Certificate Curriculum Guide

Each course listed in this guide links to a helpful information page that provides course details and access to registration.

Certificate Required Coursework

19.5 hours of foundational coursework leads to the CORE Certificate in Research Administration.

Foundational courses provide an overview of research administration activity common to most sponsored project research projects throughout each lifecycle stage. Completion of all courses will build a basic understanding of compliance and other requirements that must be understood if one is to be successful when working on a sponsored project. We recommend that you take these courses in the order of the stages of a sponsored research project lifecycle (Plan/Propose, Setup, Manage and Closeout).

Foundational Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered
Introduction to Research Administration	All	1000	2.5	On Demand
Blueprint of a Proposal	Plan/Propose	1001	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring
Introduction to Sponsored Project Budgets	Plan/Propose	1002	1	On Demand
Understanding Your New Award	Setup	1030	1.5	Fall, Winter, Spring
Reading the Notice of Award (NoA)	Setup	1039	1.5	Fall, Winter, Spring
Award Administration: Fiscal Compliance	Manage	1040	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring
Preparing for Audit	Manage	1042	2	Fall, Winter, Spring
Payroll and Non-Payroll Accounting Adjustments on Sponsored Awards	Manage	1044	.5	On Demand
Post Award Food Purchases and Compliance	Manage	1045	.5	On Demand
Timing of Expenditures & Benefit to Award	Manage	1046	.5	On Demand
Basics of Records Retention for Research Teams	All	TBD	1	On Demand (launch 2025)
Non-Financial Compliance Basics	All	1031	1	On Demand
Subaward Fundamentals	All	1032	2.5	Fall, Spring

Elective Pathways

• Elective pathways focus on processes specific to the UW, or offer deeper treatments of particular topics.
• Elective courses support further development of skills in a particular area of research administration, but are not required for certificate completion.
• Courses in the 1000 series are considered introductory; courses in the 2000 series are at an intermediate level. Check the online course description of each course to make sure you meet prerequisites as you build your plan.

Elective Focus: Working in SAGE 

This series of courses prepares you to complete a variety of tasks in SAGE. The first three courses build on each other and should be completed in the order listed. We strongly recommend you complete the online course Introduction to Sponsored Project Budgets prior to taking “SAGE: Budget.”

Elective Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered
SAGE: Creating and Submitting eGC1s	Plan/Propose	1011	2	Fall, Winter, Spring
SAGE: Budget	Plan/Propose	1014	2	Fall, Winter, Spring
SAGE Awards	Setup, Manage	1015	2	Fall, Winter, Spring
SAGE: Creating NIH Proposals in Grant Runner	Plan/Propose	1012	2	Fall, Winter, Spring
Subawards in SAGE	Setup	1033	1.5	Fall, Spring

Elective Focus: Planning for and Managing Financials on Sponsored Projects

Requirements and best practices for identifying and managing expenditures for sponsored projects.

Elective Coursework	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered
Workshop: Preparing Sponsored Project Budgets	Plan/Propose	1013	2	On Demand
Direct Billing of F&A Type Costs	Plan/Propose	2000	0.5	On Demand
Understanding Cost Share at the UW: When is it Really Cost Share?	Plan/Propose	2001	2.5	On Demand (on Hold until 2025)
Managing Cost Share at the UW	Setup, Manage,  Closeout	2041	2.5	Fall, Winter, Spring
Navigating the New Frontier of Financial Reporting for Grants Managers	Manage, Closeout	1095	2	Fall, Winter, Spring

Elective Focus: Non-Financial Compliance

Research compliance areas that must be monitored and reported on throughout the lifecycle of a sponsored research project.

Course Title	Lifecycle Stage	Course Code	Hours	Typically Offered
Compliance Case Studies: Financial Conflict of Interest, Export Controls and Research Integrity	All	2030	2	Spring
Compliance Case Studies: Human Subjects, Research Animals and Biological Substances	All	2031	2	Fall