Final Program – Updated April 4, 2013




Reminder:  In our continued efforts to be environmentally conscious, hard copy handouts will not be distributed at the spring meeting.


Monday, April 15, 2013

10:30am-12:00pm
Special Interest: Senior Forum on Current Issues
Special Interest: Private Foundations—Funding Ideas, Innovation, and Transformation
Compliance: Analyzing Everyday Compliance Issues - handout
PUI: Collaborations between PUIs and R1s
MED/DRA: Budgeting and Negotiating Clinical Trials: Best Practices

1:15pm-2:15pm
PRA: NSF and More: Planning for Good Data Management
Special Interest: Career Paths in Research Administration from PUIs to Research Institutions
PUI: Leveraging Undergraduate Research to Improve the Research Environment at PUIs
Compliance: FCOI Regulatory Changes and UW-Madison: Policy, Procedure, and Business Processes
FRA: Basics of Budgeting and Indirect Costs
MED/DRA: Budgeting and Negotiating Clinical Trials: A Post-Award Perspective

2:45pm-3:45pm
PRA: Submitting a Perfect 10: The Pitfalls of Proposal Review
PUI: Crowdfunding—A Matter for Sponsored Research Offices?
Special Interest: NIH NRSA Training Grants 101
Compliance: Financial Conflict of Interest: Moderated Panel – How’s it Going?
FRA: Surviving Adverse and Qualified Audits
MED/DRA: Communicating with the Other Side: Central and Departmental

4:00pm-5:00pm
PUI: A Novel Approach to Stimulating Grant Applications from Humanities and Social Science Faculty
Special Interest: Three Key Takeaways from the NCURA Peer Review Program to Immediately Use in Your Operation
PRA: One Proposal, Many Scientists: How to Make Team Science Work
PRA: Preparing NSF CAREER Grant Applications
FRA: Maintaining, Building, and (Occasionally) Repairing Relationships with PIs
PUI: Other Duties as Assigned: Export Controls at a PUI

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

8:30am-10:00am
Special Interest: NSF Update
Compliance: FCOIs in 2013: A Primer on PHS FCOI Regulations
Special Interest: USDA-NIFA Science—Mission, Funding, and Impacts
FRA: Service Centers  handout
MED/DRA: Managing Clinical Research Appointments—Tips and Tools for Keeping up with Busy Researchers

10:30am-12:00pm
Special Interest: NIH Update
Compliance: Human Research Protection Programs: What’s Up?
FRA: The Bold and the Courageous: Maneuvering the 9-Month Faculty Appointment in a 12-Month World
PRA: Major Project Determination and A-21
PUI: Connecting the Disconnect: Central and Departmental Administration

1:15pm-2:15pm
PUI: IRB Wizard: Help is on the Way
PRA: Understanding the FAR—An Introduction to FAR Clauses and What to Watch Out For
Special Interest: Life in the FastLane: An NSF Overview for NIH Administrators
Compliance: Human Subjects Research Routine Reviews
FRA: Case Study: Preparing for a Site Visit (SSA)
MED/DRA: A-21 for the DRA

2:45pm-3:45pm
PRA: Guidelines: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How!
PRA: Constructing a Competitive Proposal
Special Interest: The ABC’s and 123’s of US Department of Education Programs - handout
Compliance: Campus-wide Adventure in FCOI: A Case Study
FRA: Award Fest: Negotiating an Award with USDA NIFA
MED/DRA: Managing Your Clinician/Scientist Faculty: Taming that “Different Animal”

4:00pm-5:00pm
PUI: Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs)
Special Interest: How to Publish with NCURA
Special Interest: Psychological Contracts and the Employment Relationship: What Managers Should Know
Compliance: Export Controls and “U” (Universities): What you and “U” Need to Know!
FRA: Effective Strategies for Subrecipient Monitoring
MED: Clinical Research Billing Compliance: Challenges and Solutions

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

8:30am-10:00am
Special Interest: Last Call for Questions
Compliance: Where do Pre-Award and Compliance Meet?
PUI: Outreach & Education for the PUI
FRA: Committing to the Challenge of Cost-Share Tracking and Reporting
Special Interest: Spanning the Decades: How to Plan and Personalize Your Career  handout

10:30am-12:00pm
Special Interest: Leadership and Volunteering in NCURA
Compliance: Responsible Conduct of Research
PRA: Clearing the Proposal Submission Hurdle: Encouraging and Supporting Novice or Reluctant Faculty  handout
FRA: Post-Award Clean Up, Close-out, and Management at the Department Level
Special Interest: Research in the Cloud—Research Collaboration Tools