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:

Sandra M. Nordahl Director, Sponsored Research Contracting and Compliance San Diego State University Research Foundatio

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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

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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:

Debbie Pettitt Senior Grants Management Officer National Institutes of Health

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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

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