This manual represents expectations for providing faculty support for sponsored project post-award management in the University of Michigan Medical School. It is designed to serve the sponsored project post-award community and is based on the utilization of standardized procurement and the Real-Time Financials (RTF) toolkit which is endorsed by the Medical School for sponsored project management, analysis & reporting.

Supporting faculty in the pursuit and conduct of research

The primary goal of research administrators is to support faculty in the pursuit and conduct of research. In this manual you will find Medical School post-award policies, procedures, best-practices and resources as well as information about streamlined post-award processes that integrate the concepts of exception-based reconciliation and a paperless environment by leveraging:

• eResearch Proposal Management (ERPM) for the management of the Award Record (AWD)

• MReports for reporting

• eReconciliation for verifying project grant financial transactions 

• Unit Defined Commitments (UDC's) for entering and documenting encumbrances not accounted for by a central system

• Document Imaging (previously known as WebNow) for document imaging

• The Forecasting Template by Project Grant for long term budget planning for projects

The primary goal is to provide Single Administrative Point of Contact (SAPOC) and other research administrators resources for effective faculty support through accurate management of projects and funds throughout the following stages of the project grant lifecycle:

• Award Notification

• Project Set-Up

• Project Management & Analysis

• Reporting 

• Project Close-out