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Broadcast Date,
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Good Customer Service for Research Administrators: How to Support the Research Endeavor at your Institution |
With new demands emerging from Sponsors, faculty and institutional management on a daily basis, how do Research Administrators define Good Customer Service? Our panel of experts will examine who is the Customer and
what constitutes Good Customer Service. They will look at the roles of the Central Sponsored Programs office and the role
of the Departmental Administrator. The faculty will explore the elements of customer service that works both ways between central and departmental research administrators, and how
this relationship is critical to good service to the ultimate customer: the PI. They will discuss approaches as to how to communicate to your customers in a way that lets them know that you are both working toward a common goal. Some of the elements of customer service that will be covered are:
*Speed
*Accuracy
*Transparency
*Politeness
*Compliance
The Sponsor as the Customer will also be examined as good communication is critical to insuring that this customer is best served - while keeping your researchers content.
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November 18, 2008
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Complex Agreements
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We are hearing more and more the term translational research– how research results are translated into products or public
use. Getting research results from the bench to the public can
take several paths and involve several types of agreements
outside of the initial supporting research award. These may
include non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements,
material transfer agreements, clinical trial agreements, and
license agreements with start-up companies. The negotiation
and management of these agreements usually involves some
unique challenges for research administrators. This program
will focus on these agreements and areas of risk, accounting
issues, institutional and individual conflict of interest, protection
of human subjects, effort certification for investigators,
publications, and the special challenges you face in
administering all these issues in collaborations with multiple
parties and a multi-site clinical trial program. Whether you are
involved as the prime institution or as the subawardee we all
need to understand and work through the wide range of issues.
The faculty for this program are seasoned pros who will share
their experiences in successfully managing these unique and
often challenging agreements.
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August 5, 2008
Not yet available.
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Effective Proposal Development
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This program will provide a number of best practices in
proposal development functions. Continual pressure to connect
faculty with funding, to facilitate collaborations and manage
limited submissions are among the few of the challenging tasks
before you. Some institutions have a separate office to handle
this function, others have a person within and still others are
responsible for this area along with a host of other pre award
functions. Our seasoned faculty represent both large and small
institutions, representing different successful approaches.
Topics include:
* Identifying funding sources (internal /external)
* Coordinating limited submissions
* Facilitating research collaboration (inter- and
intra-institutional /international)
* NIH Roadmap
* Bridge funding
* Center development
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May 20, 2008
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Managing Cost Issues (N)
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Regardless of your role, almost all research administrators in all
type of universities need to know how to advise and/or manage
cost issues. These are before you in proposal budgets, when
negotiating terms and conditions and, maybe the most
challenging of all, while managing the day-to-day accounts for
sponsored projects. Representing the pre and post award
central office as well as the departmental business office, our
faculty will cover topics including:
*personnel and payroll issues
*cost transfers
*cost sharing management & companion accounts
*costing and billing service centers
*allowability of certain troublesome costs (such as food)
*procurement cards
Case studies used to provide participants with useful
applications of some best practices and systems used to
manage costs.
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April 1, 2008
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| Effort Reporting |
Auditors’ continued attention on effort reporting has sparked
numerous findings and -- stories in the press. This program
will give the audience guidance on everything from bare-bones
reporting necessary to stay in compliance to what some
institutions are developing to help streamline their process.
Whether you are in central administration or – in the “thick of
things” out in the department, be sure to watch this program
as our expert faculty offers their insight on what they believe
the government is currently focusing on and shares some best
practices in use at several institutions to help you and your
institution, stay out of the spotlight, out of trouble, and…out
the newspaper.
FACULTY: Richard Seligman, Senior Director, Office of
Sponsored Research, California Institute of Technology; Laura
Yaeger, Managing Director, Higher Education Practice, Huron
Consulting Group; David Kennedy, Director, Costing Policy and
Studies, Council on Governmental Relations; Gunta Liders,
Associate Vice President for Research Administration, University of
Rochester; Michele Codd, Assistant Director, Institute for Software
Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University |
March 6, 2007
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| Sponsored Program Essentials |
In an ever-changing environment, the core building blocks of
sponsored project administration are essential. Whether you
are new to the profession or a seasoned veteran, this workshop
is intended to help you look at basic principles from a different
perspective. Every time you approve or sign on the dotted line,
you should be thinking about reasonable, allocable, allowable
and consistent. And, if you have forgotten some of the basics
and have fooled yourself into believing everything will be all
right…it won’t.
This veteran workshop faculty will address due diligence when
making decisions and, what the process should be. They will
discuss the underlying themes that every research administrator
(pre-award, post-award, departmental, costing, audit and
compliance) should be thinking about with every transaction
they process. |
January 23, 2007
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| Technology Transfer for the Research Administrator |
Provides an overview of the technology transfer process and the thought processes and necessary infrastructure underlying it. Topics covered will include the Bayh-Dole Act, the Tax Reform Act of 1986, patents, licenses, options, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks, research agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, and material transfer agreements. The workshop also provides a historical context for the rationale behind government, university, and industry collaborations which facilitate such transfer of technology to the private sector.
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September 12, 2006
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National Securities Issues
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Topics will include export control regulations, involvement of foreign nationals in research, international collaborations, "sensitive but unclassified" data, and security issues related to select agents and biocontainment laboratories and facilities. Discussion includes institutional procedures related to export control as well as sensitive research projects, facilities, or activities.
