STAYING ON TRACK WITH YOUR CONTRACT RESEARCH PROGRAM

Amy SchutzbachIllinois DOT2012 AASHTO RAC Annual Meeting

GETTING THE FOR YOUR BUCK

Federal responsibility Annual work program Management process Reporting requirements

Personal responsibility Obligation to taxpayers Reflection of our performance

TRIED AND TRUE….WITH A TWIST

TRIED AND TRUE….WITH A TWIST Basic project information – people, tasks,

objectives, meetings Time and budget information

Overall For this quarter

Significant results this quarter/anticipated work next quarter

Project impediments and recommended solutions

Deliverables and implementation strategy

TRIED AND TRUE….WITH A TWIST On-line QPR reporting

Encourages reporting Contract research administration, Principal

Investigators (PIs), and Technical Review Panel (TRP) Chairs all can access

PIs and TRP Chairs can review and approve Interested parties can view QUALIFYING STATEMENT

SOMETHING INNOVATIVE

We perform 6-month evaluations Technical Review Panel evaluates Principal

Investigator Principal Investigator evaluates Technical Review

Panel

TRP EVALUATION OF PI

PI EVALUATION OF TRP

SOMETHING INNOVATIVE

We perform 6-month evaluations Technical Review Panel rates Principal

Investigator Principal Investigator rates Technical Review

Panel We perform project close-out evaluation

CLOSE-OUT EVALUATION

SOMETHING INNOVATIVE

We perform 6-month evaluations Technical Review Panel rates Principal

Investigator Principal Investigator rates Technical Review

Panel We perform project close-out evaluation We discuss at our monthly contract research

admin meetings

THE KEY TO STAYING ON TRACK?

COMMUNICATION!