In broadening its responsibility for the institutional oversight of Wayne State University's externally funded programs, Sponsored Program Administration provides training sessions for a wide range of topics including Cayuse proposal preparation and submission, proposal budget development, Researcher's Dashboard navigation, and generating web-reports.  Regularly held training sessions are offered; please check the SPA Home Page for scheduled events.  Additionally, one-on-one or small group sessions are available as needed .  For details or answers to questions, please contact Tim Foley, SPA Training Specialist, at 577-8357 or email tpfoley@wayne.edu.

Core topics

• Cayuse Research Suite
• ​Cost-Sharing
• Sponsored Projects Fundamentals
• Close-Out
• Proposal Budget Development
• Working with SPA
• F&A - Indirect Costs - Overhead
• Cost Principles for Sponsored Projects
• Sponsored Projects - Departmental Administration

Additional Resources and User Guides

The following links provide useful information for the administrative endeavors of Wayne State University's research community.  Please note that the information provided therein is general and not necessarily specific or applicable to WSU, Sponsored Program Administration or the Office of the Vice President for Research.

WSU/SPA

• How do I use Cognos Analytics? (Job Aids)
• How do I use SPA Power BI Cayuse Reports? (Job Aids)
• Cayuse Sponsored Projects (SP) User Guide
• Cayuse S2S (system-to-system with Grants.gov) User Guide

NIH

• NIH Extramural Nexus: Information regarding extramural funding from the NIH
• NIH Grant Programs: A comprehensive listing of NIH activity codes which differentiate research-related programs
• NIH eRA Modules, User Guides, and Documentation: Overview of NIH resources and aids for eRA systems and requirements

NSF

• Research.gov Help System: Registration/Login

Other

• Grants.gov: Applicant Registration and user guides