Past Events

  • 2017 Apr 11

    Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research: Presentations by 2017 Awardees

    3:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Faculty Room, University Hall

    The Star Family Challenge is a research award program established at the suggestion of James A. Star ‘83, supporting FAS and SEAS faculty members in the natural and social sciences pursuing high- risk, high-impact projects with an interdisciplinary focus. 

    We are pleased to announce the 2017 Star Family Challenge awardees:

    • Jesse Snedeker, Professor of Psychology, FAS, “Language creation: Modeling the rapid emergence of a new language in Nicaragua”
    • Elsie Sunderland, Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, SEAS; Associate...
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  • 2017 Apr 04

    RAS Coffee Club Meeting: Equipment Management

    Registration Closed 9:15am to 10:15am

    Location: 

    Lamont Library Café

     

    RAS Coffee Club: Equipment Management – FAS & SEAS

    Want to learn a bit more about equipment management at FAS and SEAS? Need a refresher on best practices in purchasing and approving equipment and the right object codes to use? Find yourself unsure of how to guide your PIs on how to manage equipment when moving labs or transferring to a new institution? If so, join us on Tuesday, April 4th from 9:15am to 10:15am in the Lamont Library Cafe for a cup of coffee and discussion on these equipment topics and more with Jessica McCall, Capital Assets Program...

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  • 2017 Feb 10

    Cambridge Research Administrators Open Forum and Washington/Federal Update

    Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Hall Room 201

    **This forum will be a repeat session of the update given at LMA in the morning of 2/10. 

    Friday, February 10, 2017
    2:00 - 3:30 pm
    Harvard Hall,
    Room 201
    Hosted by FAS Research Administration Services

    Kevin Casey
    Associate Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications
    Jon Groteboer
    Director Federal Relations, Office of Federal Relations
    Harvard University

     

  • 2017 Feb 10

    LMA Joint Research Administrators Open Forum: Washington/Federal Update

    9:30am to 11:00am

    Location: 

    HMS: Armenise Amphitheater

    Save the Date...February 10, 9:30-11:00 AM
    LMA Joint Research Administrators Open Forum
    Washington/Federal Update

     

    Kevin Casey
    Associate Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications
    Jon Groteboer
    Director Federal Relations, Office of Federal Relations
    Harvard University


    Friday, February 10, 2017
    9:30 - 11:00 AM
    HMS: Armenise Amphitheater

    Hosted by HMS and SPH
     

     

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  • 2017 Feb 07

    RAS Coffee Club: Cost Share Policy and Procedures

    Registration Closed 9:30am to 10:30am

    Location: 

    CGIS Knafel Building - K401

     

    Join us for the February RAS Coffee club where we will attempt to demystify the world of Cost Sharing! As the Cost Sharing Subcommittee is wrapping up the review and revision of the University  policy and accompanying procedures manual we’d like to hear from you! What do you find most confusing about Cost Sharing? When is Cost Sharing considered a requirement of the sponsors vs. a voluntary contribution? We will be joined by  Min Xiao, Manager of Sponsored Compliance and Outreach, on February 7 to help answer questions such as these as well as have a...

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  • 2017 Jan 30

    ecrt Report Webex

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Cambridge 1033 Mass Ave, 5th Floor, room 559 or Online Webex

     

    ecrt Report Webex

    Date/Time/Location: Monday January 30th, 11:00am-12:00pm, Cambridge 1033 Mass Ave, 5thFloor, room 559 or Online Webex

    Description: Join us as we explore some of the key reports available in the University’s effort reporting tool, ecrt.  This session will focus on several of the most useful reports available to Grant Managers and Primary Effort Coordinators to aide them during the quarterly and annual review and certification cycles as well as throughout the...

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  • 2017 Jan 23

    ecrt Basics Training

    1:30pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Cambridge 8 Story Street Room B2

     

    Description: This course will introduce department administrators to effort reporting and the electronic effort reporting and certification system (ecrt), which allows Principal Investigators and Faculty to certify their effort on federally-sponsored projects.  This course will cover the following: 

    ·         Introduction to effort and effort reporting 

    ·         ecrt roles and...

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