Event
Event Details
Where:
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI
When:
March 20 - 22, 2024
March 20 - 22, 2024
Attain Partners experts are presenting during several sessions and discussion groups at the NCURA PRA Conference, taking place March 21 – 22 in Honolulu, HI. Learn more about the event here.
Are you attending? Add these informative sessions to your conference agenda—or stop by Attain Partners Booth #117 to talk with our experts one-on-one. We’d love to discuss solutions for any current issues your institution may be facing. Contact us today.
Thursday, March 21
Extreme Makeover: Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 Edition
Thursday, March 21, 10:15a – 11:30a | Concurrent Session
On October 5, 2023, OMB published a proposal for a fundamental rewrite the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200. The White House announced that “the proposal will materially decrease the burden on recipients of Federal financial assistance, advance equity and job growth across the country, and meaningfully improve the administration of Federal financial assistance.” Specifically, OMB states the following reasons for the proposed revisions: “(1) incorporating statutory requirements and administration priorities; (2) reducing agency and recipient burden; (3) clarifying sections that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways; and (4) rewriting applicable sections in plain language, improving flow, and addressing inconsistent use of terms.” The comments are due to OMB by December 4, 2023.
2 Federal Register :: Guidance for Grants and Agreements
Speaker
- Gil Tran, Attain Partners
Aloha: Saying Hello, or Goodbye, During a PI/Award Transfer
Thursday, March 21, 2:45p – 3:45p | Concurrent Session
Saying hello to a new PI? Saying goodbye to a departing PI? We’ll cover both scenarios during this session. The speakers have dealt with numerous arrivals and departures of PIs, including with sponsors such as NIH, NSF, NASA, DOE, and more! In this session, you will learn about federal requirements and differences between sponsor procedures. We will talk about both incoming and outgoing transfers from Departmental as well as Central Office perspectives. Additionally, we will share some best practices and tips, misconceptions, and common challenges and how to face them, and ways to communicate with the PI and their new institution for the most efficient process.
Learning Objectives
Participants will feel more comfortable with the grants transfer process. They will understand the requirements, implications, and challenges, and learn some efficient ways to complete the process • New administrators will have a better understanding of how and where to begin the transfer process, while more experienced staff will have an opportunity to expand their knowledge of some new best practices • There will also be an opportunity to collaborate and learn about various processes in other institutions through Q&A and discussion at the end of the session.
Speakers
- Jeff Derr, Attain Partners
- Nsa Druinaud, Northwestern University
- Marysia Galent, Northwestern University
- Tahira Mershon, University of California-San Diego
Friday, March 22
Fitness Trifecta – A Non De-Minimus Workout
Friday, March 22, 6:15a – 7a | Networking Event
Join Gil Tran and two other instructors in the Rainbow Suite for Zumba, followed by kickboxing and cool-down yoga. Whether this is your first Zumba/kickboxing experience or you are an expert, this workout is for you. And our yoga stretching at the end is also for everyone. Join the fun—the early bird gets the endorphins!
Help! I Need to Re-org
Friday, March 22, 10:15a – 11:30a | Concurrent Session
Many universities are under pressure to increase research funding, and this has caused an increase in workload and demand on the current research administration workforce structure. This session will focus on how to re-org the current team structure to effectively manage the increased workload, to limit burnout and staff turnover while providing excellent customer service support in a remote environment.
Learning Objectives
Learn how to identify when it might be necessary to make a structural change, what data you’ll need to make an informed decision, how to build buy-in for the change, and how to successfully implement a re-organization or re-structuring
Speakers
- Jeff Derr, Attain Partners
- Allison Goldsnider, University of Connecticut
- Tyler Tulloch, University of Connecticut
Subawards from Scratch: Working with First-Time Subawardee Sites under Federal Awards
Friday, March 22, 1p – 2:15p | Concurrent Session
Sometimes, the most effective collaborators to achieve funded research objectives to address important public needs are wary of the administrative burdens associated with federal awards. This session is designed to walk participants through the process of awarding a first-time subrecipient with federal funding, a task that can require a substantial amount of training both to the PTE PI and to the subrecipient team, as well as clear and concise financial monitoring. This session aims to guide participants through this process beginning at proposal preparation all the way through award closeout and final financial reporting. At UMass Boston, the subaward team has been working for a year on an innovative and collaborative approach to subaward monitoring, and we are eager to present our best practices and lessons learned to our colleagues.
Learning Objectives
After this session, participants will be able to: – provide in-depth training to new subrecipients on federal subaward compliance; – establish clear expectations for financial management and budgeting; – work cohesively with subrecipients to mitigate problems before they arise; and – identify areas of potential concern when evaluating invoicing and financial reports.
Speakers
- Nicole Cohee, Attain Partners
- Anne-Marie Baker, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Ashley DePasquale, University of Massachusetts, Boston
