Tag: effort reporting

  • Effort Reporting at Emory University: Pathway to Full Compliance

    Author: James Goff, Executive Director, Cost Studies (RBO) Effort reporting is an essential compliance process for all faculty and staff who receive salary support from sponsored projects at Emory University. It serves as the official affirmation that salaries charged to awards reflect the actual work performed, based on the proportion of total institutional effort rather…

  • Approved Research Policy Updates (September 2025)

    Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA Effort Reporting Effort reporting at Emory ensures that salary charges to federally sponsored projects accurately reflect actual work performed. Certification is required semi-annually via the Effort Reporting System (ERS). Reports must be pre-reviewed by a department representative and certified by someone with direct knowledge of the work. Escalation Process: If effort…

  • Grants Management System Update: Implementing Insight

    Author: Kim Maune, Emory Chief Implementation Officer, Insight GMS Emory University is investing in a fully integrated research administration grants management package. The product, Insight, is a could-based system unifying distributed and complex organizational processes into one highly integrated system to enable compliance, efficiency, and transparency. Our research systems are currently numerous and not integrated,…

  • Effort Certification Deadline – November 29, 2023

    Effort certification is a requirement for those working on sponsored projects at Emory. We are currently in the effort reporting process for the MARCH – AUGUST 2023 period.  As stated in our effort reporting policy, forms must be completed within 90 days of the end of the effort period. That means Wednesday, November 29, 2023…

  • Upcoming NCURA Webinars Hosted by OSP

      EFFORT REPORTING Thursday, June 1: 2:00-3:30 pm EDT — Room 5C Registration opens April 26 Featuring: Lisa Mosley, Arizona State University; Jeremy Forsberg, The University of Texas at Arlington; David Ngo, The New School; Jayne Goby, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Linda Gregory, University of Illinois   DATA SECURITY Thursday, June 15: 2:00-3:30 pm…

  • Effort Reporting Update

    Written by: Josh Rosenberg The current “active” period for effort certification is the Mar. 1 – Aug. 31, 2016 period.  The due date for completing these forms was Nov. 30, 2016.  We still have several hundred effort forms pending pre-review and pending certification which must be completed as soon as possible.  If there is an…