Research Administration & Compliance Systems Updates

May 23, 2022

Source: Harvard Administrative News

This article includes the latest updates for GMAS, ecrt, OAIR, ESTR-IRB, Agreements-DUA and Data Safety.

Research Administration Portal

The Research Administration Portal is now available!

  • The Portal shows faculty and researchers their outstanding research administration and compliance activities and provides an overview of their portfolio.
  • The application includes certain projects and protocols from AGREEMENTS-DUA, DATA SAFETY, ESTR-IRB, GMAS, and OAIR.

Visit the Research Administration and Compliance System support site or view the Research Administration Portal Overview document for more information.

GMAS

The May 2022 GMAS release was implemented on Thursday May 5th. The focus of this release includes enhancements to support displaying preferred names in GMAS. Additional enhancements include updates to the GMAS person feed and tracking if proposals included subrecipients, as well as bug fixes.

Highlight of the changes in this release included:

  • Initial Proposals and Competing Renewals now ask if subrecipients will be included in the proposal.
  • GMAS now displays a person’s preferred name.
  • Official name will continue to be searchable and appears in the person profile.
  • Continuation and Supplement requests can now only be created once the research team has been confirmed.
  • Moved the location of comments for Cost sharing, International collaboration & activities, Edit research team, and Confirm research team requests from the bubble icon in the upper right corner of the screen to a new panel to make them more visible.

For full release notes, visit the May 2022 GMAS Release page on the GMAS website.

ESTR-IRB, Agreements, Safety, and OAIR

The support team is planning a minor upgrade for ESTR-IRB, Agreements-DUA, Data Safety, and OAIR in late July. Please visit the Research Administration and Compliance System support site for helpful application guidance, system outage information, and detailed release notes when available. Some highlights:

  • ESTR-IRB will include improved study team member views.
  • Agreements-DUA and Data Safety will  include new SmartForm instruction.
  • OAIR will include enhanced activities for reviewers.

The support team offers 30-minute informational sessions, covering general system information, key changes associated with the upgrade, and answers to your questions. Visit the System Support Office Hours booking page to register.

ecrt

Important dates for the FY22 Q3 Project Statements:

  • Certification Period: May 5, 2022 through June 2, 2022 All FY22 Q3
  • Certifications are DUE June 2, 2022