Research Administration & Compliance Systems - September 2020 Update

September 17, 2020
The latest information about ecrt, GMAS, Data Safety, ESTR-IRB, Agreements-DUA and PI Dashboard.


ecrt

Important dates for the FY20 Q4 project statements and FY20 Annual statements :

Review Period: September 1, 2020 to September 21, 2020

Certification Period: September 22, 2020 to October 21, 2020

All Certifications are DUE: October 21, 2020

 

GMAS

GMAS had a small release on Friday September 11, 2020.

Some of the changes in this release include:

  • A new download of the International Collaboration and Activities form from the view screen
  • The ability to create a Competing Renewal request from a closed segment

The full release notes can be found here: GMAS Release 1_54.4

The next GMAS release is scheduled to be available on October 19, 2020. The release will be focused on background improvements to person data processing and some changes to how committed effort is edited. More details will be available soon.

For any questions about GMAS, please email contactgmas@harvard.edu.

 

Data Safety

In support of feedback related to the revised Harvard Research Data Security Policy Guidance, the Data Safety support team is working on the next system update, scheduled to occur in late October.  This update focuses on guidance and on-screen clarifications, along with the implementation of a new background integration.

Please visit the Data Safety System Support site to learn more about the planned changes and to keep up to date with release news.

 

ESTR-IRB

The ESTR support team is working on the next system update, scheduled to occur in late October.  This update focuses on minor improvements to support review and the implementation of a new background integration.

Please visit the ESTR Support site to learn more about the planned changes and to keep up to date with release news.

 

Agreements-DUA

The Agreements-DUA support team is working on the next system update, scheduled to occur in late October. This update focuses on minor improvements to support review and the implementation of a new background integration.

Please visit the Agreements Support site to learn more about the planned changes and to keep up to date with release news.

 

PI Dashboard

Successfully held quarterly PI Dashboard Business Steering Group Meeting in mid-August.  Included review of school usage statistics.

Team completed several database and application server software upgrades.