Course Description

1.Introduction to Sponsored Research at the University of Maryland

• Who is involved in managing sponsored projects at the University of Maryland
• Overview of research policies
• Sponsored project activity types and award vehicles

2.Developing and Submitting the Proposal

• Parts of a proposal
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Budgets and budget justifications
• Proposal routing

3.Research Compliance

• Human Subjects
• Animal Research
• Environmental Safety, Sustainability, and Risk (ESSR)

4.Establishing an Award

• Setting up an award
• Subawards
• Cost sharing
• Initial award considerations

5.Project Management I

• Cost transfers
• Effort reports
• Reconciliation
• Reporting

6.Subawards

• Fundamentals
• Purpose
• Key characteristics
• Management

7.Project Management II

• Project spending: equipment, consultants and ongoing management of procurements
• Travel
• Oversight of subawards/subrecipients

8.Closeout and Beyond

• Coordinating final deliverables and closing subawards
• Record retention
• Audit preparedness

9. Fostering a Compliance Mindset/Final Exam

• After-the-fact project analyses
• Identifying errors and strategizing about problem prevention
• Whistleblower rights and responsibilities

1.Fundamentals

• Pre-Award phase
• Proposal process
• Solicitation review

2.Budget Development

• Budget development process
• Special considerations
• Rebudgeting

3.Application Routing, Submission Process, Sponsor Review and Award Process Pt 1

• Routing a proposal to ORA
• Submit a proposal to sponsors
• Compliance for proposals
• Sponsor review and evaluation
• Post-submission requests

4.Application Routing, Submission Process, Sponsor Review and Award Process Pt 2

• Negotiation practices
• Compliance approvals
• Award/subaward process
• Post-award functions in pre-award

1.Emotional Intelligence

• Emotional intelligence defined
• Emotional intelligence and communication
• Practical use of emotional intelligence
• Personal growth and overall effectiveness

2.Communicating with Others

• Workplace communication
• Types of communication
• Impact of communication
• Overcoming challenges
• Personal communication skills

3.Well-Being in the Workplace

• Workplace stress defined
• Psychological effects of workplace stress
• Physical effects of workplace stress
• Relationships affected by stress
• Recovery
• Strategies for stress

4.Managing Workplace Conflict

• Conflict defined
• Types of conflict
• Steps to resolving conflict
• Effective and assertive communication skills
• Defuse volatile situations
• Personality styles