This article includes the latest updates for the following sub-set of Research Administration & Compliance Systems: GMAS, Research Administration and Compliance Reporting, ecrt, and Research Administration Portal.
GMAS
GMAS has a successful release this past weekend. The release focus was updating all of the signature screens to the new GMAS interface as well as continuing to convert GMAS requests
Details about the release can be found in the March 2024 GMAS Release notes.
Should you have any inquiries or require assistance regarding GMAS, please do not hesitate to contact us at contactgmas@harvard.edu.
Research Administration and Compliance Reporting
The Research Administration and Compliance (RACR) team recently released a set of minor changes to the new executive dashboards available in HART. along with updates to data available through the Harvard Data Warehouse. Visit the support site for a full list of updates.
We encourage you to visit and bookmark the new landing page to access research administration information. The team will continue to build out components of this page to enhance navigation in HART.
We are also continuing to build our support and portfolio guidance materials!
Please visit the RACR help site or contact RACRsupport@harvard.edu to learn more.
ecrt
FY24 Q2 Quarterly Project Certifications will be due on Thursday, March 7
Review Period January 16 - February 5
Certification Period February 6 - March 7
Keep an eye on the OSP Page for additional ecrt news.
Research Administration Portal
The Research Administration Portal was recently updated to include a new page “Project Teams”, which helps to display all project team members by Principal Investigator, for easier onboarding, off-boarding, and general team management. Additionally, as part of release 2.4 scheduled for March 21, a “Project Relationships” tab will be present which will give users a way to view all related projects grouped by a main project. Please make sure to visit the Admin Portal support site for additional information.
Note that the Portal includes certain projects, protocols, and related tasks from HMS-IACUC, COMS, Agreements-DUA, Data Safety, ESTR, GMAS, statements from ecrt, certifications from OAIR, and assigned courses from the Harvard Training Portal.
Grant managers also can access To Do items assigned to them, as well as To Do items and projects and protocols for the researchers they support.
The team is preparing for another exciting release, scheduled for March 21. Please visit the Portal help site or contact research_adminportal_help@harvard.edu to learn more about upcoming releases and how you can use the Portal to support your work.