As we begin a new calendar year, we wanted to highlight some changes that are coming soon.
Effective January 25, 2018, GMAS will no longer support the system-to-system submission of proposals to Grants.gov. For more information about the process involved in determining to retire system-to-system, or to answer additional questions, please visit the November 7, 2017 blog article “System to System (S2S) is Getting Retired – January 2018”.
Our next GMAS release is scheduled for March 2018. This release is focused on the Financial Invoicing and Reporting Strategic Transition (FIRST) project. The purpose of this project is to:
- Retire the FRAP system which is currently being used by the Office for Sponsored Programs to automate certain financial deliverables.
- Improve and extend the automation for generating sponsored invoices and financial reports directly from GMAS.
- Reduce the reliance on paper for the workflow of preparing and approving financial deliverables.
- Improve visibility for the whole sponsored community and improve post-award communication.
For more information on either of these topics, please reach out to contactgmas@harvard.edu or check out the GMAS website and blog.