Grant Admin News: Video-conference for Departmental Administrators

[Research Services <Research_Services@orsa.uoregon.edu>]

> ORSA has registered for the following video conference as part of its
> training program for UO Department Grant Administrators (DGA).  We
> urge you to register early, as seating is limited.  
> 
> TOPIC:  What Departmental Administrators Need to Know About Post-Award
> and Cost Analysis
> DATE/TIME: September 24, 2002,  8:30 am to 12:30 pm  PDT
> LOCATION:  Studio A, Media Services, UO Knight Library
> 
> 
> Sponsored by the National Council of University Research
> Administrators (NCURA), this is the first live satellite video
> workshop for 2002-03.  Presenters include NCURA President John Case,
> Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of Contracts and
> Grants, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Elizabeth
> Mora, Director, Sponsored Research, Harvard University. 
> 
> The broadcast will focus on understanding the symbiotic relationship
> between departments and post-award offices. This "back to basics"
> program will be taught in a workshop setting with participants both in
> studio and on campus. This workshop, first taught at NCURA's FRA II
> conference, received outstanding evaluations from those who attended:
> 
>        "Excellent overview of a wide range of topics, each of which
> could take a full day's workshop" 
>        "Both John Case and Beth Mora are excellent speakers and
> certainly have extensive expertise to draw
>        from." 
>        "One of the best sessions I've been to in a while!" 
> 
>                                     
> Workshop Description:
>    Typically, the university pre-award office "determines the fate"
> for the post-award and cost analysis
>    personnel. In order to work seemlessly (and avoid problems and
> pitfalls), experience suggests that we could
>    all benefit from understanding the critical components of each
> other's functions and operations. 
> 
>    This workshop will begin with "account set up" and go all the way
> through "account close out" and include
>    what departmental administrators and pre-award administrators
> should know about the mechanics of the
>    facilities and administrative (F&A) rate, cost sharing, effort
> reporting, the Cost Accounting Standards,
>    financial reporting, cash management, cost transfers and post
> auditing. 
> 
>    This workshop is recommended for academic department administrators
> who work on proposal development
>    and pre-award issues in their departments as well as pre-award
> central office administrators. 
> 
> Registration:
> Call ORSA at 6-5131 or send email to
> Research_Services@orsa.uoregon.edu to register (no charge).  Handouts
> will be available for those attending, and anyone who is unable to
> attend may request copies after September 24 (they may be hard copy or
> electronic).  We ask that you let us know if you need to cancel so we
> can include others on the waiting list.