Workshop Descriptions
Pre-Conference Workshops
Please note that the pre-conference workshops require additional registration from the full conference. Please see registration for details.
SATURDAY | FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
WS2: Research Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Ensuring Compliance in Research Operations
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Content Level: Intermediate
Research Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are a critical component to ensure compliance and consistent procedural management for research administrators, Investigators and research personnel. This workshop will utilize a detailed instructional approach to developing, writing and implementing SOPs for a research organization. Breakout sessions involving attendees will demonstrate SOP process flow mapping, SOP content and engage the attendees in SOP writing. In addition, presenters will include case studies of the risk to a research program when SOPs are not in place; emphasis will be on approaches to gain the support of executive leadership to mandate SOPs and develop an effective business plan to fully implement an SOP initiative in your organization.
Learning Objectives:
1. Establish relevant SOPs for development and gain experience in writing SOPs.
2. Develop a business plan to implement SOPs in their organization.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Liz Wool, President and CEO, QD-Quality and Training Solutions, Inc.; Carol Fedor, Clinical Research Manager, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
WS3: Managing Investigator Initiated Studies Managing Risks and Developing Best Practices
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Content Level: Intermediate
This workshop will address the spectrum of considerations related to the IIS process, including the proposal review and consideration process, budgeting and milestone payments, contracting, and the management of performance issues and study delays. We will also examine IIS best practices to avoid or minimize related risks.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the basis for proposal review and the key components of a proposal.
2. Identify common budgeting and contracting risks and examine contract terms and considerations necessary to minimize risks to both institutions and manufacturers.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Penny Smith, JD, Attorney, and Stephanie Goddard, JD, Life Science Law Group LLC; Michelle Williams, IIS Manager, US/Canada Medical Affairs, and Lillian Boswell, CNS Coordinator, UCB, Inc.
Certificate: Research Law - Elective
WS4: Introduction to Research Law
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Content Level: All Levels
The 'theory of everything' (TOE) is a hypothetical theory studied in physics whose intent is to fully explain and link together all known physical phenomena. The Introduction to Research Law workshop is similar to TOE in that it attempts to explain and link together all known issues of research administration. Legal issues arise throughout research, starting with intellectual property issues, continuing through contract and grant matters, and living on in post research licensing, 'derivative works disputes,' and post-clinical trial liability questions. This workshop is for new research administrators who need a 'boot camp' approach to recognizing the legal issues that they will face daily.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the parties and players involved in common research activities and indicate their legal rights and responsibilities.
2. Identify common issues that arise requiring the application of legal processes and procedures to research activities.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Mike Slocum, JD, President, Slocum and Boddie, PC; David King, JD, Director, Office of Industry Contracts and Assistant University Counsel, University of Louisville
Certificate: Research Law - Required Workshop
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WS5: Fundamentals of Human Subject Research
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Content Level: Basic
This workshop includes a basic introduction to the principles underlying human research protections; the regulatory requirements for reviewing, conducting, and overseeing research with human subjects and the current issues facing the research enterprise. This workshop will look at human research protections in a historical context; the regulations that govern research with human subjects; and the structure and requirements of IRBs. Following an overview, the workshop will explore hot topics such as vulnerable populations, COI, noncompliance, among others.
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn the basic concepts regarding the use of human research subjects including the requirements of the Institutional Review Boards (IRBS).
2. To identify current issues regarding research involving human subjects.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Eugene Gallagher, Director, and Jan Zolkower, Regulatory Compliance Manager, Human Research Protection Program, Vanderbilt University
Certificate: CTRA201 - Required Workshops
SATURDAY | HALF-DAY MORNING WORKSHOPS
8:30 AM - Noon
WS6: How to Put the “Success” in Succession Planning
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Content Level: All Levels
There are many aspects to research administration, but none more important than recruiting, training, and retaining your research administrators. Over the last several years numerous unfunded mandates that require more transparency, accountability and compliance have been implemented dictating a demand for more highly trained and specialized research administrators. This workshop will detail resources like, University of South Florida's (USF) Graduate Certificate in Research Administration and THE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT NETWORK (TRAIN®) Certification. This workshop will also provide participants with recommendations for staff development and team building opportunities for central area administration. These strategies will assist with the professional development of staff and provide a basis for succession planning.
