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Announcement: National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Broadcast Workshop Series 2009.

Reference Materials Archive¹

September 15, 2009 Subrecipient Monitoring: Assessing Risk

• Broadcast Schedule & Reference Materials Guide (Word)
• Items List for Subaward (Word)
• UMN Subrecipient Risk Analysis Template (Excel)
• Subawards Chapter 3700 (PDF)

June 9, 2009 F&A Rates for the Non-Accountant

• Broadcast Schedule & Reference Materials Guide (Word)
  
• F&A Costs History (Word)
  
• F&A Cost Calculation (PowerPoint)
  
• Calculation of Research F&A Rate (PowerPoint)
  
• The Research Dollar (Excel)
  
• Impact of Cost Sharing (PowerPoint)
  
• Cost Pools (Word)
• Fiscal Year 2007 Rate Schedule (PowerPoint)
  
• Sample Institutional F &A Rates (as of December 2007) (Excel)
  
• Distribution of Recovered F &A Data (Excel)
  
• UTHSCSA F &A Cost Policy (PDF)
  
• Duke Audit Summary (PDF)
  
• UTHSCSA Direct Cost Guidelines (Word)

March 10, 2009- Cost Sharing: Why No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

• Program Schedule and Notes (Word) (PDF)
• Sample: Commitments and Salary Cost Sharing University of Wisconsin - Madison (PDF)
• Impact on F&A Calculation (PDF)
• Supplemental Reference: Research Management Review, Cost Sharing Issue, Spring/Summer 2000 (Volume 11, Number 1)

January 2009 - Audits and the Audit Process

• Audit Process at a Glance (PDF)
  
• Audits and the Audit Process (Word) (PDF)
  
• Interaction with Auditors (PDF)
• Key Terms Related to Audits (Word)
  
• Tips for Interviewees (PDF)

Note: DVDs for 2007 and 2008 NCURA programs are available. Contact OSP_RIS@austin.utexas.edu for more information.

September 9, 2008 - Good Customer Service for Research Administrators: How to Support the Research Endeavor at Your Institution

• Program Schedule and Notes (Word) (PDF)
• Top Ten Service Errors in Research Administration (Word) (PDF)
• Taming the Rampant Incivility in Academe (PDF)
• Civility (PDF)
• Six Sales Priorities (PDF)
• Rules of Civility (PDF)
• Communications in Research Administration: The Farmer, the Cowman, and the Liaison in Sponsored Research Administration: A Guide to Effective Strategies and Recommended Practices, NCURA, 2007 (PDF)
• Tips from Verbal Judo (PDF)
• Additional Resource Materials on Customer Service (PDF)

June 10, 2008 - Complex Agreements

• Program Schedule and Notes (PDF)
• Complex Agreements Glossary (PDF)
• Complex Agreements Case Study (PDF)

March 11, 2008 - Effective Proposal Development

• Program Schedule and Notes (Word)

January 22, 2008 - Managing Cost Issues

• Program Schedule and Notes (Word)

September 11, 2007 - A Survivor's Guide of Key Concepts and Principles

• Program Schedule and Notes (PDF)

June 12, 2007 - Conflict of Interest: How to Spot and Manage It

• Program Schedule and Notes (Word)
• Illustrative Issues Addressed in Conflict of Interest Management Plans (PDF)

March 6, 2007 - Effort Reporting

• Program Schedule and Notes (PDF)
• Questions and Answers (PDF)
  

January 23, 2007 - Sponsored Projects Essentials

• Program Schedule and Notes (PDF)
• Questions and Answers (PDF)

1. Program schedules are taken from NCURA site as a convenience and some links may not be current.