Laying Your Career Foundation

A training assortment for your individual needs.


The following courses are organized below into two categories. Select the buttons below to navigate to each section.

Refreshed Self-Paced Courses

These refreshed courses feature agile and interactive content. During the spring of 2024, the OSP Training Development Team updated and redesigned these courses. Each course, approximately 30 minutes in duration, covers diverse topics throughout the award lifecycle. The courses will launch in the Harvard Training Portal in a new tab.

Audits and Internal Controls

Award Closeout

Budgets and Budget Justifications

Effort Management: A Deep Dive

International Collaborations and Activities (ICA) Theory

Note: This course focuses solely on ICA theory. The training team is currently working on developing a GMAS-focused ICA training.

Justifying Costs on Awards and Appropriate Supporting Documentation

Navigating Cost Transfer Approvals: Keys to Success and Best Practices (Level II)

Navigating Proposal Elements and Sponsor Systems

PEO Salary Attestation

Proposal Approvals, Review, and Submission

Sponsored Cost Allocation Methodology

Subrecipient Monitoring

Uniform Guidance (UG) Single Audit

Original Foundational Courses

The following foundational courses are our original courses, and their content continues to be relevant. The OSP Training Development Team is scheduled to update and revise these courses at a future time. These courses will launch in a new tab.

Financial Forecasting and Projections

GMAS Demo for Post-Award

HART Demo for Post-award

Harvard’s Capital Equipment Policy

Harvard’s Cost Sharing Policy

PI Dashboard

Progress Reporting