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Grant-Admin-News: DGA Travel Award for "SRA Departmental Administrators Training"
DGA Travel Award for "SRA Departmental Administrators Training"
The UO Office of Research Services and Administration (ORSA) is pleased
to announce the next travel award opportunity for Department Grant
Administrators. On July 16 and 17, the Society of Research
Administrators International (SRA) and the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte are hosting a special two-day training for department grant
administrators. Program topics, hotel information and the web site for
on-line registration are given below. One travel award will be made for
this event.
To apply for travel funds from ORSA, you must complete and submit the
UO Travel Award Application and Budget form (files attached) to ORSA no
later than JUNE 26. You must include a supporting letter from your
unit's head or director, along with an Index number for the matching
funds. ORSA will pay the registration fee, airfare (up to $600 RT
air--requires a Saturday night stay July 14), and half the cost of
lodging and meals not provided by the program. The DGA's unit is
required to cover the other half of lodging and meals. See the budget
attached, for details.
DESCRIPTION:
Department Administrators are a diverse group of individuals with a
broad spectrum of responsibilities. While their work often entails areas
outside of the field of research administration, the overlap of
responsibilities provides for enhanced opportunities in assisting the
researcher. The training will address this diversity and the means to
utilize its benefits in the department environment. It will encompass
regulations from multiple sources that affect the administrator's day to
day decision processes.
HIGHLIGHTS
Panel discussions, including veteran department administrators
Case Studies
Group studies
Federal Circulars
Compliance
Intellectual Property
Emphasis on Facilitation of Research
PROGRAM
Monday, July 16
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Introduction. Steve Lawrence
9:15 - 10:00 The Urgency of High Quality Departmental Administration.
Dr. Russ Lea, Vice President for Research, University of North Carolina
Office of the President
10:00 - 11:45 Introduction to "The Rules " A panel introduces the basic
role of the Departmental Administrator in: financial management; human
resources; intellectual property, and regulatory/compliance issues.
Sharon Kiser, Moderator. Steve Lawrence, Cary Thomas, Sheila Vrana, Mark
Wdowik
12:00 - 1:15 Luncheon Speaker - The Reality of Being "On the Front Line"
Tim Quigg
Afternoon - A series of one-hour sessions dealing in more depth with
each of the four areas discussed in the morning session. Presenters
will approach the material from both an institutional and a departmental
perspective. A glossary of terms will be
presented.
1:30 - 2:30 Financial Management This session will take a more detailed
look at departmental financial responsibilities. A variety of topics
will be covered including,: OMB Circulars; Pre and Post Award issues,
Spreadsheets and databases as resources, cost centers, cost sharing and
UBIT. Cary Thomas
2:30 - 3:30 Human Resources This session will take a more detailed look
at departmental personnel and human resource responsibilities to
include: hiring; wage hour compliance; ADA rules; and the challenges
involved with international hires. Some specific areas to be covered
include: Effective Hiring (Without Liability); Retention; Evaluations;
Classification; Supervision and delegation; EEO/ADA/Wage Hour; Effort
Reporting; Faculty Recruiting; Visas. Steve Lawrence
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:15 Regulatory/Compliance and Intellectual Property: This
session will take a more detailed look at departmental responsibilities
with regard to IRB; biohazards; animals; laboratory operations; facility
utilization; and patent and copyright
policy/law. Relevant OMB circulars will be discussed as well as sample
institutional policies. Sheila Vrana, Mark Wdowik
6:30 - 8:30 Dinner with the Panel: The format will be a highly
interactive question-answer session allowing the audience to ask
questions, share experiences and seek input from the panel. Tim Quigg,
Moderator. All faculty will participate
Tuesday, July 17
9:00 - 12:15 Group Activity: An in-depth review through scenarios of
challenges facing an imaginary departmental administrator will be
provided. The group will be charged with developing the best approaches,
given specific resources, for dealing with these challenges. Session
leader: Julie Cole. All faculty will participate
12:30 - 2:00 Luncheon Speaker - "The Importance of Working Relationships
to Departmental Administrators" Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic, Dean of the
College of Information Technology
2:00 - 3:00 Closing Session: The purpose of this session is two fold;
self-evaluation, and Q&A. The self-evaluation will help each student
identify specific deficiencies in his/her knowledge and/or skills and
begin to develop a personalized professional development plan. Each
student will complete and review the assessment instrument they were
given during orientation. The purpose is to evaluate their individual
strengths and weakness. Each student will be encouraged to identify a
plan for addressing his or her areas of weakness. Q&A will relate
primarily to specific resource questions. Tim Quigg, Moderator. All
workshop faculty will participate.
The Faculty:
Julie Cole - Executive Director, Division of Research Programs &
Partnerships, Wake Forest University
Sharon Kiser - Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
Steve Lawrence - Executive Officer, Waksman Institute, Rutgers
University
Tim Quigg - Associate Chair, Computer Science Department, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cary Thomas - Chief Operating Officer, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Sheila Vrana - Director, Sponsored Research, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
Mark Wdowik - Director of Intellectual Property, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte
HOTEL RESERVATIONS: A limited block of rooms is available at the
Hilton, Charlotte University Place, 8629 J.M. Keynes Drive, Charlotte,
NC 28262 for $85.00/night. You may make your reservation by calling
the hotel directly at (704) 547-7444 or 1-800-HILTONS and identify
yourself as a Society of Research Administrators meeting attendee.
Please reserve your room early.
WEB SITE FOR REGISTRATION (complete form and send to ORSA for payment):
http://www.srainternational.org/cws/sra/Dept%20Admin/deptadmin.htm
Contact Karen Findtner in ORSA (6-2508 or
Karen_Findtner@orsa.uoregon.edu) with any questions concerning the DGA
Travel Award for this event.
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