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Office of Research Administration

OSR - SeRA Webinar Schedule

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OSR Offers 30+ "How to" Zoom Webinars on Foundational Research Administration Topics with Live Q&A.

Effective with the Fall 2024 Quarter (October 1, 2024) many OSR webinars have been incorporated into the Cardinal Research Administration Foundational Training (CRAFT) program.  CRAFT Webinar Recordings and Slides can be found on the (CRAFT) program page.

Anyone with an Active SU Net ID is welcome to attend/audit CRAFT webinar courses without registering for them using the ORA Webinar Zoom Link.  However, official CRAFT course credit will only be provided in STARS to attendees that register for the relevant CRAFT course(s) thru STARS, attend the full live session for which they are registered, and complete the prescribed independent graded assignment within 2 weeks of attending the live webinar.

The live CRAFT webinars being offered each week are announced via the ORA Updates and SMART email lists.  

General

Course/WebinarSpring 2025Summer 2025
ORA-1103: Navigating Research Administration at Stanford Part 1Tue, Apr 1 | 11am - 12pmTue, Jul 1 | 11am - 12pm
 Tue, May 6 | 11am - 12pmTue, Aug 5 | 11am - 12pm
 Tue May 27 | 11am - 12pmWed Sep 3 | 11am - 12pm
ORA-1104: Navigating Research Administration at Stanford Part 2 Wed, Apr 2 | 11am - 12pmWed, Jul 2 | 11am - 12pm
 Wed, May 7 | 11am - 12pmThu, Aug 7 | 11am - 12pm
 Thu, May 29 | 11am - 12pmThu, Sep 4 | 11am - 12pm
  • Research Related Agreements - Please refer to the OSR-SeRA Webinar Recordings & Slides for this webinar.

    • A Research Related Agreement or “RRA”  is a contract between Stanford and one or more non-Stanford entities that governs the conduct of a non-sponsored research project or set of non-sponsored research activities.  Unlike sponsored project agreements e.g., contracts, grants, etc., RRAs are not externally funded by a Sponsor.  Data Use Agreements or “DUAs”, collaboration agreements, consortium agreements, material transfer agreements (MTAs), and non-sponsored subawards all fall into the RRA category.  Investigators and administrators can request new Research Related Agreements (RRAs) from within SeRA.

Pre Award Webinars

Course/WebinarSpring 2025Fall 2025
ORA-2201: Breaking Down Solicitations  Thu, Apr 3 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2202: Navigating Common Proposal PitfallsTue, Apr 8 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2203: Budgeting Considerations for Sponsored Projects  Wed, Apr 9 | 10am - 11:30amTBA
ORA-2204: ORA Detailed Budgeting Thu, Apr 10 | 11am - 12pm TBA
ORA-2205: Intro to Disclosures Part 1: Rules and Regulations Tue, Apr 15 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2206: Intro to Disclosures Part 2: "How to" Using Stanford ResourcesWed, Apr 16 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2207: Proposals with SubawardsThu, Apr 17 | 11am - 12pm TBA
ORA-2208: Cost sharing: Preaward/ProposingTue, Apr 22 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2209: University Research Awards (URAs)Thu, Apr 24 | 11am - 12pmTBA
  • University Research Awards (URAs) are Internal to Stanford research awards where funding is provided through an internal competitive application and award process.
 
ORA-2210: Cayuse S2S for Federal Grants.gov SubmissionsTue, Apr 29 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2211: Preparing NSF Proposals in Research.govTue, Apr 30 | 11am - 12pmTBA

Post Award Webinars

Course/WebinarSpring 2025Fall 2025
ORA-2220: Award Process Companion Webinar Thu, May 1 | 10am - 11:30amTBA
ORA-2221: Breaking Down Stanford and Sponsor Notices of Award (NOAs)Thu, May 8 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2222: Cost sharing: Post awardTue, May 20 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2223: SeRA New Sponsored Account / PTA SetupWed, May 21 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2224: ORA Portfolio Management ToolThu, May 22 | 11am - 12pmTBA
Managing NIH Fellowships and Training Grants Level 1-TBA
Managing NIH Fellowships and Training Grants Level 2Thu, May 22 | 1 - 2pmTBA
ORA-2225: Subawards: Post Proposal through Requisition SetupTue, Jun 3 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2226: Monthly Portfolio and Project Reviews Wed, Jun 4 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2227: Sponsor Prior ApprovalsThu, Jun 5 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2228: Cost transfers and PterodactylsTue, Jun 10 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2229: Subawards: Invoice ReviewsWed, Jun 11 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2230: Quarterly Portfolio and Project Reviews and eCertificationThu, Jun 12 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2231: Managing Carry Forward RestrictionsTue, Jun 17 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2232: Subaward: Change Orders and CloseoutsThu, Jun 19 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2233: Annual Project Reviews and Preparing for CloseoutTue, Jun 24 | 11am - 12pmTBA
ORA-2234: Don't We Just Catch that At Closeout?Wed, Jun 25 | 11am - 12pmTBA

SeRA Webinars

Historical Disclosure Webinars

How to Attend

  • If seeking CRAFT course credit, click on the above relevant course title to register for the given course thru STARS.  
  • If you are NOT seeking CRAFT course credit and simply wish to audit any webinar, click on the  ORA Webinar Zoom Linkon the date/time* of the webinar you want to attend  Password is embedded in the webinar link.  If prompted, password is 123456.

    • *Note: All webinar times are posted in Pacific Time.

  • If you haven’t setup Zoom on your device, do it in advance.  It’s easy!  Visit the Stanford UIT Zoom Conferencing webpage for more info.

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