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.
ECRT Basics Training
Date/Time:
Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 9:30am - 11:00am. Live webinar/systems demo via Zoom
Description: This course will introduce department administrators to effort reporting and the electronic effort reporting and certification system (ecrt), which allows Principal Investigators and Faculty to certify their effort on federally-sponsored projects. This course will cover the following:
- Introduction to effort and effort reporting
- ecrt roles and responsibilities
- Workflow for certification by Principal Investigators and/or Faculty
- Workflow for Grants Managers to review and monitor and overall management of certifications during certification periods
- Best practices during the pre-certification review period
- Workflow for Primary Effort Coordinators to monitor the process of certifications in their departments and assign roles and overrides as needed
*Please note that this session will include system demos that will first cover Grant Manger responsibilities. The last 30 mins of the session will be devoted to Primary Effort Coordinators and will cover the additional aspects of the systems their role needs to utilize.
Intended Audience: ecrt Basics training is intended for Grant Managers with responsibility for assisting their faculty during the effort reporting process as well as anyone in the Primary Effort Coordinator role. This is a great opportunity for new ecrt users as well as for existing users who want a refresher.
Recommended Pre-Work: Review of the University wide Effort Reporting Policy.
Registration:
Please register for these sessions through the Harvard Training Portal.
Overview of Sponsored Programs Administration Training
Date/Time/Location: October 30th, 2020 / 10:00am-3:00pm / Live Virtual Training
Description: The Sponsored Projects Overview is the foundation of the University Research Administration Training Team’s (URATT) course offerings. This full day session, offered quarterly, involves facilitation and participants from across the University, covers basic information on Harvard research administration policies, procedures, the award lifecycle, regulatory compliance, and also provides resources and contacts for future use. Workshop attendance is limited to 40.
Intended audience: Staff members with less than one year of experience in research administration at Harvard or anyone who would like a review of or a University-wide perspective on sponsored projects.
Registration: Please register via the class listing in the Harvard Training Portal.
GMAS Basics and Requests Training
Date/Time/Location: November 9th & 10th, 2020 / 10:00am-11:30am / Live Virtual Training *Please note, this is a new date and time from the original posting*
Description: GMAS Basics and Requests training provides attendees with an introduction to Harvard’s Grants Management Application Suite (GMAS) and how it is used to manage sponsored projects. This offering has been restructured and broken into two sessions. The first session will focus on an overview of GMAS and basic navigation. The second session will focus on GMAS requests. Staff can register for one or both sessions depending on training needs. For more information on these sessions, please visit the OSP Training Calendar.
Registration: Please register for this session through the Harvard Training Portal.
We encourage you to take advantage of these offerings! Please feel free to contact Katelyn Lippman (Katelyn_lippman@harvard.edu) with any questions.
-Office for Sponsored Programs