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize and apply internal resources, like TRAIN® Certification, staff development and team building to promote professional development, improve productivity, and succession planning.
2. Identify external development opportunities, like USF’s Graduate Certificate in Research Administration, SRA’s workshops and webinars, and other educational resources that provide appropriate skills and knowledge.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Pearl Bigfeather, Associate Vice President for Sponsored Research and Finance, Office of Research & Innovation, Rebecca Puig, Director, Division of Sponsored Research, Elizabeth Foster, Robin Jones, and Brenda Simmons, TRAIN® Facilitators, University of South Florida
WS7: Grantsmanship I: Coaching Researchers to Write Successful Grant Proposals
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Content Level: Intermediate
Grants specialists are often called upon to edit grant proposals or even to coach researchers on good writing techniques. To be effective in this role, one must be comfortable with basic guidelines for style and format, as well as the actual content of a strong proposal. This highly interactive workshop will feature key principles of successful grant writing, interspersed with practical exercises where participants can sharpen their proposal writing skills. We will explore what constitutes a fundable idea, what reviewers are looking for, how to write a persuasive case for funding, and how to get rid of some bad habits of academic prose. By the end of the workshop, participants will be more confident of their ability to help researchers obtain funding in an increasingly competitive environment.
Learning Objectives:
1. List 12 common pitfalls of grant writing and how to avoid them.
2. Describe a standard three paragraph template that can be used to create a persuasive case for funding.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Robert Porter, PhD, Director of Research Development, University of Tennessee
WS8: 'Lean Thinking' For Office Process Improvement
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Content Level: Basic
As budgets grow tighter and regulations increase, research administration offices are being asked to do more with less. Lean thinking, an operational excellence technique adapted from engineering and manufacturing, provides a framework for office process improvement. To achieve operational excellence, individuals at all levels need to understand the systems and continuous improvement approach to doing business. This workshop offers an introduction to the entire system commonly called lean thinking or lean manufacturing. Understood as a system rather than individual tools and techniques, the participants will see that lean can be used in service, administrative, and production functions to increase process effectiveness. This workshop will emphasize hands-on application of commonly used lean tools and techniques. Participants will learn skills they can take home and start using immediately. Participants will learn how lean concepts can enhance their continuous improvement efforts.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how lean thinking can help them improve your office processes.
2. Be able to evaluate your office process and make proactive, practical improvements.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: L. Eric James, JD, Associate Vice President for Research, Jennifer Karlin, PhD, Associate Professor, and Michael Schlotman, Grant and Process Specialist, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Ross Hickey, JD, Assistant Provost for Research Integrity, University of Southern Maine
WS9: Operationalizing a COI Program at an Academic Medical Center
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Content Level: Intermediate
Significant financial interests in academic research have become expected and commonplace in the current atmosphere of translational science and growth of entrepreneurial enterprises. Likewise, the pressure to identify and manage COI activities has created a complex task for academic medical centers. This half day workshop will highlight some of the experiences of an academic medical center in creating and implementing an operational model to support COI activities. Speakers will share lessons learned along the way and provide some useful tools for establishing a working COI infrastructure and ways to improve your current activities and procedures including: strategies for supporting cohesive COI committees; integrating communication through electronic databases; working with media; faculty and staff education; methods for evaluating the effectiveness of processes.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify COI administrative needs and structure to support COI at his/her institution.
2. Develop a plan to build the infrastructure for a successful COI administrative office using best practices.
Speakers: Teresa Anderson, Director, Conflict of Interest Office, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center; Paula Means, Assistant Dean for Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine
SATURDAY | HALF-DAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
1:30 - 5:00 PM
WS10: Grantsmanship II: Expediting and Completing the Application
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Content Level: All Levels
This workshop covers techniques to facilitate the grant application process for preparation and submission of the grant application. The goal is to understand what the reviewer wants and needs to evaluate a successful application. Faculty who write better applications have a higher probability of getting funded rather than those who write copious applications with a 'shot-gun' approach to getting funded. The coordination of information placement within the grant application is important for the reviewer to comprehend the project. Often reviewers look for information in only one part of the application. If the information is not found in a particular spot it must be missing. This severely impacts the final score of the application. Appearance also counts. We will begin with sample application summaries and show how those summaries can be used in planning the layout of the grant application. We will also explore the writing of a letter application.
Learning Objectives:
1. Apply all structural techniques, such as table outlining and partitioning, mapping, process management approaches, and other proposal building aids to facilitate proposal development.
2. Utilize all components of the research or development plan to allocate importance values to each section of the grant application.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Nancy Bell, PhD, Principal, Research Image
WS11: Integrating Tools and Strategies for Successful Pre-Award Management/Grant Submission
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Content Level: All Levels
Grant development and pre-award management require significant planning and multidisciplinary coordination, often under intense time constraints. This interactive workshop will provide research administrators with tools and strategies to manage pre-award grant planning, development, internal tracking, and compliance, as well as to facilitate the transition to post-award administration, with a focus on National Institutes of Health grants. This toolkit, including pre-award office SOPs, a grant development task manager, a budget builder, and a debriefing assessment of the grant process, will help create a standardized system for the timely and effective submission of grants. In turn, this comprehensive pre-award system will enable the institution’s overall research administration infrastructure to operate more effectively.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the issues involved in grant submission and pre-award management.
2. Use tools and strategies designed to address, mitigate, and/or avoid these issues to facilitate the efficient submission of grants.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Jennifer Kimbell, PhD, Coordinator, Contracts Administration, The Queen's Medical Center
WS12: 2 CFR 220: Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
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Content Level: Basic
2 CFR Part 220 contains the principles for determining the costs applicable to research and development, training, and other sponsored work performed by colleges and universities under grants, contracts, and other agreements with the Federal Government. This workshop will provide participants with a detailed overview of each section of the principles. In addition, the workshop will focus on the concept of cost allocation methodology and the development of indirect cost pools, as well as the development of institutional F&A rates.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the tenants of the cost principles and apply them in pre and post award settings.
2. Understand the concepts of allowable, allocable, and consistently treated, and how those principles apply to proposal and budget development, and post-award administration.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Kathryn Watkins-Wendell, CRA, Director, Office of Research Administration, University of Akron; Rene Hearns, CRA, Director, Grants & Sponsored Programs, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
WS13: Best Practices for Cost Sharing
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Content Level: Basic
Research administrators must have a thorough understanding of cost sharing from both pre-award and post-award perspectives. We’ll start with the basics: definition and types. Then we’ll look at pre-award best practices: interpretation of program guidelines and discussions with investigators about cost sharing, and drafting the budget. Then we’ll move on to post-award management concerns: monitoring, recording and properly reporting cost sharing. This will be an interactive workshop in which attendees will review sample guidelines, draft proposed language and share best practices using a case study technique.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand implications of including cost sharing in proposal budgets and identify best practices for monitoring, recording and reporting cost share expenses.
2. Gather best practices to use for developing or updating your institution’s cost sharing policies and procedures.
Speakers: Diana Dubinsky, CPA, CRA, Assistant Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and Research, Cleveland State University; Kim Carter, CRA, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Ohio State University
WS14: Introduction to Research Integrity
Content Level: Basic
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This required workshop for the Research Integrity certificate will provide participants with an overview of the role of research administrators in establishing and preserving cultures of integrity in the research enterprises within their institutions. The connection between institutional compliance programs and ethical decision-making at both individual and organizational levels will be explored, and historical events that have created increased awareness of research ethics will be reviewed. The workshop will focus on participant interaction and case analysis to identify strategies that strengthen organizational cultures of compliance and conscience.
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to describe the three behaviors that are identified in federal regulations as constituting research misconduct.
2. Be able to evaluate compliance initiatives and programs within the compliance framework established in the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Russ Price, Federal Compliance Manager, Utah State University; Tonya Edvalson, Research Regulatory Coordinator, Women and Newborn Clinical Trials, Intermountain Healthcare
Certificate: Research Integrity - Required Workshop
WS15: Kirschstein NRSA Workshop: NIH Research Training Grants and Fellowships
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Content Level: All Levels
Training grants, fellowships, and payback: oh my! Do you need help navigating the yellow brick road through the Land of Oz to NRSA success? If you’re feeling like the Cowardly Lion or a little faint of heart, this workshop will prove to you that it doesn’t take an advanced degree to keep your trainees and fellows on the safe path to funding. This interactive workshop will focus on issues specific to grants awarded under the auspices of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, specifically Individual Fellowships and Institutional Training Grants. Learn to click your ruby slippers three times with an overview of the Kirschstein-NRSA Guidelines, recent and anticipated changes, and navigate the new mandatory electronic submission process for competing applications and forms.
Learning Objectives:
1. Gain an overall understanding of the NRSA Training Program.
2. Gain an understanding of NRSA policy changes and will become familiar with new mandatory electronic submission requirements.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Nicole Fleisher, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, Lisa Moeller, CRA, Grants Management Team Leader, and Lennin Greenwood, Grants Management Specialist, National Institutes of Health
SUNDAY | FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
WS1: Leader of the Future
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Content Level: All Levels
This interactive workshop will provide information on the necessary skills set for today's leaders. Participants will learn how to identify their strengths and weaknesses and fulfill their own leadership capabilities in today's highly complex workplace. Further, the workshop will help participants identify everyday opportunities that can be used to help them grow in their current jobs.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key leadership attributes for individuals involved in research administration.
2. Be able to identify proven methods which will allow you to develop leadership competencies within and on your current job.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: David Mineo, Managing Director, DLMineo Consulting
Certificate: Leadership - Required Workshop
WS16: Fundamentals of Research Administration and Management
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Content Level: Basic
This workshop, intended for individuals with fewer than three years' experience, is designed to give newcomers to research administration a big picture of the profession. Topics covered will include finding funding opportunities; orienting new faculty to the research environment; pre- and post-award administration; proposal development, submission, review and award negotiation; administrative and fiscal regulations; accountability and risk management; and research, fiscal, and professional ethics.
Learning Objectives:
1. Distinguish the phases of the sponsored project proposal and award process and describe the role of research administration for each phase.
2. Identify applicable federal regulations, i.e., 2 CFR Part 215/220, OMB A-133and describe how these regulations form the basis of research administration policies and procedures.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Janet Stoeckert, Director, Research Administration, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Jennie Amison, Director, Sponsored Research Development, San Diego State University Research Foundation
WS17: Stretched Thin....Understanding Department Administration
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Content Level: All Levels
This workshop will initiate new department administrators to the field by providing best practices from experienced department administrators, providing some organizational tools (handouts and help with database structure) and a question and answer session. New department administrators are faced with many different tasks such as pre and post award management, human resources, grant and effort compliance, multi-level financial management, changing sponsor and university systems, etc. and are normally very overwhelmed for the start. The presenter will help organize the new department administrator and answer many of the questions that we all had when we started in this field. This workshop would also be good for current administrators who are in need of some additional organizational ideas.
Learning Objectives:
1. Gain knowledge for department administrator's job responsibilities to be more effective.
2. Learn some best practices and organizational/management tools from experienced Administrators.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: William Hoffman, Department Administrator, and Madonna Perry, Administrative Director, University of Maryland, Baltimore
WS18: It's About the Money
Content Level: Intermediate
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Budgets, Costing, OMB & Sponsor Guidelines This workshop examines key issues related to budget development, review and monitoring, and explores the research administrator's role in service to the sponsor, institution and investigator. Special attention will be paid to assessing project costs, including personnel, consultants, equipment, supplies, travel, subcontracts, total direct cost, income, F&A, MTDC vs. salary and wage base, and cost sharing. In addition, sponsor guidelines, institutional policies and the basics of OMB Circulars A-21, A-122 and A-110 will be covered. 'Why do we have to do this?' and 'Where are the guidelines that say that?' are key questions that will be answered throughout this workshop.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify core cost related compliance expectations associated with federal funding.
2. Individuals will be able to support proposal and award management activities consistent with federal regulations.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Kris Rhodes, Director, Sponsored Projects Enhancement Services, Higher Education Practice, MAXIMUS
Certificate: Financial Management - Required Workshop
WS19: Guide to Clinical Trials Administration
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Content Level: Basic
Clinical trials are a rapidly changing field in research administration. Many of the skills needed to administer more traditional investigator initiated, grant funded research projects can be adapted to managing clinical trials. This teaching workshop will examine the basics of clinical trial administration from recruiting projects to archiving records, explore the differences between industry and federally funded studies, highlight special concerns and discuss best practices for managing clinical trials. A CD of useful documents, links and tools will be provided.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify three milestones in the development of clinical research regulations and describe the importance of each.
