Expert Training
Certificate Program in Grants and Contracts Administration A year ago, Lesley Brown, the Director of Proposal Development, wrote an article for the Millennial Magazine (Winter 2013, page 33) attesting to the popularity of UNC Charlotte’s outreach programs, the Certificate Program in Grants and Contracts Administration. The training program is offered by the Office of Research Services and Outreach through the Learning and Development unit of Human Resources. Current enrollment for the 2013-14 academic year is the largest in the program’s five year history, with 23 participants from the Colleges of Arts + Architecture, Computing and Informatics, Education, Engineering, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The remaining participants come from departments under Academic Services, Facilities Management, and the Graduate School. The 28-hour certificate program is offered to any UNC Charlotte employee who provides administrative and financial support to faculty and staff who manage grants and contracts. If there are seats remaining after regular enrollment, those interested in taking the
certificate program to further their general education are accepted. Final selection of participants is made by Ellen Zavala, director of Research Services and Outreach, after applicants attend a required orientation session, generally offered a month before classes start. Current UNC Charlotte employees who are subject matter experts in their fields cover the following topics: proposal development and those who may touch a proposal from the inception of an idea to proposal submission; processing proposals through NORM for campus approvals, running reports on proposal submissions and awards received, and getting set up for new awards; contracting; research compliance such as human and animal subjects, export controls, biosafety concerns, and conflicts of interest; the Office of Management and Budget OMB Circulars A-21, A-110, and A-133 (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_ default); hiring postdoctoral associates and other research faculty and staff, time and effort reporting; and those who use BANNER to navigate research encumbrances and expenses.
Pictured in order from left to right are the 2013-14 participants: Florence Parkhill, Kerin Westin, Tatyana Miller, Shalisha Kennedy, Peter Szanton (partially hidden), Monica Alston, Aubrae Collins, Noella Paquette, Ellen Zavala (Program Director), Shena Cunningham, Belma Blanco, Vicky Harris, Cheryl Almond, Sara Watson (partially hidden), Laura Craig, Pamela Eudy, Michele Wallace, Tonya Johnson, Matt Zeman, and Patricia Teal. millennial
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