News and Events

2022

Managing research funds: an introduction to sponsors and support services (Oct 28)
Friday, October 28, 202210:30-noon
Location: Zoom
Learn more about Research Finance and major research sponsors

Intended audience: the broad research community

Learn more about:
- Support provided by Research Finance in managing your funding
- Major research funders and their processes, policies and compliance
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MANAGING RESEARCH FUNDS: POST-AWARD TOOLS AND PROCESSES FOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (Sep 23)
Friday, September 23, 202211:00 am to noon
Location: Zoom
Sharing Best Practices

Intended audience: PI & Grant Manager

Learn more about:
- US Fed (eg. NIH, DoD) Grant Post-Award Best Practices
- Tri-Agency Grants and UBC's Business Expense Rules
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MANAGING RESEARCH FUNDS: TIMELY TOPICS FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND FINANCE MANAGERS (Sep 16)
Friday, September 16, 202211:00 am to noon
Location: Zoom
Learn more about matters of timely interest and emerging topics

Intended audience: Administrator & Finance manager

Learn more about:
- US Fed (eg. NIH, DoD) Grants Post-Award Requirements
- Tri-Agency Grants and UBC's Business Expense Rules
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Waitlist - Managing Research Funds workshop series
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Managing research funds: an introduction to sponsors and support services (July 22)
Friday, July 22, 202210:30-noon
Location: Zoom
Learn more about Research Finance and major research sponsors

Intended audience: the broad research community

Learn more about:
- Support provided by Research Finance in managing your funding
- Major research funders and their processes, policies and compliance
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Managing research funds: post-award tools and processes for principal investigators (June 23)
Thursday, June 23, 202211:00-11:45 am
Location: Zoom
Getting the most out of Workday

Intended audience: Principal Investigators and their delegates

Learn more about:
- research grants dashboard and associated reports
- subgranting processes
- Form 300 availability and timeline
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Managing research funds: timely topics for administrators and finance managers (May 25)
Wednesday, May 25, 202211:00-noon
Location: Zoom
Learn more about matters of timely interest and emerging topics

Intended audience: administrators and finance mangers at the faculty or departmental level

Learn more about:
- Delegation of Signing Authority
- Invoicing and A/R Tracking
- Recording "Cost Recoveries"
- Form 300s
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Managing research funds: an introduction to sponsors and support services (Apr 29)
Friday, April 29, 20222:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Learn more about Research Finance and major research sponsors

Intended audience: the broad research community

Learn more about:
- Support provided by Research Finance in managing your funding
- Major research funders and their processes, policies and compliance
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Managing research funds: post-award tools and processes for principal investigators (Mar 25)
Friday, March 25, 202211:00am to 11:45am
Location: Zoom
Getting the most out of Workday and end-of-year over-expenditure processes

Intended audience: Principal Investigators and their delegates

Learn more about:
- The research grants dashboard
- Generating reports
- Delegating signing authority through assigning Grant Managers
- The over-expenditure clearance process for research grants
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Specific topics of post-award research administration on Workday Webinar (Feb 18)
Friday, February 18, 202211:00am to noon
Location: Webinar
The registration has been closed.

This session will cover the following specific topics - delegation of signing authority on Workday, how to use Grants Ledger Summary, research subject payments options, understanding CFI setup on Workday, and compensation-related matters in the context of the Tri-Agency Guide for Financial Administration (TAGFA).

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2021

Tri-Agency Annual Form 300 Statements of Account Now Ready For Download
The annual Form 300 Statements of Account for Tri-Agency grantholders are now available for download

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2020

Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (December 2nd)
Wednesday, December 02, 202010:00 am to noon
Location: Zoom
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Update on research allowance eligibility and retroactive expenses for CIHR Awards
Monday, August 10, 2020
Q: Is TAGFA applicable for the research allowance portion of a CIHR Award and do retroactive expenses apply to research allowances as well?
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Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (October 14))
Wednesday, October 14, 202010:00 am to noon
Location: Zoom
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (September 16)
Wednesday, September 16, 202010:00 am to noon
Location: Zoom
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (August 05-Cancelled)
Wednesday, August 05, 202010:00 am to noon (Cancelled)
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Cancelled: Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (July 08)
Wednesday, July 08, 202010:00am to noon
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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COVID-19: Funding Agency Updates
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The following COVID-19 updates from some of the major funding agencies relate to financial reporting, expense eligibility, process changes and announcements.
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Incremental costs of research activities during COVID-19
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC recognize that grant recipients and/or research team members may continue to incur ongoing research costs, as well as incremental costs that would not normally be incurred

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Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (May 06)
Wednesday, May 06, 202010:00am to noon
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration-Core Refresher Webinar (June 03)
Wednesday, June 03, 202010:00am to noon
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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Tri-Agency Updates on the Cancellation of Research-Related Travel
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
For projects funded by NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR, the granting agencies have confirmed that the reimbursement of non-refundable travel fees from agency funds is acceptable for meetings or other researc
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Update on Tri-Agency Training for The New Tri-Agency Guide for Financial Adminstration (TAGFA)
Thursday, April 02, 2020
April 2, 2020

Please be informed that all in-person Tri-Agency training sessions have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
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Employer Health Tax (EHT) Initiative
Following the introduction of the Employer Health Tax (EHT) in January 2019, a 1.95% tax is payable on remuneration paid to all UBC employees.

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(Cancelled) Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) – Core Refresher (1 hour, Apr 2)
Thursday, April 02, 20209:00am to 10:00pm
Location: CIRS Policy Lab A&B, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall V6T 1Z4 View Map
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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(Cancelled) Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration – Core Refresher + Advanced-Level Case Study Activity (3 hours, Mar 31)
Tuesday, March 31, 20209:00am to 12:00pm
Location: CIRS Policy Lab A&B, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall V6T 1Z4 View Map
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

In addition to the Core Refresher course, participants will have an opportunity to discuss complex case studies in an interactive group setting, to further build on their skills to interpret and apply the TAGFA principles and directives.

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(Cancelled) Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration – Core Refresher + Intermediate-Level Scenarios Activity (2.5 hours, Mar 24)
Tuesday, March 24, 20209:00am to 11:30pm
Location: CIRS Policy Lab A&B, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall V6T 1Z4 View Map
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

In addition to the Core Refresher course, participants will have an opportunity to draw from their own experiences and other scenarios illustrating the application the new Guide research expense eligibility. This will an interactive course where participants may submit scenarios in advance of the course for group discussion.

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(Cancelled) Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) – Core Refresher (1 hour, Mar 19)
Thursday, March 19, 20209:00am to 10:00pm
Location: CIRS Policy Lab A&B, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall V6T 1Z4 View Map
The new Tri-Agency Guide to Financial Administration (TAGFA) will take effect for all eligible institutions on April 1, 2020. As UBC was one of the twelve institutions involved in the pilot of this initiative since November 2018, this refresher course will review the core sections of the new Guide on the administration and use of grant funds.

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2019

Tri-Agency Renewal Initiative Update (August 2019)
Tuesday, August 13, 201910:00am-11:30am
Location: MSL, Room 101, 2185 East Mall
August update on the Renewal of the Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide (TAFAG) initiative.

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April 2, 2020