Is a Difference? 
• M304: Navigating Legal and HR Pitfalls Related to Remote Work Situations: A Panel Discussion
• M305: Transitioning from a Unit-Based to a Workload-Based Pre-Award Assignment Model
• M306: PI Transfers 
• M307: Service Center Overhaul: A Discussion on Strengthening Internal Controls and Guidance over Recharge Centers
• M308: Legal Update 2023: Key Research Grant Developments, from Regulatory Changes to Enforcement Priorities
• M309: IRB Reliance: Good Idea Gone Wrong?
• M311: The Path Forward for Research Security and Integrity
• M312: Using Technology to Break Down Silos
• M313: Research Administration and Internal Audit: A Partnership to Promote Compliance and Reduce Risk
• M314: A Roadmap for eRA System Implementations from PUI to Tier 1 Institutions
• M315: Standard Federal Biosketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support Documents: Where NSPM-33, ORCID, and SciENcv Meet

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• M400: The Wind in Our Sails: Research Management and Administration around the World
• M402: Developing Department Chair Training to Support a Successful Partnership
• M404: Is E-Mail the New Snail Mail? How Remote Teams Stay Connected
• M408: Intellectual Property Issues in Research - The Year in Review
• M410: Fixed Amount Subawards – They're Not Just for International Subrecipients!
• M411: Building Research Capacity: Perspectives from around the World
• M412: Everything You Need to Know About the National Institutes of Health (well, almost)
• M414: Instituting Internal Controls with a Cloud-based Workflow Solution

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

• M401: Conflict Management Skills for Research Compliance and Research Integrity Professionals
• M403: Motivating Reluctant, Inactive, or Inexperienced Investigators to Pursue Grants
• M405: Research Administration 2040: A Path to the Future
• *M407: A Site Perspective on Industry Clinical Trial Budgeting
• M409: Due Diligence on Third-Party Suitability in the Face of a Changing Regulatory Landscape
• M413: Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) and Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Update

Tuesday, October 17

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• T101: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - What Does that Mean for Research and My Role as a Research Administrator 
• T102: Collaboration & Leadership in Action: Designing an Interuniversity Call for Research Proposals
• T103: Leveraging the Expertise of Research Administrators and Consultants to Emerge Better than Before
• T104: Effective Project Support for International Collaboration
• T105: Managing Research Operations in the Era of Open Science
• T106: Basics of F&A – A University Perspective
• T107: Effort Reporting & Internal Controls - Beyond Certification
• T108: When the Music Stops: The Consequences of Funding Termination under Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements
• T109: Legal Issues for Non Us Private Universities Receiving Us Funding
• T110: After the Storm: Defining Inclusive and Thoughtful Institutional Approaches to Research Security in the Wake of the China Initiative
• T111: Collaboration for Impact in Humanities and Social Science Research
• T112: Using Philanthropy to Support Research
• T113: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Update

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• T200: I'm a New Manager - Where Do I Start?
• T201: Workplace Bullying: Is It Just Another Form of Microaggression?
• T202: Introducing the Sure (Support for Research Excellence) Resource Center: Reducing Barriers and Building Research Capacity at Under-Resourced Academic Institutions Competing for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants
• T203: Create, Build, and Manage an Internship Program
• T204: Designing a Digital Employee Experience
• T205: Explore Solutions That Address Ongoing Struggles and Timely Communications between Administrators and Researchers
• T206: Closeouts: How to Find Time for Closeouts with Other Competing Tasks
• T207: Dealing with State and Local Funders
• T209: Research Compliance - A Journey of a Thousand Steps
• T210: Oversight Can't Be an Oversight – New Compliance Requirements for Research Security in Policy and Legislation
• T211: Transforming the National Research Enterprise
• T212: Post-Award: All Things Prior Approval at NIH
• T213: ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
• T214: The FDP Expanded Clearinghouse: Making Subrecipient Monitoring Efficient One Profile at a Time

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• T300: Research Administration at PUIs, Academic Medical Centers, Non-Profits – Alike or Different?
• T302: Come Together, Right Now: Strengthening Interactions between Research Administration and Research Development
• T303: How A Shared Service Organization Provides High Level Service to Faculty
• T304: More About Knowledge Transfer: Passing the Baton and Beyond
• T305: Conducting Research Across Borders: Issues for Human Research Research Administration/Compliance Officials
• T306: Grants Management in a Department/Division
• T307: How May I Help You? A Study on How Research Administrators Can Better Facilitate Researchers from Developed and Developing Countries
• T308: Intellectual Property 101: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets - A Primer
• T309: What's New in Responsible Conduct of Research Training and Who Needs to Know
• T310: The Administrative Art of Supporting Clinical and Translational Health Research
• T311: 'Small Is Beautiful' or 'Bigger Is Better'? Understanding the Nature and Role of Small Grant Funding in Knowledge Production
• T312: Same Goal, Different Paths: NIH and a Recipient Organization Talk about Grants
• T313: Walking the Tight Rope: How to Use Data and Fresh Perspectives to Balance Operations and Transformation in a World of Competing Research Administration Priorities
• T314: Research Security Program Development, Funding, and Implementation
• T315: Extreme Makeover: Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 Edition – Proposed Revisions

