Category Archives: Compass

New Reporting Guide

A new Reporting Guide is on OGCA’s website. This guide includes the enhancements implemented in the EBI production environment.  The guide provides guidance to Sponsored Programs Administrators for the use of reports both in the Emory Business Intelligence (EBI) system, and for the use of various queries currently available in Compass. Recent updates to EBI […]

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Post-Award RAS Users: Attaching Your Award Documents

To access attachments in Compass, navigate to the following page:  Grants>Awards>Award Profile>View Contract Link>Attachments Link Here you have the ability to add and view attachments ONLY.  If you wish to delete attachments, please contact your OGCA representative as our office continues in the good practice of keeping the integrity of information entered into the system. […]

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New Streamlined Process to Receive Electronic Notice of Awards (eNOAs) and SmartKeys

As of April 1, 2014, Emory research faculty served by RAS units have a new streamlined process to receive their electronic Notice of Awards (eNOAs) and SmartKeys. This new process allows these Principle Investigators (PIs) to start their projects and charge against the SmartKeys prior to submitting a detailed budget for single-, or multi-project awards. […]

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Retroactive Salary Transfers (RSTs) for NRSA Stipends

Payroll on NRSA stipends has unique tax issues that need to be understood when an RST is made.  NRSA stipends are set up on job code 9905 and hit account code 61450. No benefits or taxes are withheld from these stipend amounts, so close scrutiny must be given to any RST moving charges between a […]

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New Approach to Award Setup

As of April 1, 2014, Emory research faculty have a new streamlined process to receive their electronic Notice of Awards (eNOAs) and SmartKeys. This new process allows Principle Investigators (PIs) to start their projects and charge against the SmartKeys prior to submitting a detailed budget for single-, or multi-project awards.  This new process is in […]

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EPEX Routing During Compass Downtime

As announced on March 31st, the Compass Financial System will be off-line from Friday, April 18th through Monday, April 21st as part of the preparation for the upgrade to the PeopleSoft 9.2 environment. As a result, the Emory Proposal Express (EPEX) system will also be unavailable.  In order to plan for this scheduled downtime, the […]

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OCR Upcoming Courses And Events

If you are a Clinical Research Coordinator, Research Nurse, Resident, Fellow, Department or Research Administrator, or Investigator, we encourage you to sign up for one of our educational programs.   We offer several programs on-line and in the classroom.  For a list of courses offered by OCR for your job role, please review our web page […]

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New EPEX Enhancements

We are pleased to announce new enhancements to the EPEX system, which will take effect December 16, 2013.  These enhancements have been made to streamline routing of proposals originating in RAS units.  It also will clarify deadline dates and capture additional information on international activities for all proposals. Streamlining Proposal Review / Selective School Review: […]

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New Tool Coming to Assist Departmental and RAS Administrators with Post End Date Analysis

Emory University reached a notable milestone on 8/31/13 when we achieved the status of no delinquent financial reports on sponsored programs.  Thanks to everyone throughout the University who contributed to this major accomplishment! Going forward, it will be important that we continue to ensure that all of our reports are submitted on time.   First and […]

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Inbound Freight Charges on Sponsored Awards

In an effort to reduce the costs of inbound freight on our purchases, Emory University is using Vantage Point Logistics (VPL) as a third party intermediary between the University, Federal Express and our suppliers.  Instead of charging us their own shipping rates, suppliers will use Emory’s Federal Express account number for shipments.  Federal Express will […]

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