VERA TRAINING DIRECTORY

Training sites for VERA:

VERA Stage/Training Site - Grants (v10.5)
VERA Stage/Training Site - Agreements (v10.5)
- *Click on link & sign on with SSO (using VUnet ID & password)

Check SPA's FAQ site for quick tips & tricks answers

Updates to VERA Guides in VERA Training

Email VERA help requests to: VERAHelp@vanderbilt.edu

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Faculty

Faculty VERA Resources: Guides, PDFs & Videos
Funding Proposals

Departmental Resources for Funding Proposals
SF424 Center

System-to-System Submissions
Awards & Award Modifications

Departmental Resources for Awards & Award Modifications
Agreements

Departmental Resources for Agreements
Checklists

Checklists for FPs, Awards, Mods & Agreements
Sponsored Programs Administration Office Resources

Guides for Specialists, Coordinators & Sub/Contract Officers

Training Videos (Recordings)

VERA How-To Videos

Basics from VERA Training
Logging into VERA (Prerequisite Video #1)
Basic elements in VERA (Prerequisite Video #2)
VERA General Dashboard (Prerequisite Video #3)
Universal Ancillary Review Introduction (Prerequisite Video #4)
PI Series
PI Certification/PI Assurance
Subject Matter Specific Topics
Funding Proposals & Awards
Manage Guest List activity - adding readers & editors
Agreements
Create Agreement - two places to start the process
Create Amendment - request an amendment from an Active or Expired Agreement's main workspace
Manage Relationships between Agreement files & FPs, Awards & Agreements
Creating & Submitting a Data Use Agreement to SPA
Creating & Submitting a CORES Agreement to SPA
FAQ with video: What is the workflow for Agreements starting with submitting a Funding Proposal to ending with receiving the Oracle Award/Oracle Project numbers?
VERA Upgrade 10.5 Training

recording | slides
VERA Basic Training Sessions

Topic #1 - Funding Proposal & SF424 Center
Session 1: May 14, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 2: May 15, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 3: May 16, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Topic #2 - Awards, Award Modifications & Post-Submission, Post-Award Processes
Session 1: May 21, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 2: May 22, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 3: May 23, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Topic #3 - Agreements & Reporting
Session 1: June 4, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 2: June 5, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Session 3: June 6, 2024 - recording | slides with links | slides with notes
System-to-System Submissions in VERA's SF424 Center

Round #11: May 19, 2024: recording | slides with links | slides with notes
VERA Re-budgeting & Carryover Training

Round #11: June 11, 2024: recording | slides with links | slides with notes
VERA No-Cost-Extension Training

Round #6: June 18, 2024: recording | slides with links | slides with notes
VERA Interim/Advance Account - Courtesy Extension Training

Round #11: June 26, 2024: recording | slides with links | slides with notes
Presentation on May 9, 2024: recording (Abbreviated training session with Research Finance input, no examples in the system)
Cost-Share Training information

Research Finance training on Cost-Share, October 10, 2023: recording | slides
NCURA Webinar: Cost (Share) Scare: The Good, The Bad, and The Horror!, January 26, 2023: recording

VERA TRAINING DIRECTORY

Training sites for VERA:

Check SPA's FAQ site for quick tips & tricks answers

Updates to VERA Guides in VERA Training

Email VERA help requests to: VERAHelp@vanderbilt.edu

*Scroll to the bottom of the page for training videos

Faculty

Funding Proposals

SF424 Center

Awards & Award Modifications

Agreements

Checklists

Sponsored Programs Administration Office Resources

Training Videos (Recordings)