Events

Greenphire and Tango: Frequently Asked Questions and Recent Challenges Objective: Provide an overview of Greenphire and Tango participant payments, including common challenges and recent updates with submission and reconciliation processes. Presenter: Stacy Masters - Tango/Greenphire Accountant, OVCR Leslie Heal - Director, Finance Operations & Analytics, VC for Res

Budget Revisions Made Effective: Lessons from Scenario‑Based Examples Objective: Provide background context and outline the steps needed to ensure revision requests are allowable, accurate, and approved on the first submission, using scenario‑based examples. Presenters: Marybeth  Lavrakas - Senior Sponsored Programs Officer, OSP Tina Newman - Accounting Manager, Neuroscience Center Jessica McKown - Sponsored Project Specialist, […]

UNC Clinical Research Partners Update Presenter: Lisa Carey - Deputy Director for Clinical Sciences, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chief Clinical Research Officer, Clinical Research Partners

Managing Subagreements: Department Responsibilities at UNC Objective: Provide departments with tools, tips, and best practices for efficient and effective SPARC initiation and review, with a focus on processes that streamline subagreement actions and execution. Central office compliance and processes are not covered in this session. Presenters: Colette Dishakjian - Research Project Manager, OVCR Brie Teer […]

The Missing Piece: Bridging Project Management and Professional Effectiveness in Post-Award Research Administration Objective: This session focuses on the role of the departmental post-award research administrator as the central coordinator of award management. Bringing together perspectives from RAISE and department administrators, we will explore how project management principles, when applied to research administration, combined with […]

Research Development Updates & RD/RA Collaboration This session will explore how research administrators and research development offices at UNC and UNC School of Medicine collaborate during early proposal planning and strategic proposal development. Presenters will clarify the complementary roles of research administration and research development, highlight key UNC and SOM resources, and discuss when research […]

Level Up Your OnCore Skills Objectives: Best practices Review utilizing the system Helpful hints Reporting overview Q&A suggestions Presenters: Danielle Swing - OnCore Applications Analyst, Research Data Management Core Mimi Kim - Applications Analyst, Research Data Management Core

Expediting Clinical Contract Execution: Contract Submission and Negotiation Objective: What information can the Department include with ALICE submission: Clear scope of engagement and disclosure of ALL parties involved Unique components – software, foreign subs/UNC Project sites, ancillary agreements, Master Protocol   Data collection studies (DUA v. Other contract types) If UNC has a budget, the […]

More Than Paperwork: How SPAO + FiRST Support Research Administration Across the Lifecycle Objective: Overview of research administration supports provided through SPAO offices: Compliance and Research Integrity Office, PROS, RAISE, SPO, and FiRST. Presenters: Nhandi Kenion - Pre-Award Manager, PROS, SPAO, School of Medicine Heather Skinner - Director of Compliance and Research Integrity, School of […]

UNC Health Subagreement Objective: This session provides a practical overview of UNC Health as a Subrecipient within the UNC School of Medicine research environment. Participants will learn how UNC SOM and UNC Health collaborate on sponsored projects, including when healthcare involvement should be structured as direct costs versus subawards, how PI eligibility is determined, and […]

Navigating Export Controls at UNC Objectives: Overview of the role of Export Controls, including the 3 Export Control regulatory regimes that Export Control regulations cover physical commodities, associated technologies and software, and services Navigate University Export Compliance processes, and identify the information the ECO needs for processing Int'l shipping Int'l telework Int'l travel Hosting/sponsoring visitors […]