2. Identify three important regulatory differences between clinical research conducted in the US and in non-US/International regions.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Bruce Steinert, PhD, Administrative Director, Clinical Trials Center Research Institute, NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute; Belinda Vandersluis, President, Effector Consulting
Certificate: CTRA101 - Required Workshop
WS20: Compliance Officer 101
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Content Level: All Levels
What are some of the first things a new compliance officer must do for their position as well as create and maintain a compliance office? With whom must the compliance officer interact across campus in order to be effective? What are some of the common pitfalls experienced by a novice compliance officer? What resources are available? Is the compliance officer also the Research Integrity Officer of the Institutional Official? Do you need more information before hiring a compliance officer? If you are asking some or all of these questions, join a team of seasoned compliance officers who will be sharing their practical experiences, useful definitions, templates and resources.
Learning Objectives:
1. Know the most important things a new compliance office must do, in what order they should be accomplished, and the key resources they must have.
2. Gain an understanding of the hot button compliance issues and acquire some nuts and bolts expertise on how to address them.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Daniel Vasgird, PhD, Director, Research Integrity & Compliance, West Virginia University; Tracy Arwood, Director, Research Compliance, Clemson University
SUNDAY | HALF-DAY MORNING WORKSHOPS
8:30 AM - Noon
WS21: Advanced Issues in A-21, A-110 and A-133
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Content Level: Advanced
So you think you understand the Circulars? This workshop goes well beyond the basics by using case studies oriented around difficult real life situations. Can two reasonable people disagree on the interpretation of the Circulars? Is everything black and white at the transactional level where the implementation of the Circulars is crucial to the operation of the research enterprise at our institutions? Reality is that we live in a world of gray and most decisions are made on a case by case basis weighing heavily on the documentation at hand and adding a little 'common sense' methodology before approving action items. The Circulars allow room for interpretation. Finding the right guidance for your institution is more than sharing best practices and procedures, it is understanding how to fine tune them for your institution. This workshop will look at advanced topics by taking the current compliance issues of interest around the
Learning Objectives:
1. Obtain experienced answers for real-life issues on the Circulars.
2. Obtain working principles to solve a range of transactional situations - simple to complex.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Denise Clark, Manager, and Ann Holmes, Assistant Dean, Finance & Administration, University of Maryland; Tim Reuter, CPA, Director Post-Award Operations, Stanford University
WS22: Proposal Budget Development
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Content Level: Basic
This workshop walks participants through proposal budget development. It will address concepts of what makes a “good” budget as well as afford practical advice for identifying budget components and how to assemble them. Understanding the application and calculation of Facilities and Administration costs will also be reviewed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to build a basic proposal budget and budget justification.
2. Identify applicable federal regulations such as OMB A-21, OMB A110, etc., and understand how these regulations impact the formation of proposal budgets.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Donna Marano, CRA, Director of Finance and Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
WS23: Subcontracting Under Federal Research Grants and Contracts
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Content Level: All Levels
Whether dealing with other institutes for research efforts or with manufacturers preparing instrumentation or research test beds, the subcontracting effort requires knowledge of complex federal rules and understanding of the complicated interplay between these rules and private contract law. This course helps distinguish between institutional and bureaucratic foolishness, and clever solutions to recurring legal and administrative problems. This course presents a concise, yet comprehensive, overview of the subcontracting process under federal contracts and grants. It begins with a discussion of the subcontract system and continues with a description of the methodology for solicitation, award, and management of research-related subcontracts. Finally, the course provides a complete analysis of the required, desired, and unacceptable clauses used in these subcontracts.
Learning Objectives:
1. Solicit, award and administer subcontracts.
2. Draft, modify, and negotiate subcontract terms and provisions
Speaker: Cindy Kiel, JD, CRA, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Davis
Certificate: Research Law - Elective
WS24: Establishing an Effective RCR Program: Practical Strategies and Issues to Consider
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Effective RCR education programs have been established at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Penn State University. Administrators of the programs at these institutions will share their experiences in creating these programs, focusing on three areas: 1) Elucidating the goals of an RCR program… who is your audience? What topics (general and/or discipline-specific) should be covered? Can (or should) your program go beyond merely ensuring compliance? 2) Determining the most appropriate format for implementing the program… What format (online, in-person, small group, large group) is most effective? What are your options based on the resources available at your institution? What external resources are available to aid in teaching RCR? 3) Identifying the steps needed to implement an effective program... what can you do to make sure your program is well-received? How can you assess participation and evaluate your program’s effectiveness? This workshop will address these issues with experience-based practical suggestions, strategies, and information about available resources to create an effective RCR program at your institution.
