Research, Innovation & Impact

The Certificate Series for Specialized Grants Training offers on-demand training sessions designed to provide University of Missouri System staff with enhanced technical expertise in research administration. The training covers the life of a sponsored project – from proposal development and submission to award closeout. 

Series tracks

The certificate series follows three tracks:

1. Pre-award track — leads you through the pre-award process from proposal development to establishment of an award.
   
   Courses:
   1. Proposal development and submission
   2. Peoplesoft grants module and the electronic proposal signature routing sheet (ePSRS)
   3. Budget development
   4. Indirect cost rate
   5. Notice of grant award (NGA), acceptance and establishment of an award
       
2. Post-award track – provides training in financial reports, queries and audits.
   
   Courses:
   1. Peoplesoft grants module financial reports and queries
   2. Allowability
   3. Management of award
   4. Subawards and consulting agreements
   5. Cost sharing
   6. Effort verification reporting (EVR), cost transfers and payroll correcting entries (PCE)
   7. Closeout of award and disposition of equipment
       
3. Clinical trials and nonfinancial agreements track – provides training in unfunded agreements, clinical trials pre-award study startup and clinical trials post-award study management.
   
   Courses:
   1. Unfunded agreements (nondisclosure/NDA; material transfer/MTA; data transfer and use/DTUA)
   2. Clinical trials pre-award (study startup)
   3. Clinical trials post-award (managing the study)
       

You can earn a certificate upon completion of each track. After you have completed all courses in a track, email grantsdc@missouri.edu with the name of the completed track, and we will prepare your certificate.