Through a partnership between the offices of Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services (SPARCS) and Contracts and Grants (C&G) the research administration enterprise of NC State University is pleased to offer a five-day training program comprised of four modules: #1 - Pre Award (one day), #2 - Post Award (two days), #3 - Compliance, Intellectual Property and Export Controls (one day) and #4 – Navigating Electronic Research Administration Systems (ERA) (one day). Participants meet one day a week for a five week program.
This partnership starts with SPARCS and C&G, but relies heavily on the outstanding training and service provided by many other offices on campus including, but not limited to the Office of Technology Transfer and the Office of Legal Affairs, providing a “cradle-to-grave” overview of research administration at NC State. The goal of this four-module training program is simple: train staff, faculty and leadership in the art of managing externally sponsored research and scholarly endeavors. The measurement of our success will be in the competence expressed in our daily decision-making, recognition of program completion through internal certification, and achieving a high success rate in national certification of our research administrators. But ultimately, the satisfaction of the faculty in our efforts to facilitate their sponsored scholarly and research endeavors and attaining clean financial, program and regulatory compliance audits will confirm this broadened competence. Participants who attend all five days of RAMP will receive a certificate of participation. Those wishing to attend one session may also register for a ½ or full day for Module 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Comments, questions or concerns about RAMP can be addressed to Debbie Hunt, Special Projects Advisor - SPARCS by e-mail to: debbie_hunt@ncsu.edu or to Julie Brasfield, Assistant Director, Financial Reporting and Operations – C&G by e-mail to: julie_brasfield@ncsu.edu.
Prerequisite: The prerequisite for this program is 3-6 months of experience or a basic understanding of University Research Administration and/or Accounting principles.
Certificate of Participation and Attendance: Each participant who attends every session, for all 5 days of training, will receive a certificate of participation. If you are aware you will need to miss a session or day, please notify one of the RAMP Administrators in advance, by email to debbie_hunt@ncsu.edu or julie_brasfield@ncsu.edu. We will schedule make up sessions / days for absences related to family emergencies, illness or professional responsibilities, if you wish to receive the certificate of participation. Please send an email request to one of the above administrators, asking to be scheduled for a make up session/day. In order to receive credit for attending each session, participants must arrive no later than 10 minutes after the beginning of the presentation and not leave prior to the end of the presentation.
Registration: To register, you must log into the eLearning system, through the MyPack Portal. Use this link: RAMP eLearning Registration and log in using your unity ID and unity password. You will need to register for the first session of RAMP - course title RAMP 1. Once you are registered and one of the RAMP Training Coordinators has approved your registration, your other 4 days of RAMP training will be added in for you. Unless otherwise specified, you will be registered for all 5 days of RAMP.
Pre-requisite for attending RAMP - at least 3-6 months of research administration experience. If you have questions about the RAMP program, please email or call one of the administrators.
If you have questions about using the eLearning system or want to find out more about what eLearning is, feel free to contact one of the Training Coordinators or also check out the eLearning "front page":