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CVMBS is contracting with the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) to bring their two-and-a-half day traveling workshop, Financial Research Administration Workshop, to campus on June 4, 2012.

The target audience is departmental research administrators with pre- and post-award functions, Sponsored Programs staff, or others within CSU who support the research faculty.

This workshop will focus on being able to:

• Apply the principles the federal circulars that govern Federally sponsored agreements, including costing at the pre-award and post-award stage;
• Identify the differences between the various types of funding instruments;
• Recognize the various roles and responsibilities of principal investigators, departmental research administrators and central office research administrators;
• Understand the key financial issues in award management, including cost sharing, effort reporting, cost transfers and procurement cards
• Help our institution to manage the high risk financial issues in award management and help to reduce potential audit findings
• Understand the function of service centers in sponsored agreements;
• Understand the importance of sub-recipient monitoring in research administration;
• Take away “lessons learned” from Federal audits and best practices at other institutions

Please contact your Business Officer if you have interest in attending.