Upcoming RAN Meetings

TITLE: NCURA Webinar – Building Complex Proposal Budgets – Proposal Preview and Tips on Direct Cost Budgeting.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday May 29th, 2024 from 2:00-3:30pm ET

o   Deadline to submit your registration request through RAN is Monday October 27th, 2024 by 5pm ET

 

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

In this webinar, participants will learn how to develop complex budgets for large research center projects. Topics covered will include a presentation on how different costs can be supported through campus-wide policy development and resource planning tools. The presentation will end with a deep dive by building a sponsor budget task-by-task and aligning that budget to schedule milestones and tasks.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand different ways to budget complex proposals and justify different types of allowable costs under University guidelines, eg provisional Service Centers, electronic Systems, Capital expenses, and administrative effort.
  2. Gain proficiency with factors that impact the budget, including by-task or milestone driven project budgets..
Prerequisites

Participants will benefit with 2 years experience in research administration, and basic familiarity with Uniform Guidance, award types and budgeting for research projects.

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Mission

To build the University’s research support infrastructure by enhancing the professional competencies of those who support and contribute to the research enterprise.

 

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What can RAN do for you?

RAN membership provides professional development opportunities.  As a member of RAN you will receive notifications about upcoming meetings and changes in the processes, guidance, and policies maintained through central administration. The RAN committee will offer training and networking sessions for research administrators throughout the year. The committee will bring in guest speakers as needed and present programming to provide the best tools and resources to support research administrators. A typical agenda may feature an update on current research activities, changes in the uniform guidance, or educational topics driven by the needs of the network members.

A network site through the UMaine Portal has been established in order to facilitate the RAN mission. The network site gives RAN members access to upcoming meeting materials; notes and handouts from past meetings; resources and training; and discussion boards (RSS feeds) for ongoing conversation of topics of need and relevance to the research administrators network. This site can only be accessed by members of the RAN community.

For questions about RAN, including ideas for future meetings and access to the RAN Portal, please contact ran@maine.edu.

Goals

  • Provide educational and training workshops on topics related to research administration
  • Inform the research community on research related policy, guidance and procedural changes
  • Provide a networking platform for research administrators to share information, expertise and best practices
  • Enhance communication between the Office of Research Administration (ORA) and the research community

Membership

Our membership consists of representatives from across all areas of the University research enterprise including faculty, staff and administrators.