Coffee Talks

This Coffee Talk is re-titled an "Espresso Chat' due to the depth, variety, and weight of research contracting: just like a good espresso! Join us as we explore research contracting and contract law with our panel of contracting experts!

Discussion Leaders:

Cindy Lopez, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Office California State University, Monterey Bay	Sandra M. Nordahl, CRA Director, Sponsored Research Contracting and Compliance San Diego State University Research Foundation
Amy Sikalis Director, Research and Science Radiology University of Utah	Jon Teuber, MA Director, Office of Sponsored Programs Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute

Moderator: Gloria Greene, MA, CRA, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Whether you are new to research administration or an expert, organization and communication are two key skills to managing Pre-Award. This Coffee Talk will include the panel reviewing top frequently asked questions (FAQs), including using shared emails to alert the office of proposal interest, managing PIs' expectations, financial and regulatory compliance, and using templates and checklists.

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish funding mechanisms
• Develop best initial steps for proposal development and submission
• Determine when to escalate PI's concerns

Content Level: All Levels

Discussion Leaders:

Monique Gregory, MRA, CRA Manager, Contracts and Grants, Pre-Award University of Central Florida	Anne Schauer, MA CRA Director of Research and Sponsored Programs Miami University
Renee J. Vaughan, MDiv, MA, CRA Financial Practice Manager Duke University

Moderator: Gina Hedberg, Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, University of South Alabama

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Foreign activities need to be reported through documentation of other support, foreign components, and financial conflicts of interest to prevent scientific, budgetary, or commitment overlap.

This Coffee Talk will help you better understand the need to fully disclose all foreign involvement to minimize the chances of being non-compliant which can lead to the removal of individual(s) from the award, dis-allowance of costs to an award, withholding future awards, and the possibility of suspending or termination of an existing award.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what constitutes foreign involvement
• Know what information should be disclosed to the funding agency
• Better understand the need for full disclosure

Content Level: Basic

Discussion Leaders:

Gloria Greene, MA, CRA Director, Office of Sponsored Programs The University of Alabama in Huntsville	Debbie Pettitt Senior Grants Management Officer National Institutes of Health
Susan Wyatt Sedwick, PhD, CRA, CSM Senior Consulting Specialist Attain, LLC

Moderator: Mary Klein, PhD, Director, Office of Research and Technology Development, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

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Did you hear the story about the difficult principal investigator who is always late with everything and is so demanding? How about the unhelpful research administrator who never seems to answer your calls? Do you dread working with certain investigators or administrators? Did your relationship with the new faculty member or administrator get off on the wrong foot?

Research, and by extension research administration, is a team sport. Principal investigators (PIs) and research administrators are crucial to the success of the research enterprise. Developing and sustaining good, working relationships between PIs and research administrators is imperative and can make a world of difference in running a well-oiled research office, department, school, or institution. But how do you foster these relationships and what can PIs and research administrators do to promote positive, professional, and productive relationships? Join us for this Coffee Talk as we address this important question from the perspective of both faculty investigators as well as research administrators.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand relationship building in research administration from multiple perspectives
2. Use open communication strategies to build trust in practice
3. Encourage team building an understanding of shared goals
4. Understand how relationship demands may change throughout the research cycle

Content Level: All Levels

Discussion Leaders:

Dr. Jose G. Alcaine Director, of Research Services Affiliate Faculty, Foundations of Education School of Education Virginia Commonwealth University	Dr. Jason Chow Assistant Professor College of Education University of Maryland
Tamara T. Hatch, MBA Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Pre-Award James Madison University

Moderator: Georgetta Dennis, Accountant III, Auburn University

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Have you been wondering how to break the ice in approaching a Foundation for funding? What is acceptable indirect costs for work with a non-profit? How do you decide if the funds from a non-profit go through the sponsored programs office or a different office related to your organization? How do development offices work with sponsored programs and other campus offices? 501c3 or not 501c3 – that is the question? What do you do if funds come in from a Foundation and you find out that there are terms you weren’t expecting? Let’s discuss some different viewpoints on these questions and hear from YOU if there are other items of interest you’ve been wondering about in relationship to doing business with Foundations.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify common avenues on finding and soliciting funds from foundations.
• Examine options for appropriate indirect costs and common restrictions.
• Determine if the funds from a foundation are a sponsored project or a gift.

Content Level: Basic

Discussion Leaders:

Marilyn Korhonen, Ed.D Director of Foundation Relations University of Oklahoma Advancement	M. Fran Stephens, CRA Director of Pre-Award Services University of Oklahoma SRAI Distinguished Faculty
Ellen Zavala Director of Research Services & Outreach University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Moderator: Elenora Levin, Grant Administrator, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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