Grant Management Onboarding Pack

This page contains links to essential resources for BU Department, Research, or Financial Administrators who are responsible for managing sponsored awards in their departments. Sponsored Programs recommends all administrators thoroughly explore the BU Research website, but this is a great starting point.

Learning/Training

Course on the Fundamentals of Research Administration, customized to BU, which is strongly recommended for DAs new to BU
BU-specific Best Practice recommendations and tips for various grant management processes, including subawards, hiring, carryover, salary cost transfers, and much more
The Post-Award Financials Onboarding Pack, with all you need to know about award finance
Ongoing training opportunities and materials on various research support topics
Guidance on all steps of the Project Lifecycle, from preparing a proposal to managing an award to closeout
BU TechWeb trainings, including on BUWorks Grants Management-specific BW Reporting

Resources/Tools

List of your Sponsored Programs Pre-award and Post-Award contact people, and a request form if you need to update department assignments for you or your group
Research Support Roles and Responsibilities matrix, explaining how everyone at BU fits together in the grant management process
Institutional Numbers and Rates quick guide
Check the status of your in-progress Award or Outgoing Subaward set-up
Setting up a user account in sponsor systems like eRA Commons, FastLane, or NSPIRES
The Proposal Summary Form (PSF) and other helpful forms (the PSF is updated occasionally, so check back at this link if you suspect a change)
Sponsored Research Reports, and in cases where those reports don’t meet your needs, a request form for data from Sponsored Programs