DRDA Electronic Email Groups

DRDA maintains several electronic mail groups for faculty, staff, and students with specific areas of interest or responsibilities. Note that many agencies also maintain their own alert services. Visit their home pages for more information.

DRDA-NET provides the administrators of the University of Michigan updates and quick notification of changes in policies and procedures that affect grants and proposal submission, budgets, guidelines, and so forth. Also, the occasional funding announcement for broad groups of researchers, not covered by the lists below. Send mail to drda-email-requests@umich.edu to be added to DRDA-NET.

Other email groups include:
grants-gov-info
FASTLANE-NET/NSF-NET
NIH-GROUP
DOE-NET
DOD-NET
NASA-NET
Visit our email groups page for more information:
www.research.umich.edu/funding/groups.html

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Membership in these organizations provides research administrators with opportunities to meet colleagues from other institutions with similar administrative positions. One of the benefits of this networking is to become acquainted with different models of research administration.

SRA (Society of Research Administrators)

"Founded in 1967, the Society of Research Administrators International is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the profession and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of research administration. Through innovative programs and a wide variety of outreach programs, SRA International continuously seeks to broaden and diversify its membership base. With over 3,000 members around the world, the Society is the premier international organization for research administrators in all settings, on all levels, and in all fields." Open to all grantee institutions, not just Universities.
Source: SRA web

http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/default.cfm

Michigan Chapter Contact: Kathryn DeWitt, University of Michigan
Contact Email: dewitt@umich.edu
Contact Phone: 734-763-6438

Midwest Section Contact: http://www.srainternational.org

NCURA (National Council of University Research Administrators)

The National Council of University Research Administrators serves its members and advances the field of research administration through professional development, the sharing of knowledge, and by fostering a sense of community. http://www.ncura.edu/

NCURA Region IV, Mid-America Region: http://www.ncura.uc.edu/

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UM WORKSHOPS

Registration for current workshops can be found on the www.research.umich.edu training link.

RAIN (Research Administrators Instructional Network) Workshop

RAIN instruction offers mastery of the processes, procedures, policies, and ethical considerations relevant to the administration of sponsored projects at the University of Michigan. RAIN will provide research administrators with the necessary framework, concepts, tools, knowledge, and networking opportunities to support the research efforts in their departments more efficiently and proactively. The course is spread over 32 hours of instruction provided by experienced administrators from the department and college level as well as central offices. RAIN is designed for individuals currently involved in some aspect of research administration at the University. The typical participant will have three to five years of experience in the administrative aspects of sponsored projects.

Note: Interest in this workshop often exceeds availability. The application process is outlined on the website.

Cost Accounting Standards
presented by Financial Operations

This course is designed for all staff with fiscal responsibilities at the University of Michigan. You will receive an overview of the federal government's OMB Circular A-21 regulations for Cost Accounting Standards and the policies for compliance at the University of Michigan. The Cost Accounting Standards and the Policy on Indirect Cost Recovery Excluded (ICRX) Expenditures apply to ALL university expenditures.

Financial Administration of Federally Sponsored Projects

An overview of the guidelines and fundamentals of handling Federal Projects within the University Description: Participants will gain awareness of the various aspects of administering Federal Projects. Discussion includes the opening of Project/Grants, concepts of cost sharing, indirect costs, cost accounting standards, A-21 monitoring, hardships, cost transfers, statement of activity and project budget report review.

- Other Workshops:

Arts, Humanities and Education Grants Workshop
DRDA and Corporate & Foundation Relations: Who Does What?
Research Proposal Writing Workshop
Funding Opportunities/ Finding Funding
NSF Fastlane Proposal Preparation
NIH Training Grants Workshop
NIH Grants: Winning Proposals Workshop

DRDA continues to develop new workshops so check our listings often. We announce workshops under NOTICES on the right hand column of the research web at: www.research.umich.edu

PEERRS

Information, education and certificationn on responsible conduct and administration of research.

For more information, please visit: http://my.research.umich.edu/peerrs/

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Outside the University

Become a Certified Research Administrator

The Research Administrators Certification Council sponsors the Certified Research Administrator program. The council is a private, non-profit organization that develops and operates this program for the certification of individuals who demonstrate their understanding of the Council's Body of Knowledge. The Council bestows the designation of Certified Research Administrator (CRA) to those who meets its requirements. The designation of Certified Research Administrator (CRA) means that an individual has met the Research Administrators Certification Council's eligibility requirements and has demonstrated knowledge of the information necessary for a person to be a professional research or sponsored programs administrator.

For more information: http://www.cra-cert.org/cert.htm

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PRINT, WEB AND AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES

Research Reporter

Research Reporter is a monthly compilation of research administration news for the campus community. It is online on the research website and it appears monthly in the University Record.

UM Research Web Site, www.research.umich.edu

The research web site is your gateway to information about sponsored projects and research at the University of Michigan

• Contact information
• frequently required proposal data
• forms
• procedures
• policies

and much more. The site includes information on the workshops and networking groups.

Of particular interest to research administrators is the Project Administration link on our "Sponsored Projects" section of the site. INDEX has links to topics, arranged alphabetically. Review the site map for an overview of what's included on the site. We also have available a print guide to the research website.

Request a print guide to the research web site by emailing UMresearch@umich.edu.

DRDA Lending Library

Books and videotapes that cover topics of interest to research administrators. Many are videos of teleconferences sponsored by NCURA or other professional organizations. For the most current list of holdings, please visit the Lending Library on www.research.umich.edu

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