Training Opportunities

The Fundamentals of Sponsored Project Administration at CSU

This program will provide a broad overview of sponsored project administration throughout the lifecycle of an award. Sessions will focus on CSU systems, practices, policies, and infrastructure in support of sponsored project administration.

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Fundamentals

8 Videos

Introduction to Sponsored Programs at CSU:
Presenters: Ashley Stahle and Dwayne Watson
Intro provides an overview of the organizational structure, systems, and policies related to sponsored project administration at CSU.
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Budgets, Budgets, Budgets Part I: 
Presenters: Maura Link and Sonia Lynn
Session 1 of Budgets focuses on roles and responsibilities around proposal development and submission at CSU and will dip into considerations around budget development and cost allowability.
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Budgets, Budgets, Budgets Part II:
Presenters: Julie Harvey and Liza Hunn
The second Budgets session explores best practices in budgeting at CSU – what’s allowable and what’s not. It will also cover subawards, cost sharing, and specific sponsor nuances.
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Proposal Review & Submission:
Presenters: Lauren Lucio and Tracey Trujillo
Check out an overview of the systems and processes for proposal review and submission as well as post-submission follow-up, including guidance on best practices for timing of review.
Recording| Worksheet | PPT Slides 

Governing Regulations:
Presenters: Trisha Southergill and Kellie Reifstenzel
This session provides an overview of the Federal, State, and CSU regulations for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, including a discussion around the order of precedence for determining which regulation to follow.
Recording| Worksheet | PPT Slides

Award Types & Set-up Considerations:
Presenters: Chris Carsten and Kathryn O’Hayre
What does it take to get a project setup? Come learn about award types and basic award elements, including standard terms and conditions and required elements for establishing an award at CSU.
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Award Management Part I:
Presenters: Sam Reynolds and Paula White
Explore the variety in the day-to-day best practices for fiscal management of a sponsored award, including daily management, cost transfers, reconciling, re-budgeting, and effort reporting. This session focuses mainly on the responsibilities of departmental and unit administration.
Recording| Worksheet | PPT Slides

Award Management Part II:
Presenters: Catherine Douras and Tiffany Roller
Switching to another perspective of lifecycle management, part 2 addresses areas where OSP generally has the most involvement, including award modifications/amendments, expanded authorities, reporting, and project closeout.
Recording| Worksheet | PPT Slides

Regulatory Compliance, 2022 Archive:
This session will cover CSU resources and processes related to regulatory compliance such as conflict of interest, human subject inclusion, animal subject inclusion, export controls, and biosafety.
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FAQs: Who Should Attend? Fundamental sessions are appropriate for administrative staff, faculty investigators, and new (2 years or less experience) to research administration at CSU. Since the sessions are pre- and post-award focused, they are also appropriate for those who mainly work in one of these areas to attend sessions in the other, for example, a pre-award administrator may want to attend post-award sessions to gain knowledge of the entire award lifecycle, and vice versa. While the curriculum will focus on CSU-specific practices and systems, it is designed to focus on best practices at CSU. Will there be an in-person component? All sessions will be offered via MS Teams and will include participatory engagements. Must I attend all sessions? We understand that time is at a premium at CSU. We encourage participants to attend all or most sessions, though there is no requirement to attend every session. While sessions will be recorded and posted, attending in real-time allows for engagement not available when watching on-demand. Is Registration Required? Registration is on MyLearning using this LINK, MyLearning will provide the Teams link as well as reminders. If you are unable to register, let the training team know by emailing us at OSP_Info@colostate.edu. Is there a Cost to Attend? No, Fundamentals will be offered free of charge by the CSU OSP Training Team.