Event
Event Details
Where:
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI
When:
March 18 - 19, 2024
March 18 - 19, 2024
Attain Partners experts are presenting during several sessions and discussion groups at the NCURA FRA Conference, taking place March 18 – 19 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.
Monday, March 18
Jumping Through Hula Hoops: Navigating Investigator Joint Appointments
Monday, March 18, 1p – 2:15p | Concurrent Session
How many of us work directly with faculty and investigators who hold an appointment at multiple organizations such as the VA (Veterans Affairs), hospitals, higher educational institutions, and/or independent research institutions? How does one keep track of effort, current/pending/other support, conflict of interest disclosures, and other compliance issues at different organizations? What are VA Memorandum of Understandings (MoU)? What’s a reasonable expectation that we as research administrators should be responsible for? This session will explore navigating Joint Appointments – an ever-growing trend that seems more and more common in our world of research administration.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the complexity of handling multiple appointments.
- Learn the importance of the MoU between the VA and other institutions and how to calculate the total professional effort when hours at the VA and the hours at the institution don’t align.
- Understand effort tracking, current/pending/other support requirements, and compliance responsibilities for faculty with joint appointments.
Speakers
- Jeff Derr, Attain Partners
- Glenda Bullock, Washington University in St. Louis
- Denise Moody, The Lundquist Institute of Biomedical Innovation
Financial Compliance for the Departmental Administrator: Allowability, Allocability, and PI Communication
Monday, March 18, 2:45p – 3:45p | Concurrent Session
As a departmental administrator, the responsibility of financial compliance is typically a significant part of our jobs. Knowing what resources are available and what questions to ask to make informed decisions on allowability and allocability are essential. We will explore resources and best practices to make these decisions. We will also share tips for communicating financial compliance decisions to your PI. Join us for a discussion that includes real life experiences and bring your own to share!
Learning Objectives
Participants will gather helpful information on making sound financial compliance decisions. Participants will learn where to find guidance on the allowability and allocability of costs. Participants will gain an understanding of communication best practices when working with PIs.
Speakers
- Lindsey Hornsby, Attain Partners
- Kay Gilstrap, Georgia State University
- Jaiwan Harris, Georgia State University
- Erin Bailey, Univ at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Decoding NIH: Understanding the NIH Parent Families and Activity Codes
Monday, March 18, 4p – 5p | Discussion Group
In this presentation, we will do a deep dive into the technical details of the different NIH parent announcement activity codes. NIH uses parent announcements as broad funding opportunities allowing applicants to submit investigator-initiated applications and releases awards under these specific activity codes. As a departmental research administrator, understanding the differences in each activity code is essential for providing effective oversight and support for the PIs at your institution. We will discuss the purpose of each activity code, the key details of each code, and what departmental research administrators should expect and plan for when assisting PIs with their NIH parent awards.
Speaker
- Lindsey Hornsby, Attain Partners
Tuesday, March 19
Fitness Trifecta – A Non De-Minimus Workout
Tuesday, March 19, 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!
Escape Room Strategies for Senior RAs
Tuesday, March 19, 10:15a – 11:30a | Discussion Group
Interactive Session: What do research administration and escape rooms have in common? The answer is more than you think! Work together as a team to determine what strategies work best in different scenarios. There are no wrong answers—majority rules.
Speaker
- Lindsey Hornsby, Attain Partners
Extreme Makeover: Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 Edition
Tuesday, March 19, 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.”1 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.”2 The comments are due to OMB by December 4, 2023.
2 Federal Register :: Guidance for Grants and Agreements
Speaker
- Gil Tran, Attain Partners
