TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

This module provides an overview of the Office for Research and Sponsored Projects Administration, including our mission and function, along with a brief description of the various units within our organization and their responsibilities.

Intended for faculty, research scientists, post-docs, and graduate students, this workshop/webcast will cover the fundamental issues of sponsored projects administration that every investigator should know.  The emphasis will be on providing you with the easiest and most efficient ways to navigate the administration process so you can focus on what is most important to you:  the project.  Topics covered include:

• The people and resources available to help you navigate the sponsored projects administration process
• The services available to help you find funding opportunities
• Preparing, writing, and submitting proposals proactively
• Managing, monitoring, and closing out your project

This hands-on workshop will introduce faculty and staff to the basics of foundation, corporation, and government grant research and help to identify funding opportunities using the ORSPA website of funding resources. Workshop participants will also learn how to setup automatic funding alerts based on their individual research interests, and will be able to access their profiles in the ASU Expertise & Collaboration database. Faculty and staff will learn how to use funding research as part of a strategic effort with short and long term funding goals.

This module introduces you to various internal and external funding sources available to you. It also defines a proposal and describes the various ways proposals can be categorized.

In this module you will become familiar with the general guidelines for submitting a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition, we have provided an example of a specific program solicitation and discussed some of the requirements and limitations that you will want to address when preparing your proposal.

This module discusses 3 things to consider when preparing your proposal: 1) pre-preparation concerns; 2) the team approach to putting your proposal together; and 3) proposal submission responsibilities and timelines.

This workshop presents twelve key concepts related to success in proposal writing. It stresses the importance of planning over writing, and presents the sponsor as a potential ally, not an adversary. Participants will also learn how to present their ideas with greatest impact, prepare budgets to back up their ideas, and use the merit review process to their advantage.

This workshop assumes no previous proposal writing experience, but those with some limited experience will also find it a useful way to expand their knowledge of proposal writing.

This workshop explores both the strengths and the weaknesses of the team approach and helps participants take advantage of the special opportunities available to those willing to work together. Topics covered include team building, developing common goals, selecting the principal investigator, working out power relationships, and planning and writing collaborative proposals.

While anyone might benefit from this workshop, it is especially designed for those who already have some proposal writing experience.

Many sponsors will provide you with detailed information about the format in which they would like you to submit your proposal. This module provides you with a suggested guideline of what components to include in your proposal when the sponsor does not request a specific format.

This module covers: (1) the steps you should take prior to drafting your proposal budget, (2) the two basic components of a budget (Direct Costs and F&A Costs) - including detailed info about each, (3) information on the Cost Accounting Standards that can affect your budget development, (4) info about Cost Sharing budgets, and (5) some on-line resources that are available to you for your budget preparation.

In this module, we provide a few budget preparation tips along with the 5 basic steps that should be taken when preparing a proposal budget.

This module reviews the two basic components of a budget and builds a short, sample proposal budget.

This module provides: (1) an overview of the sponsor’s review process, (2) a comparison of sponsored accounts to other ASU accounts, (3) a reminder about depositing grant and contract funds, (4) two instances when you may be able to set up an account early, (5) an overview of the account set-up process, and (6) reminders of the financial responsibilities associated with sponsored accounts.

This module briefly covers common post-award changes and typical project deliverables. Then it focuses on post-award administration, with an emphasis on account monitoring/reconciliation (including recommended Advantage tables and reports), potential post-award problems and managing complex projects.

This module provides a description of the subcontract process from including a subcontract in an ASU proposal to subcontract development to subcontract monitoring and administration.

This module serves as an introduction to the concept of program income and lists the three ways program income can be used with your sponsored project.

This module provides info on when to use the UPAS form and the At-Risk Memo and how to complete each.

This module discusses: (1) the three types of cost sharing; (2) the difference between cost sharing and infrastructure; (3) cost sharing’s impact on the F&A rate; (4) sources of cost sharing; (5) cost sharing responsibilities during proposal development as well as its documentation during the life of the award; and (6) when a separate, companion (cost sharing) account is set up.

This module serves as a review of some of the key concepts contained in OMB Circulars A-110 (administrative guidelines) and A-21 (cost principles) which can impact ASU’s eligibility for funding if they are not followed. In addition, it introduces other policy documents which may also have an impact on ASU’s sponsored projects.