| Event |
Duration |
Objective/Description |
Education Hours |
| Pre-Class Review of Module 1 |
1 week |
Read through Relationships, Roles and Responsibilities in Research Administration |
4-6 hours |
| Classroom Kickoff |
1.5 hours |
Introduction to cohort, overview course events, frame key elements of first module, additional instruction in a few key areas, including a deeper dive into funding mechanisms, research develop initiatives, and why getting started well is so important to effective award management. |
1.5 hours |
| Module 1 / Module 2 |
1 week |
Complete test for Relationships, Roles and Responsibilities in Research Administration and read through Principles in Pre-Award Research Administration. |
4-6 hours |
| Classroom session 2 |
1.5 hours |
Overview course events, discuss key elements of first module, additional instruction in a few key areas including working with faculty, identifying funding opportunities, building budgets, and framing upcoming module. |
1.5 hours |
| Module 2 / Module 3 |
1 week |
Complete test for Principles of Pre-award Research Administration. Begin to read through Principles of Award Negotiation and Acceptance. |
4 - 6 hours |
| Classroom session 3 |
1.5 hours |
Overview course events, discuss key elements of first 2 modules, additional instruction in a few key areas including managing proposal deadlines, deeper dives into funding mechanisms and validation errors, reviewing justifications, deeper dive into non-profit and contract funding, and framing upcoming module. |
1.5 hours |
| Module 3 / Module 4 |
1 week |
Complete test for Principles of Award Negotiation and Set-Up. Begin to read through Research Compliance Frameworks. |
4 - 6 hours |
| Classroom session 4 |
1.5 hours |
Review/discuss previous module, additional instruction in a few key areas including introduce post-award non-financial as a topic, and key concepts like award management and prior authorization requests, sub-recipient processing and monitoring, effort, and framing upcoming module. End of lesson introduce and explain case study assignment. |
1.5 hours |
| Module 4 / Module 5 |
1 week |
Complete test for Research Compliance Frameworks. Begin to read through Principles of Post-award Financial Research Administration. |
3 - 5 hours |
| Classroom session 5 |
1.5 hours |
Review/discuss previous module, bring complete life cycle into perspective, reinforce soft skills needed beyond technical knowledge, discuss case studies, and framing upcoming module. Review/discuss previous module, additional instruction in a few key areas including post-award non-financial continued: reporting, compliance, non-financial aspects of closeouts, and closing remarks. |
1.5 hours |
| Module 5 |
1 week |
Complete test for Principles of Post-award Financial Research Administration. |
2 - 4 hours |
| Classroom session 6 |
1.5 hours |
Answering any and all questions regarding the program. |
1.5 hours |