SPO Training
Quick Overview: Proposal and Award Process
Responsibilities: Investigators / Department Contract & Grant Administrators
Each link below leads to helpful documents and trainings.
- Research Administration Overview
- Proposal Preparation and Submission
- Proposal Budgeting
- Cayuse SP (used to route proposals, awards and subawards internally for approvals)
- Managing Roles in Cayuse
- Cayuse 424 and NIH ASSIST (grant proposal submission systems)
- Award Processing
- Subawards
- Advance Accounts and Clinical Trials
A summary of all current and upcoming training opportunities offered by the Sponsored Programs Office can be found here.
Research Administration Forums
Our Monthly Research Administration Forum is held the fourth Wednesday of each month from 8:30 – 10:00 am via Zoom: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/99842677540
- Join the Contracts & Grants listserv for updates and more information.
- Watch the Forums afterwards on YouTube
Past Forum Materials
2023 Meetings
- May 24, 2023 Zoom recording
- April 26, 2023 Zoom recording
- March 22, 2023 Zoom recording
- February 22, 2023 Zoom recording
- January 25, 2023 Zoom recording
- Forum agenda
- Zoom chat
- BIA presentation (minus salary scale impacts from UAW negotiations): 2023-24 Composite Benefit Rates & additional guidance
- CGA presentation: Migration to Oracle
- Proposals presentation: Cayuse 424 internal doc, NIH salary cap increase, NSF doc updates, NIH DMS Policy
- IRB presentation: IRB review requirements for outside sites & outside IRBs
2022 Meetings
- October 26, 2022 Zoom recording
- September 28, 2022 Zoom recording
- August 24, 2022 Zoom recording
- July 27, 2022 Zoom recording
- June 22, 2022 Zoom recording
- May 25, 2022 Zoom recording
- April 27, 2022 Zoom recording
- March 23, 2022 Zoom recording
- February 23, 2022 Zoom recording
- January 26, 2022 Zoom recording
2021 Meetings
- As is customary, there were no Research Administration Forums in November or December.
- October 27,2021 Zoom recording
- September 22, 2021 Zoom recording
- August 25, 2021 Zoom recording
- July 28, 2021 Zoom recording
- June 23, 2021 Zoom recording
- May 26, 2021 Zoom recording
- April 28, 2021 Zoom recording
- March 24, 2021 Zoom recording
- February 24, 2021 Zoom recording
- January 27, 2021 Zoom recording
2020 Meetings
- There were no Research Administration Forums in November or December 2020.
- September 23, 2020 Agenda
- August 26,2020 Agenda
- UC Path – Contracts and Grants Administration presentation and Q&A
- Sponsored Programs Record Retention Guidelines
- July 22, 2020 Agenda
- June 24, 2020 Agenda
- May 27, 2020 Agenda
- May 13, 2020 Agenda
- April 22, 2020 Agenda
- April 8, 2020 Agenda
- March 25, 2020 Agenda
- February 25, 2020 Agenda
- January 22, 2020 Agenda
2019 Meetings
- October 23, 2019 Agenda
- September 25, 2019 Agenda
- August 28, 2019 Agenda
- UC Path Readiness for C&G Awards
- Select “Get ready for UC Path” in Quick Links
- **Updated with new dates and details**
- UC Path Readiness for C&G Awards
- July 24, 2019 Agenda
- June 26, 2019 Agenda
- May 22, 2019 Agenda
- April 24, 2019 Agenda
- March 27, 2019 Agenda
- February 27, 2019 Agenda
2018 Meetings
Additional Resources
- eRA – electronic Research Administration resources, including Cayuse, eCOI, NIH ASSIST, NSF FastLane and other systems
- All About Indirect Costs– NIH “Rock Talk”
- CITI Training: Courses include Essentials of Research Administration, Human Research Protection and Responsible Conduct of Research
- CITI User Guide– How to register for a CITI course
- National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
- National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP)
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Grant Training 101
- Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International
- Types of Intellectual Property
- UCOP Online Intellectual Property Courses