Region I
Virtual Roundtable Summer Series 2020

July 23, 2020 10:00-11:00 am
Title: Research Ramp-Up
Description: Labs are re-opening. Do you have sufficient staffing? Enough PPE? Who is working on campus? Who is remote? Let’s share what’s happening on your campus and any lessons learned thus far.
Moderator: Jen Marron, Assistant Dean of Grants Administration, College of Engineering, Boston University

July 30, 2020 10:00-11:00 am
Title: Diversity/Inclusion in Research Admin/Higher Ed
Description: Join us for a talk about the current state of diversity and inclusion efforts in institutions of higher education, including how institutions are responding to recent events related to racial injustice and what individuals can do to promote diversity and inclusion.
Moderator: Alexis Stokes, Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

August 6, 2020 10:00-11:00 am
Title: Working and Supervising Remotely during COVID (or long term)
Moderator: Courtney Grimm, Associate Director of Research, Yale University

August 20, 2020 10:00-11:00 am
Title: Professional Development/Growth in Research Administration
Description: Investments in professional development are important for the research administration profession and for individuals. Join us for a broad discussion about how a research/administrator continues to grow and thrive during COVID pandemic and budget cuts
Moderator:
Stacy Riseman, Director of Sponsored Research, College of the Holy Cross
Kris Monahan, Director, Providence College

September 3, 2020 10:00-11:00 am
Title: Unusual costing issues during COVID19
Description: This robust discussion will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on project budgeting and costing issues related to re budgeting for travel budgets, project staff down time, costing PPEs, OMB guidance, the CARES Act, PPP federal loan, etc.
Moderator: Geraldine Pierre J.D., Senior Grant Administrator, Boston VA Research Institute (Currently Associate Director of Office of Research Administration, Brandeis University)

Title: Grant Management Issues during COVID
Description: Discussion of a broad range of grant management issues including disruption to research, reporting issues to sponsors, navigating copious and evolving sponsor guidance and tracking and documenting issues
Moderator:
Jill Mortali, Director of Sponsored Projects, Dartmouth College
Linda Serrantino, University of Vermont

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