Online - October 19-21, 2021
Regional Meeting 2021:
navigating THE FUTURE
Regions II, VI, & VII
Registration is now open!
Early Bird registration for members and non-members will be $65 and open through August 31st.
Regular registration will be available through October 8th for $80.
Please note, registration will not be accepted after October 8th.
The 2021 Region II,VI & VII Program Committee is super stoked to announce the Call for Proposals!!!
Have a great idea for a concurrent session or discussion group ?
Want to present but don’t have a specific proposal?
We invite all NCURA members to submit proposals for a session and/or statements of interest.
Deadline to submit July 16, 2021
Track Descriptions, Levels, and Formats
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Track Descriptions
Clinical.
Sessions that address issues related to academic medical centers, hospitals, and related institutions that conduct research.
Compliance.
Topics may include: human subjects research; animal subjects research; stem cell research; occupational safety and health, environmental and biosafety hazards; peer review; mentor/trainee responsibility and development; publications; collaborative research ethics; scientific misconduct; standards for the responsible conduct of research; and research ethics education programs, curricula, requirements, and approaches; export control compliance; conflict of interest; data security.
Contracting.
Topics may include: contract negotiation and monitoring, including for sponsored research, material transfer, and unfunded collaborations for all sponsor types (industry, non-profit, and government); confidentiality, data use and other unfunded agreements; subawards, subcontracts, and subrecipient monitoring; intellectual property; institutional policies and procedures pertaining to contracts; and analysis of problems that may arise in these areas.
Departmental and Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions (PUI).
Topics may include: proposal development and preparation including announcement review, budget development, institutional routing; direct working relationships with and support to faculty, financial accounting and management of the research funds; onboarding and guiding new faculty; providing “first‐line” support and being point of contact to internal (PI’s, staff, central office, other institutional offices, etc.) and external constituents on behalf of the PI/Study Team.
Topics may also include those specific to research administrators at two‐year, four‐year, masters‐level, and small doctoral colleges and universities that grant baccalaureate degrees, or provide programs of instruction for students pursuing such degrees with institutional transfers (e.g., two‐year schools), where undergraduate enrollment exceeds graduate enrollment, and no more than 10 Ph.D. or D.Sc. degrees are awarded per year. Such as: research administration in a teaching focused environment; programs that are unique to or aimed at PUIs; issues that are unique to organizations for whom research/sponsored projects are not mission critical.
How to...
Hands-on, interactive sessions intended to show participants how to actually perform different research administration tasks. Participants should bring a laptop to get the most out of these sessions.
Human Capital/Organizational Development.
Topics may include: career development; human resources; workplace environment and relations management; personal growth and development; leadership; quality of life development; self‐assessment; supervisor/staff relations; industrial/workplace psychology; succession planning; onboarding; training; getting involved in the larger research administration community, including NCURA.
Pre‐Award.
Topics may include: pre‐award management activities at the central office; proposal development and assessment; research proposal review, endorsement and submission; management of specialized programs, e.g. clinical trials; non clinical, transition/transformation of programs to new stages in research; role of research administration in institutional policy formation. review and understanding of terms and conditions; Uniform Guidance regulations; federal regulatory requirements for pre‐award; role of research administration in institutional policy development; announcement review; management of specialized programs, e.g. clinical trials, program/center grants.
Post‐Award.
Topics may include: cost accounting; auditing; OMB and Uniform Guidance requirements for universities, hospitals, private sector; matching funds issues/cost sharing; financial conflict of interest issues; facilities and administration (F&A) costs; procurement and purchasing; salaries, compensation, honoraria; and travel allocability and allowability; working with sponsoring agencies.
Updates.
Topics may include: Federal agency updates; agency‐specific programs and rules; and updates and initiatives from partner organizations such as COGR, FDP, etc.
Session Levels
Beginner or Primer
Participant assumes basic, or no understanding of the topics presented. A person with less than a year of experience in research administration would be the typical audience member.
Intermediate
Participant assumes mid‐level experience with the topics presented. The participant has had experience with subject matter and is somewhat knowledgeable and is generally trained on the basics of the topic (s) presented.
Advanced/Senior
Participants are those with significant experience in the area, and includes those at Directors and Associate Directors level. These sessions should look to challenge even those fairly fluent on the topic, or provide an opportunity to discuss a perspective or complexity that is not ordinarily addressed for more basic audiences.
Session Formats
Concurrent Session
Formal Presentation Session type. This is a session with the speakers using a more formal lecture format, with some time reserved at the end for questions. It is the most formal structure. The majority of sessions will fall within this format. Feel free to manage your time to include Q&A at the end.
Discussion Group
This session would have one or two moderators experienced in the topic, with an “audience” of 10 – 15 sitting around a table. It is an active exchange between the moderators and the audience. These topics tend to be extremely important to a smaller group of people, so expect to have more detailed discussions and case studies.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT RM2020!
Regional Meeting 2020: Working Apart and Coming Together
Thank you to all the presenters, volunteers, and committee members for making RM2020 a huge success! Thank you to all 495 attendees from 26 states and 6 time zones!
Click here to see the slides from the Closing Session
Region VII Business Meeting was on 11/18/2020
Check out the below information!
Questions? Please email Chair Ashley Stahle, ashley.stahle@colostate.edu
Photos from Regional Meeting 2019
Click on the below links to view the great photos from the opening and closing receptions during the Regional Meeting!
A BIG THANK YOU to Kendra Wainscott Photography for capturing these events
Thank you Sponsors!
Regional Meeting 2019
Thanks to all who joined us in Seattle, Washington for a great Regional Meeting!
A huge thank you to our volunteers! You are what makes these meeting run and we truly appreciate everyone's efforts to make this meeting such a success.
Region VII by the Numbers:
89 Attendees
11 New Members
29 Presenters
4 Workshop Faculty
16 Volunteers
Access the presentations and downloads from the sessions on the app! Click Here for the web based version. Make sure to login with your registration email and click on past events!
Thank you to all of the Region VII Members, Volunteers, and Officers for such a great 2019! Click on the link below to see how many people make this region run!
Past Regional Meetings
2013 - Phoenix, Arizona
April 7 - 10, 2013
2011 - Denver, Colorado
April 3 - 6, 2011
The Westin Tabor Hotel
2010 - Newport Beach, California
April 18 - 21, 2010
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel