PrintFaculty of Arts and Sciences Research Administration Services (FAS RAS) offers workshops and clinics on an ongoing basis. To be placed on the mailing list, please email FASRSRCH@fas.harvard.edu.
Workshops offered: Budgeting for Proposals and Awards using the Excel budget template, Spending Sponsored Funds, GMAS, CREW Basics, CREW Beyond the PER, Introduction to FASSPAR and FASSPAR Projections. Downloadable materials for all of these can be found on the Job Aids and Workbooks page.
Format: Active discussions with questions and suggestions welcome throughout. Workshops are usually an hour and thirty minutes long. In "system" workshops, facilitators demonstrate reports and participants work at computers using their own funds. Experienced users are on hand to work through challenges that arise.
Harvard's Overview of Sponsored Projects Administration
This one-day workshop is held periodically with participants and facilitators from across the university. It is intended for staff members that are new to research administration and/or new to Harvard. It provides the basics on Harvard research administration and resources and contacts for future use. For more information, and to register for a future session, click here.
Harvard's Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) also provides training, tools, and resources for the grants administration community. Particularly useful is the variety of GMAS-specific training guides. To learn more, follow this link: OSP Training Resources
The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) offers a variety of training opportunities, both online and in nationwide workshops such as their monthly Fundamentals of Research Administration workshops, and the more advanced Financial Research Administration workshops. To learn more, follow this link: NCURA