Other areas of consideration include: negotiations, contract clauses, visa issues, sensitive but unclassified research, contract issues between universities and DOD agencies on biodefense projects, rules on use of select agents and biodefense pathogens and designing a secure facility. |
June 13 , 2006
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| Grants.gov: Working Towards a Common Vision |
An overview of Grants.gov, the current status of its FIND and APPLY functionality, and its plans for future initiatives. Senior federal agency leaders present on the development of the Standard Form (SF) 424 R&R (the common Federal format for submission of research applications) and federal agency implementations of the 424 R&R and grant submission through Grants.gov. University participants discuss challenges and implementation strategies for grants.gov and electronic research administration.
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March 7, 2006
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| Post-Award Issues for the Pre-Award and Departmental Administrator (N) |
All pre- and post- award personnel must possess a thorough understanding of proposal preparation through closeout. With this overall knowledge, research at your institution will be more effectively and efficiently managed. This is a proactive approach to ensure pre- and post- award personnel work together in the award management process. |
January 24, 2006
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| Best Practices in Research Compliance: Update on Policies and Regulations and Implementation at Institutions (N) |
This session includes an overview of the current state of various non-fiscal compliance areas such as human subjects, animal use, rDNA, safety, biohazards, select agents, and conflicts-of-interest. The faculty for this workshop will address centralized vs. decentralized responsibility and include examples of lines of responsibility. Suggestions on monitoring to ensure compliance and a look at available tools will be highlighted. The workshop will conclude by sharing information on how institutions are covering the increasing cost of compliance. |
September 13, 2005
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Principles of Federal R&D Contracting (N)
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A training opportunity for research administrators in central and department
levels who are assigned the tasks of identifying contracting opportunities,
submitting contract business proposals, and negotiating and managing federal contracts. |
June 14, 2005
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| International Sponsored Programs Administration (N) |
An overview of key regulatory issues, negotiating, and managing international projects. |
March 8, 2005
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| Sponsored Research Financial Management: Current Pre and Post Award Issues (N) |
An update for pre and post award staff on financial management, federal & institutional policy changes, and best practices. |
January 25, 2005
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| Cost Sharing Management (N) |
Provides various aspects of cost sharing from proposal to award through project closeout. |
January 21, 2004
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| A Primer on Intellectual Property for the Research Administrator (N) |
Introduces patent & copyright law as well as other key concepts necessary for understanding and negotiating intellectual property. |
September 16, 2003
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| Exploring the Life Cycle of Costs: Budget to Audit (N) |
Examines the life cycle of costs on a sponsored research project from the budgeting process through expenditure and audit. |
June 24, 2003
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| Subawards and Subcontracts: A Workshop Primer on Managing Collaborative Projects (N) |
Explores subawards vs. subcontracts, FAR flowdowns, A-110 requirements, and subaward agreement forms & contract clauses. |
March 4, 2003
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| A-110 for Departmental Administrators (N) |
A thorough review of A-110 and aspects of the circular that have the most relevance for departmental administrators. |
January 27, 2003
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| What Departmental Administrators Need to Know about Post-Award & Cost Analysis (N) |
Explains the mechanics of the F&A rate, cost sharing, effort reporting, Cost Accounting Standards, financial reporting, cash management, cost transfers and post auditing. |
September 24, 2002
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From a Culture of Compliance to a Culture of Concern: Building a Compliance Education Program That Works |
Need for compliance program, the goals of a unified institutional compliance program and why the program must contain an educational component. |
March 19, 2002
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Compliance Issues for Clinical Trials (N) |
Explains partnerships among federal agencies, drug manufacturers, clinical researchers and private research organizations and maintaining compliance. |
January 15, 2002
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Conducting Research Responsibly (S) |
Practical suggestions for developing training programs in the areas of human subjects, conflict of interest, research misconduct and mentorship. |
September 13, 2001
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What Department Administrators Need to Know About Compliance (N) |
Strategies for success in the increasingly complicated environment of research compliance. |
September 6, 2001
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Compliance Issues Impacting Financial Research Administration (N) |
Agency requirements for compliance, strategies to enhance compliance, consequences of noncompliance. |
May 15, 2001
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Divergent Views and Issues When Contracting With Industry (N) |
Perspectives of the university administrator, university attorney and company sponsor; publication restrictions, intellectual property rights and indirect costs. |
March 21, 2001
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;ERA - Where are we today and what can we expect tomorrow? (N) |
Status of federal initiatives, impact of Public Law 106-107, timetable for the Federal Commons. |
January 23, 2001
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Hot Topics: The Best of the Best (N) |
Fast Lane, modular grants, compliance, FOIA, conflict of interest, cost-sharing, academic medical centers |
May 18, 2000
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Intellectual Property Issues for the Research Administrator (N) |
Technology transfer, the Bayh-Dole Act and federal government rights, patents, copyrights, licensing. |
September 21, 2000
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Making the Right Moves in Handling Research Misconduct Allegations (N) |
Federal definition of scientific misconduct, receiving and assessing allegations, inquiry process, living with the results. |
March 24, 2000
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Indirect Costs for the Lay Audience (N) |
F&A regulations, rate calculation, cost sharing, effort reporting. |
March 7, 2000
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The Ins and Outs of Contract Language (N) |
Basics of contracting, cultural differences between universities and industry, basic contract language. |
January 25, 2000
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Straight Talk: A Primer on Award Administration (N) |
Five tape series. |
April 8, 1999
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