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from among the following continuing education options:
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Option #1 -
Training Events or Speakers on Campus |
Self
Service Training Options:
RCR part II:
CAs may receive 2 hours
of continuing education hours for attendance at Responsible Conduct
of Research (RCR) part II which includes the topic of Fiscal Responsibility.
- Registration for RCR part II sessions may be found here
CA Video Library:
Videotapes of previous CA events are available to review
for continuing education hours. Please note that if you
have attended an event you can only receive continuing education
hours for viewing the video once every 36 months.
- The list of available videotapes may be found here
Management Development:
CAs may receive continuing education hours for Center for Human
Resource Development (CHRD) Management Development Session videotapes.
This may be completed as a group or individually.
To
ensure applicability to the CA role, Please see approved list
of videos CHRD
Approved List. To receive 1 credit hour of continuing education
you need to pick 3 viedo's for viewing. You must also fill
out a Report
of Attendance to receive credit. Please note that if
you have rented and viewed a video in the past you can only receive
continuing education hours for viewing the video once every 36
months.
- More information about viewing CHRD management development
videotapes may be found here
Volunteer Opportunities:
CAs may receive continuing education hours for participation as
a member of a CA subcommittee or on a special project directly
related to the Certified Approver Program. Your Report
of Attendance must be approved by the CA Advisory Committee.
- Please call the OAR office at 612-625-9057
to learn about current volunteer opportunities.
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Special
Event Options:
PLEASE
NOTE: You
must arrive on time and stay for the entire event to receive credit
for attending these continuing education sessions.
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Satisfies
4 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
"NCURA
Videobroadcast: Sub-awards: A Survivor's Guide of
Key Concepts and Principles" Drawn
from NCURA's seven-week on-line tutorial, this broadcast is intended
as a review for mid-level research administrators and will provide
enough basic information to help those who are new to the world
of subcontracting to – survive! The faculty, who designed and
developed NCURA's tutorial, will share a number of case studies,
discuss the Dos and Don'ts and dispel myths that may have been
creating high anxiety to those new to this arena.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies
1 hour of the
FY08 requirement.
Fixed Price
Awards " A presentation
on industry research studies: contract negotiations, budgeting
and monitoring expenses. Presented by Debra Dykhuis and
Laura Williams.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies
1 hour of the
FY08 requirement.
"BOR Report"
Susan Rafferty, Interim Director, Office of
Institutional Compliance, will be presenting her report given
to the Board of Regents Audit Committee. This was a University
wide horizontal view of Sponsored Projects Management which was
facilitated by the participation of CAs.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies
2 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
"IDC:
Calculating and Managing F&A" This session
will provide Certified Approvers with an introduction to Facilities
and Administrative (F&A) Costs - what they are, why they are
important and how the University develops it's F&A rates.
It will include a review of how F&A is applied to sponsored
accounts in CUFS, as well as a glimpse at how it will be generated
in Peoplesoft Financials. It will also cover the method
for calculating F&A costs when preparing budgets or processing
rebudgets on sponsored accounts.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies
4 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
"NCURA:
Managing Cost Issues" 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 and 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.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies
up to 6 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
"Sponsored
Projects Symposium" A fundamental purpose
for this event is to build community within the realm of sponsored
projects administration. All sessions will relate to sponsored
projects. Full day attendance will recieve 6 CE credits.
Partial day attendance will receive 1 credit hour for each
session attended. See full
schedule for a list of classes to attend.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Satisfies up
to 4 hours of the FY08 requirement.
"NCURA:
Effective Proposal Development" 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
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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March
26, 2008 (8:30 am -12:30 pm) 665 (6th flr)
McNamara
Alumni Center
Satisfies
up to 4 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
Customer Service
Great customer service
is critical to the success of the University. Whether you work
primarily with external customers (students, vendors) or internal
customers (other staff and departments) this workshop will provide
you with the tools to deliver great service every time, even in
the most challenging situations. By getting involved in work-related
scenarios and discussions, participants will have the opportunity
to reinforce skills they already have, to learn new skills and
see customer service in a fresh light.
