Events
Are you interested in an upcoming live event? We advertise events using the Research Admin Blog. If you are not yet registered, please use our form.
Please review the registration requirements for each event carefully. In some cases, live attendance is not required, and a recording may be available to those who registered prior to the event. For recordings of past events, please search our Training directory.
Sponsored Programs
Past Events
- May 5, 2026 (8-5pm on campus) – Research Administration Intensive for Department Administrators
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
NCURA
When possible, Sponsored Programs purchases webinars hosted by NCURA. These webinars offer free logins to the entire BU community. If you would like sponsored programs to purchase an upcoming NCURA webinar for the community, please sent a request via our contact form.
What are the benefits of using the extra login?
- You keep access to the webinar after the event (even if you couldn’t attend live).
- You specifically get access to both the handout and video of the event, which you can download. [Please do not disseminate the content or extra login links outside of BU.]
- You can earn contact hours from the session and can download a certificate of completion for your records.
- You can fully participate in the meetings, including answering poll questions and writing in the chat/Q&A.
A note for CRAs and other RACC-certified research administrators
These webinars are particularly useful if you’re working toward recertification. RACC requires approximately 14 contact hours per year, and webinars fall into a category with no cap on hours. Registering throughout the year and keeping your certificates on file makes the documentation process significantly easier — especially if you’re audited.
Upcoming Events
- August 4, 2026 (live on Zoom) – Award Set-Up to First Spend: Getting Post-Award Right from Day One
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
Past Events
- June 4, 2026 (live on Zoom) – Transferring Awards Without Losing Momentum
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
- May 18, 2026 (live on Zoom) – Navigating NIH Foreign Subaward Policy: Current State, Implications, and Best Practices
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
- April 6 (pre-recorded) – Human-Led, AI-Assisted: A Hands-On Workshop on Prompting and Practical AI Use Cases in Research Administration, was pre-recorded in Puerto Rico and is available on demand, with an additional live Q&A follow-up on April 29.
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
- May 13, 2026 (live on Zoom) – Budgeting for Compliance: Designing Budgets That Survive Post-Award Scrutiny
- For details on registration, please see our blog post.
- May 3-6, 2026 (Westbrook, CT) – NCURA Region I Spring Meeting