Operational Management of Research Projects & Contracts
Duration0.25 days
Team Central Short Courses
This course will be primarily of value to administrative staff with responsibility for supporting research for Grants and/or Contracts. However, it is also open to academics and researchers who would like to improve their understanding of Research Administration from Bid Development (including the use of the RIS System), through to the Financial Management of Research Projects.
Delegates will benefit from having attended the RIS Costings & FEC for Beginners course
Event Description:
The course will provide an introduction to the key elements of -
Pre Award -
What do Pre-Award Team do - our responsibilities
The Pre Award process - Notification of Award from Award Acceptance to Project Live
Reporting in RIS/Housekeeping - Statuses/Advanced search
Tips & Hints for best practice - adding all schools/divisions at beginning, linking projects to contracts
Contracts -
What do Contracts team do – Our team and responsibilities
Types of Agreements – what agreement do I need?
Workflow process for Contracts
Post-Award -
What happens when my Research Project is Live
Post-Award Processes and Procedures - What we do – Project Live to Closure
Agresso
Overheads & Margin -
A beginner’s guide to overhead and margin accounting