Managing Innovation Across the Research Ecosystem.

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Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. The course examines the pivotal processes that support an increasingly complex research ecosystem to shape the future of meaningful discoveries across research domains such as business, science, art, education, human, etc. Students will delve into essential topics such as research organizational structures, key roles and responsibilities, and the grant life cycle, with a deeper exploration of pre-award, award and post-award responsibilities and activities as they appear across different research domains. Topics covered include review and evaluation of funding opportunities across various research domains (e.g., RFP, FOA, NOFO), effort and salary allocation, indirect/direct costs, subaward/subrecipient processes, invoicing, billing, reconciliation and reporting with adherence to applicable regulations and funder requirements.