Participants will:
- Learn about the University's service philosophy and a
program that has been adapted by organizations across the
globe
- Identify the 5 categories most critical to meeting customer
expectations
- Understand the 6 components to the Great Service Equation
- Develop and use positive language
- Generate solutions for difficult customer interactions
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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April
22, 2008 (9:30 am -11:30apm) Room 145 Veterinary
Science
Satisfies
up to 2 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
Administering
Collaborative Center Grants
The press release has
been issued for the $15 million 3-year contract to establish a
center at your institution. What's next? The purpose of this forum
is to discuss the unique aspects of a center contract or grant.
Through the experience of the presenter(s) the session will walk
through best practices for ensuring these awards do not pose risks
to the lead institution. Topics will include effort certification
and compliance oversight, subaward administration along with internal
and external financial reporting. Audience participation will
be encouraged to share their institution's best practices, ask
questions and present solutions.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Cancelled -Will Reschedule for June*
May 28,
2008 (1:30 pm -2:30pm) Room 228 Murphy
Hall
Satisfies
up to 1 hour of the
FY08 requirement.
In
House Review of Sponsored Projects Management - Where to Start?
This
session will cover the use of the Risk Assessment Report as an
internal management tool to help identify key areas to focus best
practice development in sponsored project management. Examples
will be presented and group discussion will be used to illustrate
the process of examining current department practices and to share
ideas for improvement.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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June 10,
2008 (10:30 am -2:30pm) Hubert H. Humphrey
Center,
Cowles Auditorium
Satisfies
up to 4 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
NCURA: Complex
Agreements
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.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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June 25,
2008 (1:00 pm -2:00pm) Room 228 Murphy
Hall
Satisfies
up to 1 hour of the
FY08 requirement.
In
House Review of Sponsored Projects Management - Where to Start?
This
session will cover the use of the Risk Assessment Report as an
internal management tool to help identify key areas to focus best
practice development in sponsored project management. Examples
will be presented and group discussion will be used to illustrate
the process of examining current department practices and to share
ideas for improvement.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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June 26,
2008 (1:00 pm -4:00pm)Rm 303
Lind Hall.
Satisfies
up to 3 hours of the
FY08 requirement.
Career Resilience
Is your department,
unit, or area slated to go through changes that will directly
impact your work? Times of internal change and transition can
often cause stress and uncertainty for employees. Employee Career
Services offers Career Resilience, a workshop designed to provide
U of M staff members with the tools they need to be proactive
and effective in their current or future work.
In this workshop, you
will gain skills to:
- assess your current job situation;
- explore resources available;
- identify options;
- make intentional choices about your job/career; and
- determine achievable action steps.
- Registration for this session is no longer available.
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Option #2 - Financial/Research Society
Conference Attendance*
* Travel funds will
not be available from the Certified Approver Program or the Office
of Oversight, Analysis and Reporting.
* Certified Approvers must report their attendance at financial/research
society conferences using the web based registration site (click
on the title of the event for a link to the registration site) AND
by submitting a Report
of Attendance form.
* Certified Approvers
will receive 6 hours
of continuing education for attending a conference hosted by the
organizations listed below.
- National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA).
For details, consult their web page, at http://www.ncura.edu/
- NCURA Region IV. For additional information, and to read their
online newsletter, consult their web page, at http://www.ncura.edu/regions/
and select Region 4 (MN).
- Financial Research Administration (FRA). For schedule information,
consult the NCURA webpage, at http://www.ncura.edu/meetings/
- Society of Research Administrators (SRA). For details, consult
their web page, at http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/default.cfm
- National Institutes of Health (NIH). For details, consult
their web page at http://www.nih.gov/
- National Science Foundation (NSF). For details, consult
their web page at http://www.nsf.gov/
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). For details,
consult their web page at http://www.csrees.usda.gov/index.html
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Option #3 -
U of M Central Committee or Project Team
Participation as a member of a University-wide committee or project
team that is directly related to the grants management project.
- Please submit the details of your participation (include committee
name, chair, purpose, and time commitment) to the OAR office for
consideration by the CA Advisory Committee.
- Committee approval will be based on time commitment, relevance
to grants management, and demonstration of University-wide participation
and goals.
Approved committee participation can satisfy up to four hours of
the requirement. A Certified Approver may use this option once every
three years. Submit details using the Report
of Attendance.
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