Brown Bag Get-Togethers

Come meet with representatives of OSR to chat about hot topics.  Learn from experts and your peers.

Date: Monthly, every 2nd Tuesday
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Announced via email

Click here for the 2015 Brown Bag schedule.

Brown Bag "Takeaways"

Click on the links below to access summaries of Brown Bag topics:

June 10, 2014

• Sponsor prior approval requests: What to do and when

March 11, 2014

• What you need to do differently during closeout due to changes with how federal agencies pay Stanford

November 12, 2013

• When do I need one PTA vs. multiple PTAs? What are the pros and cons?

• Proposal Preparation: Avoiding Common Errors

September 10, 2013

• The new type of federal agency audits using data analytics: What does this mean for us?

• Proposal types in SeRA and their impacts on PTA configuration

July 9, 2013

• Cost transfer justifications: The good, the bad, and the ugly

• Federal contracting for the department administrator

June 11, 2013

• ABCs of cost-sharing

• Subawards: Project management Pre and Post

OSR Seminar Series

This series of monthly seminars teaches the "nuts and bolts" of research administration and provides on-the-ground details, practical how-to’s, and tricks of the trade to University and Medical School staff involved in sponsored research.

Click here for the Seminar Series schedule

Handouts for seminars:

• December 4, 2014: Subward Project Management
• March 13, 2014: Subaward iProcurement Process
• January 9, 2014: Charge the Stuff That's Easy to Defend
• September 26, 2013: Foundation and Other Non-Profit Agreements: Grants with Special Conditions
• July 18, 2013: Subaward Management: Recognizing the Red Flags
• June 20, 2013: SeRA Proposal Types and Impacts on Project Structure and PTA Configuration