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• All compliance-related training (IACUC, IRB, COI, RCR, etc.)
• DVDs available for check-out
• Listservs
• DRA Forums
• Mandatory PI/Co-PI Orientation/Training
• Tips for Departmental Staff 
•  - Short, best practices videos - searchable by topic - prepared by research administrators across the globe
• Open Forums
• Research Administration Program (RAP)
• Tailored Discussions
• OSP Training Schedule
• IT Short Courses -  Grants Query 

NEW PI/Co-PI, DRA Orientation/Training

From ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Board of Regents Policy 401.C, Legislative Auditors and National Science Foundation (NSF) Auditors, the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú must implement new PI training to be completed every 3 years. This training must encompass Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) as well as the proper handling of Personally Identifiable Information (PII.) Along with these new requirements, PI training must also be completed, verified and tracked every 3 years for all faculty and staff eligible to be a PI and submitting applications for a grant, contract or cooperative agreement.

The training is now accessible via CITI training, where UM already houses Human Subjects Research (IRB), Animal Research (IACUC and LAR), Biosafety (IBC), Export Control and more. To access PI Training, go to: . All other required trainings are found at /research/compliance/ and available at all times via the CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) website.

As this is a new platform and a new requirement, all previously-trained researchers will have 2025 to be trained. Any new-to-campus researchers will need to begin PI and RCR training modules to submit a Cayuse proposal, and must have all modules completed before their grant period begins. CITI will track all training requirements and reminders will be automatically generated so no one falls outside the every-three-year requirement for recertification in the future.

If you have completed Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training within the past 3 years, you will recertify that course when it is due. If you have not taken RCR or are outside of the three-year completion range, you will complete both PI Training and RCR training courses to be certified as a PI.

To facilitate award management and ongoing training, we strongly advise all involved in proposal submission and approval sign up for one or more of the ORSP listservs to receive pertinent updates.  

For more questions, please reach out to:

Nicole Thompson, OSP Director,

Sara Hagen Hull, OSP Training Coordinator

OSP Professional Development Series

Open Forums

Open Forums provide a round-table opportunity for  individuals from across campus to come together to discuss challenges and share information.  These may be audience-specific, such as those geared to Departmental Research Administrators (DRAs) / College Business Officers (CBOs).  If topic-specific, it will be noted on the schedule below.  No registration or sign-up is needed (first-come, first-served). Please note that you may access more information on the on the ORCS web site. (Schedule)

Tailored Discussions 

Such discussions can be scheduled over a noon hour with a small group, during a regularly-scheduled departmental meeting, or at a round-table held specifically for this conversation.  These visits will last no longer than 60 minutes and will include participants from sponsored programs including both members of your departmentally-assigned team, and others as necessary for topical expertise.  Q&A is welcome and included, discussion topics must be identified prior to the visit , even if only with a broad brush.  Please call x6670 or email the OSP director to coordinate a time and topics for this discussion.

DVD Presentations 

DVDs cover a variety of topics and many are produced by the with leading research administrator presenters from across the nation. 

DVD Resources may be checked out.  Please contact OSP for further information. 

NCURA DVDs:

• Fiscal Aspects of Human Subjects Compliance, 2011
• International Collaborations: Negotiations and Compliance, 2011
• Managing Interactions and Potential Conflicts with University Spin-Offs and Other Small Businesses, 2011
• ABC's of the Federal Cost Principles, 2011
• Negotiating Federal Contracts and Pass-Through Awards, aired September 21, 2010
• Non Financial Research Compliance, aired June 15, 2010
• Critical Issues for the Department Administrator, aired March 23, 2010
• Managing Financial Requirements of Awards, aired January 26, 2010
• Subrecipient Monitoring: Assessing Risk, aired September 15, 2009
• F&A Rates for the Non-Accountant, aired June 9, 2009
• Cost Sharing: Why No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, aired March 10, 2009
• Audits and the Audit Process, aired January 13, 2009
• Good Customer Service for Research Administrators, 2008
• Complex Agreements, 2008
• Effective Proposal Development, 2008
• Managing Cost Issues, 2008

Other Training DVDs:

• Data Management Plans for Successful NIH and NSF Grants, Principal Investigators Association, presented by Dr. Michael Lesiecki, 6/29/2011
• NSF Criteria: Successfully Communicating Broader impacts, Principal Investigators Association, presented by Martin Butler, 3/24/2011
• The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct, The Office of Research Integrity, 2011
• Mastering Deemed Exports: An Exporter's Compliance Tool, The Export Practitionery & Spark Media: "What exporters, universities, and research laboratories must know to avoid costly violations of EAR and ITAR Deemed Export regulations," 2006

DRA Forum Schedule 

Winter/Spring 2024