Research and Engagement offers a full range of workshops and trainings to assist and support faculty and staff in the successful conduct of research.
Research Administration Core Curriculum Training Program
The Research Administration Core Curriculum Training Program offers a comprehensive overview of research administration for new staff and faculty, as well as members of the campus community looking for a refresher or interested in learning new job skills. This program is broken down into six core topic areas:
- Core 1 - Orientation and Fundamentals of Research Administration
- Core 2 - Proposal Submission and Budgeting
- Core 3 - Proposal Development Methods and Tools
- Core 4 - Award Management
- Core 5 - Post-Award Financial Research Administration
- Core 6 - SUMMIT Financials for Departmental Post-Award Management
This program is offered each semester through Workplace Learning and Development (WLD). Register here.
Research Administration PRO Series Training Program
The Research Administration PRO Series Training Program is a companion to the CORE program offerings above. They focus on specific topics with a greater level of detail.
This program is offered each semester through Workplace Learning and Development (WLD). Register here.
Kuali Research Training
Lab-based trainings via Zoom are also available each semester that are geared towards administrators engaged in proposal development and faculty and graduate students who build their own proposals.
- KUALI 1- Proposal Development Basics
- KUALI 2- Proposal Development Budgeting
- KUALI 3- Proposal Development- S2S Advanced
Register here through Workplace Learning & Development (WL&D).
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Research Development Workshops
The Office of Research Development (ORD) hosts workshops focused on tools that will help researchers secure external funding. ORD supports an evolving program of faculty research development workshops, seminars, and peer-to-peer mentoring programs intended to support faculty in all fields and at all professorial levels in meeting their research goals. Faculty groups can request a workshop, seminar, or program to meet specific research needs. Faculty development workshops focus on four general areas: proposal development, internal grant competitions, agency relationship building, and investigator initiated workshops.
Compliance Training
Compliance units host a regular series of trainings for both human and animal subjects research.
Human Subjects Training
See Human Subjects Training, Education and Outreach for more. All UMass Amherst investigators working with human subjects must complete an online training program called the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program. The required training modules are divided in two categories, Group 1: Biomedical research Investigators and Key Personnel; and Group 2: Social Behavioral and Education Research Investigators and Key Personnel. For more information on CITI training, see: CITI Education and Training.
Animal User Training
The UMass Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) requires that all personnel listed in an animal use protocol have basic IACUC training certification. Project specific training needs to be described in the protocol to be reviewed by the IACUC. See Animal User Training for more information and registration details.
Export Control Training
The Research and Engagement executive area, through its Office of Research Compliance, has been charged by the Chancellor to recommend and implement a program of required training for identified groups from the campus community. Orientation and training in foundational aspects of export control is critical to ensuring UMass Amherst faculty, staff, and students are aware of and can seek assistance with transactions or circumstances that may be impacted by export control laws and regulations. Because the export regulatory schema impacts not only research activities, but also international travel, purchasing, shipping, receiving, and other aspects of daily university business, it is important that the campus community have a sufficient understanding to ensure compliance. Individuals who complete and maintain this required training, and follow the relevant University policies and procedures, can rely on the University’s protections against liability and its continued support for their activities. Learn more.
