Managing Cost Issues

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• Workshop Schedule and Reference Material Guide
• Follow-up Q&A (answered after the workshop) (added 2/4/08)

Moderator:

• Jerry Fife, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Finance, Vanderbilt University

Faculty:

• Rob Barbret, Associate Director of Financial Operations, University of Michigan
• Tracey Fraser, Associate Controller, Post Award Administration, California Institute of Technology
• Brian Squilla, Administrative & Financial Officer, Pathology Research Administration, University of Pennsylvania

Regardless of your role, almost all research administrators in all type of universities need to know how to advise and/or manage cost issues. These are before you in proposal budgets, when negotiating terms and conditions and, maybe the most challenging of all, while managing the day-to-day accounts for sponsored projects. Representing the pre and post award central office as well as the departmental business office, our faculty will cover topics including: Personnel and payroll issues Cost transfers Cost sharing management and companion accounts Costing and billing service centers Allowability of certain troublesome costs (such as food) Procurement cards Case studies used to provide participants with useful applications of some best practices and systems used to manage costs.