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• T400: From Awkward to Awesome: Mastering Conflict Management
• T401: Who Moved My Water Cooler? Networking for Research Administrators in a Remote/Hybrid Environment
• T402: Best Practices for Award Closeout
• T403: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Proposal Management Tips and Tricks for Proposal Development Teams
• T404: Weaving Together the Threads: The Benefits of a Consolidated Pre-Award Research Administration Model
• T405: Collaborating Across Borders: Research Administration & Compliance in US vs. Denmark
• T406: What Did Your Principal Investigator Promise to Provide on This Proposal? Understanding Mandatory versus Voluntary Committed Cost Share
• T407: Tips and Suggestions for Set-Up and Management of Large Long-Term Sponsored Projects
• T408: Extensive New Foreign Disclosure Obligations and Security Requirements: How to Comply with Updates to the SBIR and NSPM-33
• T409: Dealing with Data: Non-technical Thoughts Concerning Data Security and Management
• T410: Export Controls for the Broad Research Compliance Leader
• T411: Research Intelligence for Science Prioritization in Academic Planning
• T412: National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal and Award Policy Update
• T413: Supporting Researchers in Writing Successful Grants
• T414: AI in Research Administration: A New Challenge

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• T500: 10 Leadership Lessons from Hamilton!
• T501: Leveraging Mentorship for Public Speaking
• T502: Do the Early and Late Birds Get the Worm? Internal Proposal Deadline Management
• T503: Working Smarter, Not Harder: Time-Saving Tips and Tricks in Excel
• T504: Proposal Preparation: The Impact of Departmental Structures and Processes
• T505: How to Manage Underfunded and Overfunded PI's
• T506: Keys to Detecting a Grant in Trouble
• T507: I Am Being Audited, Now What?
• T508: Research Agreements: FAR-Based Contracts vs. Grants and Cooperative Agreements
• T509: Responding to Agency Investigations
• T510: Research Misconduct and the Expanding Compliance Landscape
• T511: Research Administrators Addressing Barriers for Researchers from Traditionally Marginalized Groups
• T513: NIH Grants Management Specialist....What Do We Do?

Wednesday, October 18

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

• W100: Engagement Magic: Burnout, Quietly Quitting, and How I Learned to Love My Job
• W101: A Strategic Framework to Optimize Sponsored Research Services: An Experience from a Transitioning Small to Medium Institution
• W102: Setting up Internal Seed Grant Programs in Small and Large Institutions
• W103: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans: How’s it Going So Far?
• W104: All Roads Lead to ROMA: Lessons Learned from Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Research Operating Model Assessment, Investment in Research, and Research Enterprise Strategic Plan
• W105: Your PI Is Leaving, Now What: Research Administration Case Studies on Faculty Departures
• W106: F&A Rate Strategy, Facilities Cost Projections, and Rate Extensions
• W107: Complex Collaborations: Efficiency, Equity, Quality and Security in International Research Collaboration
• W108: The Foundation and Principles of Human Research Protections
• W109: SBIR-STTR - The Big Picture of Small Business Research
• W111: Addressing Challenges and Barriers to Rural Veteran Participation in Clinical Research Within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
• W112: The CUSP Sharing Site - A Collaborative Community Database

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• W200: Bridging the Gaps: Working with All the Generations in the Workforce
• W201: Introduction to the Pre-Award Process, Proposal Preparation & Best Practices
• W203: Institutional Readiness for the NIH DMS Policy: What Did and Did Not Work
• W204: The Perfect Synergy: Multiple Administrative Offices Working Together to Improve Principal Investigator Satisfaction
• W205: Tips and Tools for Post-Award Portfolio Management
• W206: Cannabis Research & the Regulatory Landscape
• W208: NSF Office of Inspector General: Research Misconduct and other Administrative Cases
• *W209: Conflict of Interest: Ask For Permission, Not Forgiveness
• W210: The TFFA Conundrum: Understanding and Navigating NIFA’s Indirect Rules
• W211: Letters of Intent, White Papers, Preproposals, Abstracts, Logic Models and Quad Charts: The Importance of Short Papers in Successful Grant Applications

*Concurrent Session Speakers have opted to not share their presentation materials online.