Video Holdings

June 9, 2009
F&A Rates for the Non-Accountant
Facilities & Administration (F&A) revenue is critical to supporting the research infrastructure at universities and colleges. Simply put, our scientists and institutions would not be able to sustain research activities without this source of revenue. Universities and colleges have experts that calculate and negotiate our F&A rates, however every level of research administrator should have a basic understanding of what comprises the rate, and the variables that can drive its calculation, such as cost sharing, waivers or coding. Whether you are from a research intensive university or a PUI, whether you are pre-award, post-award, central or a departmental administrators, you have a role to play in order to ensure the correct and optimal development of the F&A rate. This program will take away some of the “mystery” of the F&A rate preparation process, and give the viewer a greater appreciation of the institutional processes and policies that can impact your rate. You don’t need to be a costing expert to explain the importance of the F&A rate to your faculty! [NCURA DVD]

March 10, 2009
Cost Sharing: Why No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Cost sharing is an issue that affects all institutions, and its implications are often the cause of confusion. The program will include a review of the types of costs that qualify for cost sharing, the accepted categories of cost sharing, and the requirements for documenting and reporting it. The panel will discuss the various pressure points with cost sharing, from proposal to award to project closeout. In addition, the relationships among cost sharing, effort reporting, and indirect cost rates create the need for sophisticated systems to manage the complexities, and the panel will discuss the key points of intersection. Finally, the panel will seek to clarify important risk areas arising from a heightened emphasis on cost sharing in recent audits. [NCURA DVD]

January 13, 2009
Audits and the Audit Process
The audit process can be intimidating to those inexperienced with it, especially when an auditor shows up unexpectedly: How should you respond? Do you have to respond? What if the auditor presents an inspector general’s badge? In this program we will discuss the audit process and the differences between audits, reviews, inspections and investigations. We will also look at how auditors approach an audit, and the various institutional roles including that of the institutional audit and compliance officer, the central research administrator, and the departmental research administrator. [NCURA DVD]

September 9, 2008
Good Customer Service for Research Administrators: How to Support the Research Endeavor at Your Institution
This program will explore the elements of customer service that works both ways between central and departmental research administrators, and how this relationship is critical to good service to the ultimate customer: the PI. Discusses approaches as to how to communicate to your customers in a way that lets them know that you are both working toward a common goal. [NCURA DVD]

June 10, 2008
Complex Agreements
This program will focus on complex agreements and areas of risk, accounting issues, institutional and individual conflict of interest, protection of human subjects, effort certification for investigators, publications, and the special challenges you face in administering all these issues. [NCURA DVD]

March 11, 2008
Effective Proposal Development
This program provides a number of best practices in proposal development functions. Topics include: identifying funding sources (internal /external), coordinating limited submissions, facilitating research collaboration (inter- and intra-institutional /international), NIH Roadmap, bridge funding, and center development. [NCURA DVD]

January 22, 2008
Managing Cost Issues Representing the pre and post award central office as well as the departmental business office, NCURA faculty will cover personnel and payroll issues, cost transfers, cost sharing management and companion accounts, costing and billing service centers, allowability of certain troublesome costs (such as food), and procurement cards. [NCURA DVD]

September 11, 2007
Sub-awards: A Survivor's Guide of Key Concepts and Principles
The faculty, who designed and developed NCURA’s tutorial, will share a number of case studies, discuss the Dos and Don’ts and dispel myths that may have been creating high anxiety to those new to this arena. [NCURA DVD]

June 12, 2007
Conflict of Interest: How to Spot and Manage It
This program, with its expert panel, will relate best practices in managing a COI and give examples of what works, and what doesn’t. [NCURA DVD]

April 26 , 2007
Pre-Award Foibles That Cause Post-Award Troubles
Pre-award does not always fully understand the limitations under which post-award has to work (and vice versa). A better understanding of some of the common aspects of post-award activities can inform pre-award in the negotiation phase of agreements. [NCURA DVD]

March 6, 2007
Effort Reporting
This program will give the audience guidance on everything from bare-bones reporting necessary to stay in compliance to what some institutions are developing to help streamline their process. [NCURA DVD]

January 23, 2007
Sponsored Project Essentials
Whether you are new to the profession or a seasoned veteran, this workshop is intended to help you look at basic principles from a different perspective. [NCURA DVD]

September 12, 2006
Technology Transfer for the Research Administrator
This workshop will provide an overview of the technology transfer process and the thought processes and necessary infrastructure underlying it. [NCURA DVD]

June 13 , 2006
National Securities Issues
This program will address issues involving research that may involve national security concerns. [NCURA DVD]

March 7 , 2006
Grants.gov: Working Towards a Common Vision
This video workshop will provide an overview of Grants.gov (the single access point for federal grantees), the current status of its FIND and APPLY functionality, and its plans for future initiatives. In addition, senior federal agency leaders will present on the development of the Standard Form (SF) 424 R&R (the common Federal format for submission of research applications) and federal agency implementations of the 424 R&R and grant submission through Grants.gov. [NCURA DVD]

January 24, 2006
Post-award Issues for the Pre-award and Departmental Administrator
This program will help demystify complex post-award issues by examining the synergistic relationship of pre-award and post-award offices and functions. [NCURA DVD]

June 14, 2005
Principles of Federal R&D Contracting
This is a training opportunity for research administrators in central and department levels who are assigned the tasks of identifying contracting opportunities, submitting contract business proposals, and negotiating and managing federal contracts. In addition, the conference will seek to address faculty issues. Items to be discussed will be: reading and interpreting RFP’s (requests for proposals), preparation of contract budgets, and identifying the regulatory sources of information to assist research administrators manage federal contracts, e.g. Federal Acquisition Regulations; Confidentiality, Publication Rights. [NCURA DVD]

January 25, 2005
Sponsored Research Financial Management: Current Pre and Post-Award Issues
This videoconference will provide an update for pre and post-award viewers on the following financial administration topics: allowable costs for budgets, including a brief discussion of the disconnect between grants management personnel, PIs and auditors; an overview of current issues in time and effort reporting; cost-sharing, purchasing, and subcontracting (including subs between FDP and non-FDP institutions). [NCURA DVD]

September 14, 2004
Conflict of Interest Management
This Video Workshop expands on COGR's "Recognizing and Managing Personal Financial Conflicts of Interest" by offering the audience tested methods of conflict of interest management with guidance on how to evaluate the effectiveness of each. [NCURA DVD]

June 15 , 2004
Project Management
Whether you're in a school, department business office or a sponsored project office, do you know what is needed to manage a project? What needs to be organized in addition to: budgets and project expenditures; issuance of subawards with specific budgets and deliverables; tracking of performance expectations; foreign sites with varying scientific disciplines and a culture different from ours; monitoring research subjects issues including IRB authorization agreements and HIPAA; publications and invention reporting. [NCURA DVD]

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