The RPA team offers several workshops that are held monthly:
Paying Research Support Personnel from Research Funds Workshop:
- Discusses the different types of employment relationships and how these affect processing of payments in the three Carleton systems (Payroll profile, Grad RA Payment System, eShop)
- Reviews the three hiring systems at Carleton and associated data entry processes
- Discusses the payment of honorariums
- Presents real world case studies
Research Expenses Workshop:
- Discusses the different types of research funding (contracts/grants)
- Discusses the order of precedence of funding terms and conditions in relation to eligibility of expenses (Sponsor, Program Specific, University)
- Reviews applicable research related expenditure University policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Discusses research expense eligibility and documentation requirements
- Examines the appropriate Carleton system to use for various types of expenses
- Presents real world case studies
Research Hospitality Workshop (30 Minutes):
Are you planning to host a research hospitality event and unsure of the applicable policies and procedures for this event?
How does a research hospitality event differ from a departmental entertainment expense?
We would like to invite you to the Research Hospitality Workshop. This workshop will provide:
- A review of University policies and guidelines for all research expenses
- A discussion of specific policy requirements for research hospitality events
- An examination of the differences between research hospitality events and departmental entertainment expenses
- A discussion of various hospitality expenses, such as gifts and paid guest speakers
- A discussion of how to reimburse travel costs for invited guest speakers
- A discussion of a research hospitality case study