Upcoming Training Opportunities

Dear Research Administrators,

We wanted to take a moment to remind you about the upcoming training opportunities. Please see below for session details and how to register.

Live webinar - Faculty Effort

Date/Time/Format: January 14th, 2022 /10:00am- 12:00pm / Live Virtual Training

Description: This advanced course focuses on the lifecycle of faculty effort and reinforces important policy requirements and definitions. Participants will have the opportunity to apply concepts and perform effort calculations during this course. 
By the end of this session participants will be able to: 

  • Define proposed effort, committed effort, and certified effort as they change over the life an award
  • Explain effort commitment principles to researchers
  • Determine when prior sponsor approvals and adjustments are required
  • Perform and explain and review complex effort calculations

Audience: Research Administrators, Primary Effort Coordinators, Grants Managers, Research Portfolio Managers, Managers and Associates Directors of Research Administration in local level managing units.

Registration: Please register for this session through the Harvard Training Portal.

Audits: Request and Documentation (University-wide)

Date/Time/Format: February 3rd, 2022 / 10:00am-11:15am / Live Virtual Webinar

Description: This session is for research administrators who would like to gain knowledge of audit requests and what actions are needed when you are audited. We will cover the work flow of audits, the types of audit requests one may receive as well as requested documentation to support costs. During this presentation, we will demonstrate differences in work flow and documentation requested between U.S. audits and International audits through examples. This will provide foundational knowledge and begin to advance participants understanding in how to approach an audit request.

Audience: Research Administrators

Registration: Please register for this session in the Harvard Training Portal. 

Subrecipient Monitoring: Informational Session and a Review of Available Resources

Date/Time/Format: February 10th, 2022 / 9:30am- 11:00am / Live Virtual Training

Description:In this session we will provide an overview of subrecipient monitoring at Harvard. Topics to be included are:

  • University Subrecipient Monitoring Policy
  • GMAS navigation for organization assessments
  • Resources in the Toolkit
  • Quarterly Review Process

Intended Audience:This session is strongly recommended for all grants management staff responsible for reviewing subaward invoices/financial reports, processing subaward payments and reporting on subawards. The session will focus on the administrative aspects of subrecipient monitoring. This session is meant to be highly interactive, please bring any unique scenarios and questions to the session.
Pre-work: Please complete the online module Subrecipient Monitoring: An Overview prior to attending class.
Registration: Please register for this class through the Harvard Training Portal.

Cost Transfer Level II Training

Date/Time/Format: February 23rd, 2022 /10:00am- 11:30am / Live Virtual Training

Description: This Cost Transfer session will focus on the role of the Cost Transfer Authorized Approver. The class will include a review of Harvard's Cost Transfer Policies and Procedures, the responsibilities of approvers, identifying requirements and best practices for approval, and cost transfer resources. Attendees will participate in group discussions and work through examples and case studies.

Audience: Anyone Responsible for review and approval of cost transfers.

Pre-Requisites: Review the Cost Transfer Policy, Complete the Intro to Cost Transfer online course (Required).

Registration: Please register for the Cost Transfer Level II Training through the Harvard Training Portal.