March 23, 2010
Successful administration of sponsored projects starts with the Department Administrator. With all of the rules, regulations, and audit scrutiny, effective day-to-day management is critical. This program will discuss strategies for proposal budgeting, and managing and monitoring expenditures, PI effort, procurement card use to avoid cost transfers. This program will also address the different strategies necessary for managing different types of sponsored awards e.g., contracts vs. grants. The program is designed to share best practices and tools required by departmental administrators who support sponsored projects, including those involved with proposal preparation, those who originate or approve transactions on sponsored accounts, and those who review or monitor expenditures on sponsored projects.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn how departmental administration of sponsored projects fits into overall institutional compliance.
- Participants will learn how the OMB circular requirements translate into effective day-to-day account management.
- Participants will gain an overview of how different types of sponsored agreements can require different management strategies.
- Participants will gain access to policies, tools, and resources to guide them in their daily work.
Moderator: Patricia Hawk, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Oregon State University
Panel: Samantha Westcott, Grants Manager, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology; Lillie Ryans-Culclager, Director of Contracts, SRI International; Aimee Howell, Assistant Director for Finance and Administration, University of Maryland Center for the Advanced Study of Language
