Training: OCG/SPA Series

The Office of Contracts and Grants (with SPA) offers trainings, presentations, receptions, and brown-bag lunches on topics of interest to researchers, faculty, and departmental administrators who have sponsored project management responsibilities. OCG also has several presentations available online.

OCG/SPA Schedule of Events 2012/2013

Note: Formal training sessions are indicated by callouts with a vertical grey line on the left, as shown here.

Thursday, October 4, 2012: OVCR Faculty Fair

Place    : UMC
Time    : TBA

Wednesday, October 17, 2012: Department Administrator’s Breakfast

Place    : ARC #620
Time    : 8:30-11:00am

Thursday, November 15, 2012: Introduction to Research Administration

Place    : Gallery (UMC)
Time    : 8:30am – 11:00am

Friday, November 30, 2012: Final Friday Discussion Group

Place    : ARC #446
Time    : 8:30am – 9:30am

Thursday, December 6, 2012: Brown Bag Lunch

Place    :  UMC #245
Time    : 12:00pm-1:30pm

Wednesday, December 12, 2012: OCG Open House

Time    : 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Thursday, 1/24/2013: TRAINING MODULE 1 – PROPOSAL PREPARATION, SUBMISSION AND PROCESSING

Place: UMC #245
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm

“NEW” Format – Brown Bag Lunch

Presentation will focus on proposal preparation basics including agency guidelines, submission systems, developing a budget and budget justification, understanding the University’s requirements and approval systems and specific funding agency requirements.

Please pre-register for this brown bag lunch by Monday, January 22nd to Chandra (chandra.tjandrasa@colorado.edu). The Office of Contracts and Grants would like to tailor the presentation as much as feasible to the needs of the participants. Your pre-registration will provide a general idea of the groups experience and knowledge with proposal preparation. If you have specific questions or areas you would like to see addressed please forward those to Lisa Tedesco (lisa.tedesco@colorado.edu) no later than Monday, January 22nd and we will work to integrate it in the presentation.

Friday, January 25, 2013: Final Friday Discussion Group

Place    : ARC #446
Time    : 8:30am – 9:30am

Thursday, February 7, 2013: Brown Bag Lunch

Place    :  UMC #457 – Dennis Small Cultural Center 
Time    : 12:00pm–1:30pm

Thursday, February 21, 2013: Training Module II: Contracting and Subcontracting
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

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Thursday, March 21, 2013: Training Module III: Property and Travel
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

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Friday, March 22, 2013: Final Friday Discussion Group

Place    : ARC #446
Time    : 8:30am – 9:30am

Thursday, April 4, 2013: Brown Bag Lunch

Place    :  UMC #245
Time    : 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Thursday, April 18, 2013: Training Module IV: Post Award Project Management
CANCELLED

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Thursday, May 23, 2013: Training Module V: Fiscal, Administrative, and Regulatory Compliance
CANCELLED

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Friday, May 31, 2013: Final Friday Discussion Group

Place    : ARC #446
Time    : 8:30am – 9:30am