Category: Announcements

The effort reporting system (ERS) is scheduled to be upgraded the weekend of October 13th and 14th, 2012.  The new software will be version 8. There are no major changes to user pages so all functionality will remain familiar.  The system will be unavailable from 6:00PM October 12th through noon on October 14th. If there…

As the fall season has embarked upon us, so marks the beginning of Emory’s 2013 fiscal year.  The course has already been set that this year will be a remarkable year in research. Our funding levels have reduced slightly from $539,708,509 in FY11 to $518,574,278 in FY12.   Given the current funding environment and the fading…

In recent years, the University has utilized both the Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) and Community of Science (COS) for the research community to find external sources of funding. But on July 1, 2012, both of these resources underwent changes that will change the use of these tools going forward at Emory; COS tripled its cost,…

The contract attachment functionality in Compass is now available. With this functionality the Office of Grants and Contracts central users can save signed invoices and Federal Financial Reports (FFR’s) and campus users will have access to view the documents after they are saved without editing or deleting the attachments.  All Invoices and FFR’s due on…

PeopleSoft is a date driven system and will allow only costs to hit within the appropriate charge period.  If the Journal Entry contains projects in CLOSED status, which means that the project ended more than 60 days ago, the system only allows the Journal Entry to be saved. The journal is suspended until the “Budget…

The Office of Grants and Contracts and the Office of Sponsored Programs recognizes the need to make transactions with the Emory Research Community faster, friendlier, and focused. We heard your petitions for transparency, accessibility, and simplification of our processes; and in response, we offer to you SAM, Sponsored Award Management.  SAM is an online access…

There are many resources available to assist Emory Research Administrators in learning how to use Compass as a tool to manage their awards. A great place to start is with the general Compass courses offered by the Division of Finance. Courses providing basic information on how to use Compass are available as well as more…

Quick Summary •   A new Sponsored Research Balance Sheet Summary Report is available in FORS. •   The report provides a snapshot of the cash and budget positions for specific awards. •   Detailed information is available through 1-click drill-downs. University Only A new Sponsored Research Balance Sheet Summary Report for sponsored projects is available in Financial…

Q:        What if the incorrect department was routed on my proposal? A:        You will need to contact your OSP analyst before the award is set up in order to assure the correct department is used. Tip:     Always review the released NOA to make sure the correct department was used on the newly created project(s). Q:       …

Have you ever wanted some specific grant-related information but not known where to find it? In Compass, grants reporting is scattered across various tools and finding the desired report has not always been easy. To ease this process, we have created a new page on the OGCA web site. This page is called “How Do…