Course Description

The following is a brief list of the significant items covered in each class in both the beginner and advanced tracks. Click on the topics to expand details.

Beginner Track

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

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

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

Setting up an award
Subawards
Cost sharing
Initial award considerations

Cost transfers
Effort reports
Reconciliation
Reporting

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

Coordinating final deliverables and closing subawards
Record retention
Audit preparedness

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

Intermediate Track

Pre-Award phase
Proposal process
Solicitation review

Budget development process
Special considerations
Rebudgeting

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

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

Soft Skills Track

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

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

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

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