Learning Objectives:
1. Elucidate the goals of an RCR program at their home institutions, with regards to institutional climate vs. compliance, target audience(s), and possible topic areas to be covered.
2. Make informed choices about RCR education format options based on empirical research findings, utilizing existing resources available at their own institutions in conjunction with available external RCR educational resources.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Jason Borenstein, PhD, Director of Graduate Research Ethics Programs , Georgia Institute of Technology; Sharon Shriver, PhD, Assistant Director, Office for Research Protections, Pennsylvania State University
WS25: NIH Grants Fundamentals
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Content Level: Basic
This workshop will provide new research administrators with a fundamental understanding of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants process. The focus will be on NIH organization, an overview of various funding mechanisms, the receipt-and-review process, pre-award funding considerations, and post-award administration. The workshop will address successful strategies and principles used to increase success of grant proposals, stressing the development and preparation of the proposal from the reviewers' perspective. Additionally, the workshop will cover fundamental concepts of NIH grant policy and post-award administration.
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to describe NIH organization and identify various funding mechanisms.
2. Explain the proposal submission and review processes.
3. Identify and explain basic NIH grants policies affecting the post-award administration of grants.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Mary Daley-Greenwood, Chief Grants Management Officer, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
SUNDAY | HALF-DAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
1:30 - 5:00 PM
WS26: Revising and Resubmitting Unfunded Proposals
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Content Level: All Levels
Because only 25% or fewer grant applications are funded, most grant writers have files full of unfunded proposals with the potential to be revised and resubmitted for better success rates. This workshop will describe reasons for rejection by federal and other funders and offer practical and effective strategies to revise and resubmit unfunded proposals. Examples of reviewers' comments will be used for participants to decide whether resubmission is worthwhile, and if so, how and what changes should be made in the resubmitted proposal. This workshop will also provide an overview of the review and resubmission process and funding rates of major federal agencies. This topic will be useful for any grant applicant or institution that would like a higher success rate for submitted proposals.
Learning Objectives:
1. List major reasons for grant rejections and their relative importance describe specific strategies to improve proposals based on reviewers' comments and agency guidelines.
2. Describe the review processes of major federal agencies and how these affect proposal outcomes provide specific advice to applicants to improve success rates of resubmissions.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker: Marjorie Piechowski, PhD, Director of Research Support, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
WS27: How to Manage Multi-Partner International Projects
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Content Level: All Levels
The focus of this workshop will be on how to work with and manage multi-partner international projects. The workshop will provide concrete and practical examples, such as consortium agreements, a project management handbook for large projects, cultural and cooperative aspects and web-based project management. These examples are based on the nuts and bolts that make large, international projects work. As principle investigators increasingly become involved with international programs, proper research administration and management is crucial to ensure successful cooperation. Case studies will be conducted.
Learning Objectives:
1. Use management tools for international, multi-partner projects.
2. Increase awareness of cultural diversity amongst multi-partner international projects.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Sandra Nordahl, CRA, Co-Director, Sponsored Research Contracting and Compliance, San Diego State University Research Foundation; John Westensee, Director of Research Support, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; Silke Blohm, Manager, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
WS28: Understanding F&A Basics and Associated Issues
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Content Level: Basic
This workshop will provide a high-level view of facilities and administrative (indirect costs) policies and how an F&A rate is developed and calculated. (No green eye shades needed) The objective is to offer an understanding of F&A costs to explain and defend the validity of these real costs to be reimbursed to your institution. This workshop will also address other issues, such as cost sharing, equipment depreciation, space issues, F&A cost return policies and early preparation as related to the F&A cost process. This is not your typical indirect cost workshop that will leave you scratching your head at its conclusion. You will better understand the issues and the structure of indirect costs and the fact that they are real costs, not monopoly money. You can then convey this information to your leadership and research community, which is a definite weakness and oversight at most institutions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Gain an overall knowledge for the various components of F&A costs.
2. Understand F&A costs in order to explain and defend the validity of the costs.
Prerequisites: None
Speakers: Charlie Tardivo, Principal/Owner, Research Administration Consulting Services, LLC; Keith Graff, Grants Management Practice Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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