Event highlights and tentative agenda:

—DoD organizational structure, granting entities, and funding priorities: Stephanie Hyche, Office of Research Development

—Overview of ERDC: Tasha Bibb, senior program manager, Office of Technology Management

—DoD Risk Matrix: Chris Jenkins, research security officer, Office of Research Compliance

—DoD success at MSU and lessons learned working with DoD: Mike Navicky, director, MSU High-Performance Computing Collaboratory; and Reed Mosher, director, Institute for Systems Engineering Research

—DoD administrative, compliance, and operational considerations for proposals, contracts and awards: Gretchen Crawford, senior grants and contracts administrator, Office of Sponsored Projects; Denise Navicky, business development and capture manager, ASSURE; Criss Bell, research administrator, CAVS; Jeannette Bailey, sponsored program manager, Sponsored Programs Accounting; and Sharon Hamlin, director, Receiving and Property Control