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Research Unit Liaison Meeting December 7, 2010 3:00 – 4:30 pm Kipke Conference Center. Agenda. Announcements ITS - Administrative Domain Advisory Committee (ADAC) update eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system updates Update on eRPM 5.7 upgrade
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Research Unit Liaison Meeting December 7, 2010 3:00 – 4:30 pm Kipke Conference Center
Agenda • Announcements • ITS - Administrative Domain Advisory Committee (ADAC) update • eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system updates • Update on eRPM 5.7 upgrade • Review unit changes for releases 1.9.03 and 1.9.04 • Feedback on Tips & Tricks • Reporting update • Deb Mero, Director of Application and Information Services for Finance, Development, and Research Applications
ITS – ADAC Update U-M IT Executive Committee U-M Capital Committee Deans U-M IT Council Faculty (Instructional & Research) Administrative Domain Committee reps (2) Student Advisory Group IT Commons Steering Committee Admin. Domain Mission Domain ITS MCIT
ITS - ADAC update Administrative Domain Committee reps (2) U-M IT Council Administrative Domains Physical Resource Domain Finance Domain Human Resource Domain Fund-raising Domain Research Admin Domain Student Co-Curricular Domains Student Admin Domain Domain Stewards’ Committee Structures Communities of Practice 4
ITS - ADAC update Administrative Domain Committee reps (2) U-M IT Council Administrative Domains PhysicalResourceKim Kiernan Finance Rowan Miranda * Human Resource Laurita Thomas Fund-raising Christine Rawak Research AdminMarvin Parnes Student Co-Curricular AnjaliAnturkar Student AdminLester Monts* * =U-M IT Council Rep Domain Stewards’ Committee Structures Communities of Practice 5
ITS – ADAC Update • Research Administration Priority ProjectsResearch Administration Systems (RAS) • RAS Governance Identified 60+ potential Research initiatives • Narrowed to 9 highest priority for FY11 to be presented at ADAC for overall Admin Domain prioritization Overall ITS Administrative Domain Priorities • 13 ITS projects already underway, or otherwise mandated, considered “exempt” from prioritization process (i.e., automatically approved) • 48 proposed projects open for prioritization
ITS - ADAC update ITS “Exempt” projects for FY11
ITS - ADAC update FY11 Additional Priority Projects – Subject to Change
ITS - ADAC update Questions?
eRPM system updates 5.7 Vendor Update • Update to Framework • Minimal user facing changes • Some system changes are automatically made with the update • Provides capability for new enhancements
eRPM system updates Release 1.9.03 Implemented to production 10/30/10 • The Project Grant number has been added to the Campus Query results lister. • PAF question 1.4 (Is this a pre-proposal) will not be editable after the response to the question is saved. • New state “DRDA Associated Closeout” has been added to the workflow. This state will be used by DRDA to identify PAFs related to a project that is closing.
eRPM system updates Release 1.9.04 Scheduled for mid-January 2011 • Reviewer Comments added to PAF Summary Will also display on PAF Summary PDF
eRPM system updates • Prompt for Submitting Changes
eRPM system updates • Unit Data Ability to note if proposal has been awarded
eRPM system updates • Unit Data Awarded column displays in the committments
eRPM system updates • Ad Hoc Reviewer • Activity to Add Ad Hoc Reviewer will be added to more states, including Proposal Preparation. This will allow PI/Project Teams to add reviewers, if necessary. • The activity will also be added for DRDA, in case additional reviews are needed.
eRPM Tips & Tricks Review survey results • All are receiving messages and know where to reference them • All found information somewhat to very useful • Some have shared information • None have received feedback from others in unit Next steps • High Priority topics • When to use Request DRDA Action vs. Post a Comment • Process for Submitting Changes • Making changes during Unit Review • Post Award Changes • Relating PAFs • Suggested additional topics • Finalizing Grants.gov budgets • Advanced Searching
eRPM Reporting • eRPM Business Objects Pre-defined reports • Discuss unit communication regarding reports
ITS – Research Administration Applications Deb Mero ITS – Application Information Services Director for Finance, Development, and Research Administration Applications
Future Meetings • Research Unit Liaison Meetings • Will be scheduled quarterly for 2011