July 20, 2015

U’s Research Caliber:  strengthen skills and retain top performers

• This project is complete, but progress will continue to be tracked.
• “Thursday Research Topics” session on Cost Share and Matching Processes (44 in-person attendees and more have viewed online)
• Hosted National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) webinar on Uniform Guidance implementation

Pursue System Improvements:  implement tools that increase faculty and administrative efficiency; collaborate with KUMC where feasible

• RIS is introducing a process to streamline QA queries reporting. Instead of QA owners receiving emailed reports which may or may not contain data, queries will be run by Production Control to a network location. Using JeffNet and Crystal reports to send files with >0 records, QA owners will know that a received file needs review. Three QA queries are being used for proof of concept with plans for several more in the near future.

KUCR Efficiency:  strengthen operations, processes, and overall effectiveness

• This project is complete.