InfoEd is Coming

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InfoEd is Coming!

• Ellen Feldman Tom(my) Harmon
• Project Café Grants Team
• [phone]
• infoed_at_northwestern.edu

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Agenda

• What is InfoEd?
• Implementation approach
• Demo Proposal Development
• Summary
• Q A

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The GM Life Cycle
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InfoEd The Company

• InfoEd is a leading provider of software
  solutions for managing sponsored programs

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InfoEd - The Software

• Web-based
• Highly configurable
• advanced automation
• rules based intelligence
• Modules meant to assist institutions with
• streamlining processes
• enhancing internal collaboration
• Oh, and its MAC friendly!

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InfoEd PreAward
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Finding Funding
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Proposal Development
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Proposal Tracking
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A little about Grants.gov
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Grants.gov

• Grants.gov was born as a governmental resource
  named the E-Grants Initiative
• Agencies will allow applicants for Federal
  Grants to apply for and ultimately manage grant
  funds online through a common web site,
  simplifying grants management and eliminating
  redundancies.

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Grants.gov (cont.)

• Improve the effectiveness and performance of
  Federal financial assistance programs
• Simplify Federal assistance application and
  reporting requirements
• Improve the delivery of services to the public
• Facilitate greater coordination among those
  responsible for delivering the services

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Grants.gov (cont.)

• Until InfoEd is fully deployed, NU will continue
  to meet Grants.gov mandates using the PureEdge or
  Adobe Forms solution
• Find more _at_ Grants.gov
• www.grants.gov
• Find more _at_ National Institutes of Health,
  Electronic Research Administration
• www.era.nih.gov

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Proposal Development (PD) Implementation FACTS

• All proposals created, routed, approved in
  InfoEd, including.
• New Proposals and Renewals
• Electronic submissions directly to Grants.gov
• Skeletal format for all other (including paper)
  proposals
• Supplements and Revisions
• Letters of Intent/Preliminary Proposals
• Non-competing continuations

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InfoEd Implementation Timing

• Proposal Tracking SPIN-July 17,2007
• Proposal Development Sept. 2007 - May
  2008
• PD Pilot
• September 10 proposals per campus
• October 5 NIH deadline submissions
• PD Phased Roll-out
• Evanston 4 phases
• Chicago 2 phases
• October 2007 - May 2008

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Process

• OSR/Café to assign departments to phases
• For security access, LRTLS will
• Identify users of Proposal Development by phase
  for
• Distribution list for Café InfoEd communications
• Security assignment for InfoEd access
• Develop Security Matrix by phase for unit
• Identify NU role (PI vs. administrator vs.
  approver)
• Café to assign InfoEd security
• For training, LRTLS will
• Disseminate communications for sign-up
• Identify department and chair meetings for Café
  overview/routing training

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InfoEd/IRT Next Steps

• Week of July 2
• Café publishes phasing list to LRTLs
• Week of July 25th IRT Meeting
• LRTLS to complete distribution lists by phase in
  preparation for first communication to be
  distributed week of July 30th to participants in
  Phase 1
• InfoEd IRT Meeting- Security Discussion
• Café to provide InfoEd security matrix to LRTLS
• August 24 Phase 1 security matrix complete

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Q A
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Grants Team Contacts

• Ellen FeldmanSr. Functional Specialist
• 847-467-0132
• efeldman_at_northwestern.edu
• Tom(my) HarmonAnalyst Team Lead
• 847-467-1282
• tharmon_at_northwestern.edu

• Kate Da RinFunctional Consultant
• 847-467-0131kdarin_at_northwestern.edu