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The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects and Finance-Sponsored Programs have partnered through the Navigate program and the Research Administration Advisory Council to provide a collection of training opportunities and professional development resources for University of Michigan research administrators. Find instructor-led courses, workshops, eLearning modules and more covering the entire project lifecycle.
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Navigate: Uniform Guidance (UG) Playlist
These videos provide an overview of Uniform Guidance concepts and best practices that support compliant sponsored project administration. Topics include understanding budget justifications for unlike circumstances, reading and completing Uniform Guidance reports from Sponsored Programs, applying pre- and post-award best practices, and using available job aids to navigate reporting processes. The series is designed to help research administrators interpret requirements, strengthen compliance, and manage federally sponsored projects more effectively.
Navigate: Subs of All Kinds Playlist
These videos cover the full lifecycle of subawards and related subrecipient activities in sponsored project administration. Topics include identifying and setting up subawards, understanding hybrid agreements, managing foreign subaward requirements and budget considerations, and attaching or locating subaward documentation in eRPM. The series also addresses roles and responsibilities for principal investigators, research administrators, departments, units, and central offices during both the pre-award and post-award phases. Additional topics include monitoring subawards, managing post-award reporting, processing amendments, and completing outgoing subaward closeout.
Navigate: Research Core Financial Management Playlist
These videos provide an overview of research core financial management and the processes involved in establishing, maintaining, and managing recharge activities. Topics include setting up a research core, understanding recharge rates, completing new recharge rate request forms, establishing external recharge rates, and identifying typical research administrator responsibilities related to core financial management. The series also covers strategies for managing recharge deficits or surpluses, the annual recharge rate renewal process, and how to request a recharge rate renewal.
Navigate: RA Professional Development Playlist
These videos highlight professional development opportunities and resources for research administrators at U-M. Topics include engaging with professional organizations, exploring CRA programs, participating in the RAMP program, and mapping career pathways within the research administration field. The series is designed to support research administrators in building knowledge, expanding professional networks, and identifying opportunities for growth and advancement.
Navigate: Budgeting Basics Playlist
These videos introduce foundational budgeting concepts and cost principles that support effective sponsored project proposal development and financial planning. Topics include applying cost principles, distinguishing between direct and indirect costs, understanding and calculating effort, managing salary recovery and sponsor budgets, working with salary caps, and using budget templates. The series also includes scenario-based activities to help research administrators practice applying budgeting concepts in real-world situations.
Navigate: Research Administration Playlist
An introduction to the research administrator’s role across the full lifecycle of a sponsored project, highlighting the importance and impact of research administration at the University of Michigan.
Navigate: Budgeting & Financial Management Playlist
These videos cover key financial management responsibilities for sponsored projects at U-M. Topics include budgeting and financial oversight, procurement policies and procedures, sponsor billing and collections, subrecipient invoice approvals in M-Pathways, effort reporting, and preparing for project closeout. The series also highlights important considerations for cost sharing, including what research administrators need to know when cost sharing is required.
Navigate: Non-Financial & Project Management Playlist
These videos cover key non-financial and project management responsibilities for research administrators supporting sponsored projects at U-M. Topics include non-financial federal sponsor reporting, using eRPM Manage Deliverables, and working with ORSP to process Data Use Agreements. The series also explores strategies for building productive research administrator–faculty partnerships and managing seamless transitions during faculty transfers.
Navigate: Research Sponsors Playlist
These videos cover key research sponsor requirements and proposal-related responsibilities that support successful sponsored project submissions across a range of funding agencies. Topics include preparing biosketches and using SciENcv, understanding sponsor-specific policy requirements, developing data management and sharing plans, addressing safe and inclusive working environment expectations, and reporting other support and international engagements. The series also highlights evolving sponsor policies and practical recommendations to help research administrators and faculty prepare compliant, complete, and competitive funding applications.
Navigate: Compliance, Policies & Regulations Playlist
These videos cover essential compliance, policy, and regulatory considerations for sponsored research administration. Topics include navigating research safety requirements and Environmental Health and Safety resources, understanding investigator sign-off requirements for Proposal Approval Forms, reviewing Other Support information, and managing international engagement disclosures. The series provides research administrators with practical guidance to support compliance with institutional policies, sponsor requirements, and applicable regulations throughout the sponsored project lifecycle.
Navigate: Systems & Tools Playlist
These videos introduce systems, tools, and emerging technologies that support research administration activities.
Navigate: The RA’s Ecosystem – Central Offices Playlist
Navigate webinars and videos highlights key central offices that support research at U-M, outlining their roles, services, and practical guidance to help research administrators navigate the research landscape with confidence.
Navigate: Proposal Preparation & Submission
Overview of the proposal development and submission process. Online Course length: 15-20 min
Navigate: Senior/Key Personnel
U-M definition of “senior/key personnel,” and considerations related to senior/key personnel on the Proposal Approval Form (PAF) and the Award record in eRPM. Online Course length: 10-15 min
Navigate: Pre-Closeout Analysis
Analysis of common pre-closeout reports and general tips, strategies, and resources. Online Course length: 15-20 min
Navigate: Research Core Management
Introduction to U-M Research Cores, focusing on the financial setup, management, and inactivation processes. Online Course length: 70-75 min
Navigate: Cost Sharing
This module covers the types of cost sharing that might be included in a sponsored project or proposal. Online Course length: 15-20 min
Navigate: Outgoing Subawards
Introduction to outgoing subawards, the roles and responsibilities related to outgoing subawards in the pre- and post-award phases, the processes and requirements for them. Online Course length: 90 min
Navigate: Costs of All Kinds
Types of Direct Costs and Indirect Costs, including salaries, effort, supplies, equipment, travel, and more. Online Course length: 15-20 min
Navigate: Monitoring Capital Equipment – RA Best Practices
Learn ways the RA can assist the project team in complying with sponsor and U-M requirements related to equipment. Online Course length: 10-15 min
Navigate: Foreign Subawards
Introduction to the key requirements for establishing foreign subawards on a sponsored project. Online Course length: 30-40 min
Navigate: Project Closeout
Information about financial project closeout, including the Final Uniform Guidance (UG) Report, the Final Financial Status Report (FSR), the Project/Grant Inactivation Process, and other common reports and deliverables required for project closeout. Online Course length: 20-30 min
Navigate: Subprojects
Overview of the requirements, protocols and processes essential for effectively managing subprojects from initiation to closure. Online Course length: 30-40 min
Navigate: GSRA & Postdoc Appointments on Sponsored Projects
Overview of graduate student and postdoctoral appointments for sponsored projects relevant to research administrators. Online Course length: 20-30 min
Navigate: Introduction to Uniform Guidance Cost Principles
Overview of Uniform Guidance (UG) cost principles and managing UG expenses throughout the research project lifecycle. Online Course length: 10-15 min