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GMAS System to System (S2S) Enhancements top
The option to develop and electronically submit Grants.gov applications from GMAS is available to grant administrators participating in the GMAS S2S Pilot Program. A summary of the enhancements follows:
- Associate a Grants.gov opportunity to a GMAS request
- Validate the opportunity against Grants.gov
- Answer questions and attach files specific to the application package
- Develop the budget using the Grants.gov budget template with person month calculations, key person identifiers, and concurrent IDC rates
- Add eRA Commons ID and job titles to a person profile for inclusion in the application package
- Preview the application package and run error checking validations
- Monitor applications routed for internal review at Harvard
- Certify and submit Grants.gov applications
- Track the Grants.gov submission status
GMAS supports 13 Grants.gov forms that are commonly used across NIH, NSF, DOEnergy and DOD grant applications:
- SF424 Research & Related
- Research & Related Other Project Information
- Research & Related Budget
- Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile
- Research & Related Project/Performance Site Location
- Research & Related Personal Data
- PHS398 Research Plan
- PHS398 Cover Page Supplement
- PHS398 Checklist
- PHS398 Cover Letter
- PHS398 Modular Budget
- NSF Grant Application Cover Page
- NSF Application Checklist
For more information regarding the GMAS S2S pilot, please contact Kristie Froman for HMS, Mary O’Connor for SPH, and Simone Alpen for OSP. For GMAS specific questions please contact the GMAS help desk at: contactgmas@harvard.edu.
Important Change to the US Airways Shuttle Kiosk Program top
On March 3, 2007, US Airways is migrating to a new reservation system. If you use the US Airways kiosk to purchase shuttle tickets, you must complete an on-line Dividend Miles profile before that date. Your profile information should contain the credit card account number that you use at the kiosk. To complete your profile, please visit the U.S. Airways Dividend Miles Website.
Once you've completed the on-line profile, you must also send an e-mail to stacey_clifton@harvard.edu, requesting to be enrolled in the US Airways shuttle kiosk program. Please submit your on-line profile, and send your e-mail request to Stacey, by February 8, 2007.
After US Airways changes to its new reservation system, Harvard employees who have not completed an on-line profile and sent an e-mail to Stacey requesting enrollment in the program will no longer receive discounted Harvard rates when buying shuttle tickets at the kiosk.
Advance Notice of Planned CREW Outage in February top
As part of the FINDINI release of fixes and enhancements, which includes a major database upgrade, CREW Financial and Sponsored reporting will unavailable from 5:00pm on Thursday, February 22 until 6:00 am, Tuesday, February 27. Details on the software updates associated with the release have since been published in the February eNews.
Reminder about New Daylight Saving Time Dates for 2007 top
Beginning this year, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will begin at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007) and Standard Time will resume at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007). This is a change from the former standard of moving our clocks ahead one hour when DST began on the first Sunday in April and moving them back when it ended on the last Sunday of October. This change is part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Due to this change, some administrative system and PC changes will need to take place. Details of these changes and further information will appear in the next issue of the eNews.
For more information about Daylight Saving Time, refer to:
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
About the e-News top
The Center for Workplace Development publishes this electronic newsletter for users of Harvard University's financial, HR, and reporting systems, policies, and procedures. The e-News is generally published on or around the 15th of each month.
It contains:
- updates on projects underway to build or improve University administrative systems;
- information about new University policies, procedures, and forms;
- reminders about upcoming deadlines and cut-over dates;
- tips and tricks for working more easily or productively.
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