Certificate Curriculum Guide

NOTICE: Transition to new financial systems has impacted research administration processes. Most CORE courses have been updated to reflect current knowledge/practices, but several continue to be updated and are not available at this time. Continue to check this guide for course status.

Each course listed in this guide links to a helpful information page that provides course details and access to registration. The CORE Certificate Curriculum Planner used to track course registrations and completions is unavailable until certificate updates are finalized.

Certificate Required Coursework

Due to FT, certificate coursework is in flux and the number of hours of foundational coursework may be changing.  Updates will be communicated via this page and to MRAM.

Foundational courses provide an overview of research administration activity common to most sponsored project research projects throughout each lifecycle stage. Completion of all courses will build a basic understanding of compliance requirements and processes that must be understood if one is to be successful when working on a sponsored project. We recommend that you take these courses in the order of the stages of a sponsored research project lifecycle (Plan/Propose, Setup, Manage and Closeout).

Foundational Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
Introduction to Research Administration	All	1000	2.5	On Demand	Available. Check schedule
Blueprint of a Proposal	Plan/Propose	1001	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Introduction to Sponsored Project Budgets	Plan/Propose	1002	1	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Understanding Your New Award	Setup	1030	1.5	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Reading the Notice of Award (NoA)	Setup	1039	1.5	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Award Administration: Fiscal Compliance	Manage	1040	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Setup and Manage Your Award	Setup/Manage	1041	2.5	On Demand	On hold until 1/1/2025
Preparing for Audit	Manage	1042	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Internal Controls in Purchasing	Manage	1043	.5	On Demand	On hold until 1/1/2025
Payroll and Non-Payroll Accounting Adjustments on Sponsored Awards	Manage	1044	.5	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Post Award Food Purchases and Compliance	Manage	1045	.5	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Timing of Expenditures & Benefit to Award	Manage	1046	.5	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Processes at Award Closeout	Closeout	1080	2.5	On Demand	On hold until further notice.
Non-Financial Compliance Basics	All	1031	1	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Subaward Fundamentals	All	1032	2.5	Fall, Spring	Available. Check schedule.

Certificate Elective Coursework

• Complete a minimum of 6 credits of elective coursework (each class = 1 credit). (Note: as of 9/1/21 we instituted a program change to move from counting hours to credits. This was necessary to update our systems for tracking completions.)
• Elective courses can support further development of skills in a particular area of research administration, but there is no requirement to specialize in a particular focus area. Develop your plan based on your interests and choose any combination of courses that best fits your needs. Courses in the 1000 series are considered introductory; courses in the 2000 series are at an intermediate level. Check the online course description of each course to make sure you meet prerequisites as you build your plan.

Elective Focus: Working in SAGE 

This series of courses prepares you to complete a variety of tasks in SAGE. The first three courses build on each other and should be completed in the order listed. We strongly recommend you complete the online course Workshop: Preparing Sponsored Project Budgets prior to taking “SAGE: Budget.”

Elective Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
SAGE: Creating and Submitting eGC1s	Plan/Propose	1011	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
SAGE: Budget	Plan/Propose	1014	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
SAGE Awards	Setup, Manage	1015	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
SAGE: Creating NIH Proposals in Grant Runner	Plan/Propose	1012	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	Available. Check schedule.
Subawards in SAGE	Setup	1033	1.5	Fall, Spring	Available. Check schedule.

Elective Focus: Planning for and Managing Financials on Sponsored Projects

Requirements and best practices for identifying and managing expenditures for sponsored projects.

Elective Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
Workshop: Preparing Sponsored Project Budgets	Plan/Propose	1013	2	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Direct Billing of F&A Type Costs	Plan/Propose	2000	0.5	On Demand	Available. Check schedule.
Understanding Cost Share at the UW: When is it Really Cost Share?	Plan/Propose	2001	2.5	On Demand	On hold until 1/1/2025
Managing Cost Share at the UW	Setup/Manage/ Closeout	2041	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring	On hold until 1/1/2025

Elective Focus: Non-Financial Compliance

Research compliance areas that must be monitored and reported on throughout the lifecycle of a sponsored research project.

Course Title	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
Compliance Case Studies: Financial Conflict of Interest, Export Controls and Research Integrity	All	2030	2	Spring	No change in status.
Compliance Case Studies: Human Subjects, Research Animals and Biological Substances	All	2031	2	Fall	No change in status.

Elective Focus: Research Administration Data

UW tools available to assist academic units in analyzing their portfolio of sponsored award activity at both aggregate and granular levels.

Course Title	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
Research Administration Data: Visualizations and Reports	All	1090	2	Fall, Winter, Spring	On hold until 1/1/2025
Research Administration Data Cube	All	2090	2	N/A	No longer offered

Elective Focus: Effort Certification

 

Course Title	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered	Course Status
Grant and Contract Certification Reports	Manage	1061	1	On Demand	On hold until 1/1/2025
Introduction to Faculty Effort Certification	Manage	1062	1	OnDemand	On hold until 1/1/2025