Providing UC Davis research administrators with a basic foundation for the administration of sponsored programs.
The Research Administration Certification Series (RACS) is sponsored jointly by the Office of Research and Extramural Funds Accounting. Please visit Accounting and Financial Services "Research Administration Certificate Series" for more information. All courses below are required for the certificate.
Pre-Award Courses:
- Sponsored Programs Essentials (eCourse)
- Electronic Research Administration (eRA) (Instructor-Led Training or eCourse)
- Proposal Preparation and Submission (Instructor-Led Training or eCourse)
- Preparing a Proposal Budget: Basics (eCourse)
- Preparing a Proposal Budget: Lab (Instructor-Led Training)
- Understanding the Awards Process (Instructor-Led Training or eCourse)
Post Award Courses:
- Principles of Research Administration (eCourse)
- Post Award Administration, Part 1 (eCourse)
- Post Award Administration, Part 2 (eCourse)
- Costing Principles (eCourse)
- *Indirect Costs (Instructor-Led Training)
- Cost Sharing and Effort Commitments (eCourse)
- *Financial Closeouts (Instructor-Led Training)
- *Decision Support Reports for Research Administration (Instructor-Led Training)
*For the foreseeable future, these classes are unavailable. Please add yourself to the Express Interest list in the UC Learning Center but clicking the title of the class above, then click the yellow “Register” button to access the course in the UC Learning Center. Click “Register” and at the bottom right-hand corner of the activity page click on "Express Interest" to receive notification when new dates are scheduled.
Risk Management Courses:
- Internal Controls at UC Davis (eCourse)
- How to Survive an Audit (Instructor-Led Training)
Other Research Compliance Courses:
- Animal Care and Use (eCourse)
- CITI Biomedical Researcher or Social & Behavioral Researcher (please see instructions)
- Copyrights at UC Davis
- UC Ethics and Compliance Briefing for Researchers (ECBR) (eCourse)
- Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Series (all 6):
Certificate Sponsors
Sponsored Programs, Office of Research, and Contracts & Grants Accounting
Contact: Perry King, pking@ucdavis.edu