Effort Reporting
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Effort Reporting is the process of certifying to sponsors that the effort committed in an award has actually been expended.
Effort Reporting System
Effort Reporting Help Desk (Sept – Nov only)
- Email: ospeffort@helpdesk.uic.edu
Training on Effort Reporting System & Process
- Remote desktop one-on-one appointments can be scheduled in 1 hour increments by emailing your preferred dates and time to ospeffort@helpdesk.uic.edu .
- AY20 Effort Certification: Policy & System Training 1.0 Slides
- Effort Reporting System Training 2.5 Slides (Webinar)
- Effort Reporting System (ERS) Video Clips:
- On-line training via Research@UIC
FAQs & Job Aids
Reports
You can access these reports by:
- Logging into EDDIE using your netid and password
- Click on the “Documents” tab in the upper left hand corner of the screen
- Click the “Categories” section heading in the lower left hand corner of the screen
- Open Corporate Categories / Solutions Library – Money / Effort Reporting
- AYxx_AllIBSPayByUIN.wid – Detail of all transactions included in IBS. Includes Charts 2 & 9. Prompted by UIN(s). (Developed by Office of Sponsored Programs)
- AYxx_AllPayByUIN.wid – Detail of all payroll transactions. Includes Charts 2 & 9. Prompted by UIN(s). (Developed by Office of Sponsored Programs)
- AYxx_AllPayByUIN_AllCharts.wid – Detail of all payroll transactions. Includes ALL Charts. Prompted by UIN(s). (Developed by Office of Sponsored Programs)
- AYxx_JobDetail.wid – Detail of appointment data used to compute the length of appointment. Prompted by UIN(s). (Developed by Office of Sponsored Programs)
- AYxx_JobDetail_AllJobs.wid – Detail of appointment data for ALL jobs. Prompted by UIN(s). (Developed by Office of Sponsored Programs)
- AYxx_Salary-by-Org.wid – Provides all salary charges for all positions for all individuals in a designated org. Prompted by chart and org. (Developed by Dept of Physiology & Biophysics)
- ITD-Payroll-Hx-by-fund.wid – Provides all salary charges for all individuals since the inception of the fund. Prompted by chart and fund. (Developed by Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
- ITD-Payroll-Hx-by-fun-org-prog.wid – Provides all salary charges for all individuals since the inception of the FOP (fund, org, program). Prompted by chart, fund, org, and program. (Developed by Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
Tools & Templates
- Effort Calculator for Changes in FTE
- Salary Cap Calculator
- Banner screens useful for Effort Reporting
- Cost Share Commitments Template
- Sample effort tracking template
Other Helpful Resources