What is ERA?
About eRA
Electronic Research Administration (ERA) uses an integrated and automated system to assist research administration activities with both pre- and post-award processes that involves the administrative and regulatory aspects of grants, contracts and clinical trials. Click here to access the ERA portal.
- Identification of funding opportunities
- Proposal development
- Institutional and faculty profiles
- Electronic approval and routing
- Budget development
- Cost sharing information
- Sub-contracts tracking
- Regulatory protocol development and approvals including IRB, IACUC, IBC and EHRS
- Electronic submission of protocols
- Electronic notification of protocol status
- Animal facilities management
- Budget preparation
- Integration and use of approved University costs/charges
- Patient/procedure scheduling
- Sponsor billing
- Financial analysis
Submission of Proposals to Sponsors
- Electronic submissions of proposals to sponsors who support it
- Hard copy submissions using sponsors templates
Electronic Notification of Award Notices
- Automatic notification
- Automated project setup
- Project financial management
- Sponsor invoicing
- Project closeout and reporting
- Timely and accurate reporting at all phases of the project life cycle
- Ability to link sponsored project data with other University systems of record