Grants Management for Investigators
Course Description
The Grants Management for Investigators (GMI) training provides an overview of the grants management process, from preparation of proposals to fiscal report preparation through final audit. It includes the PI roles and responsibilities for administering sponsored agreements, then explains the established policies and procedures, and finishes with an overview of the central support services available. By requiring this course early on at the time they submit a proposal, it will give first-time investigators this crucial information early in their research career at the UW.
Who is required to take this training?
All University of Washington principal investigators (faculty and non-faculty) who apply for or receive externally funded grants or contracts are required to attend the workshop initially with a refresher every four years thereafter. (More frequent attendance is encouraged to remain current with significant changes in sponsored program policy.) This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
Summary of the requirement
The Office of the Provost requires GMI training of all UW faculty members and non-faculty principal investigators who receive externally funded grants or contracts to cover the management of research activities which occur under increasingly complex regulations by funding agencies, and federal and state governments.
Grants Management for Investigators First Time Requirement
- Faculty and non-faculty who submit a proposal as UW Principal Investigator for the first time must attend an in-person workshop within twelve months of submitting the proposal via SAGE, if they have not attended one previously. First-time PIs are strongly encouraged to attend a workshop before submitting the proposal. A live session of initial training is offered annually via Zoom, typically in October. That session is recorded and offered throughout the year as an online option for investigators who cannot attend the live session.
Grants Management for Investigators Online Refresher
- After the initial attendance at an in-person workshop, PIs are required to renew their training every four years by either completing the online refresher or repeating the initial training.
Receiving Course Credit
Completion records for the online options are downloaded from the learning management system monthly and manually loaded into MyResearch Training Transcript. It takes between two weeks to a month for your GMI completion record to show up in MRTT.