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ORA Announcements
Posted On November 22, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
This email is to remind you of the EFM 2023-2024 Winter Holiday Closure and the corresponding important deadlines for the Closeout Packets and for high-risk payroll and non-payroll cost ...
Posted On August 25, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
ORA is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the RAPID Closeout Tool (version dated 8/24/2023). Please download the latest version of the tool, available in ...
Posted On August 2, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
The Composite Benefits Rates (CBR) for different Employee Groups for FY23-24 are available on the Business & Finance Solutions website.
Per the NIH Grant Policy Statement Section 11 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, costs normally ...
Posted On June 9, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
Business and Finance Solutions (BFS) released the 2022-23 Fiscal Closing Schedule on May 8, 2023. Based on BFS’s deadlines, EFM deadlines have been established as shown in the table ...
Posted On April 18, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
At the Research Administration Forum (RAF) on Thursday, April 13, 2023, I provided an update to the Ascend 2.0 project where I discussed the Project Portfolio Management (PPM), a ...
Posted On October 25, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Below are a few updates related to the NRSA childcare allowance procedure communicated at the September 2022 Research Administration Forum (RAF):
To facilitate reconciliation for childcare expenses that will post ...
Posted On September 7, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced fellows/trainees supported full time by Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Individual Fellowships (F series) or Institutional Training Grants (T series) are ...
Posted On July 14, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
As presented today at the Research Administration Forum (RAF), the Benefit Cost Transfer (BCT) financial journal template has been modified to further streamline the justification questions. The attached BCT financial ...
PAMS Announcements
Posted On June 11, 2021
Dear PAMS Users,
We are excited to announce a new PAMS feature – Advanced Deliverables Search!
This new page in PAMS allows you to search for financial deliverables assigned to your portfolio ...
Posted On January 11, 2021
Dear PAMS Users,
The F&A Reconciliation page in PAMS has been moved to a new location effective Monday, 1/11/21. You can now find the F&A Reconciliation page under the PAMS “Billing ...
Posted On November 12, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
Please review the communication below from CRU regarding the UCPath Direct Retro Processing Schedule. More information can be found on CRU’s website.
UCPath Direct Retro Processing Schedule (2020)
The following schedule ...
Posted On September 4, 2020
Dear PAMS Users,
We have reorganized PAMS effective 9/4/20. Our hope is this new page/tab layout will better serve the needs of our users. When you log into PAMS, you will ...
Posted On June 19, 2020
Dear PAMS Users,
We have released a new PAMS feature to identify sponsored research funds that cannot be fiscally closed due to pending UCPath resolutions. As of today, the enclosed attachment ...
Posted On May 22, 2020
Dear PAMS Users,
We are excited to release enhancements to the Notes and Attachments page in PAMS!
On this page, you will find important and unique invoicing and/or financial reporting requirements that ...
Posted On May 12, 2020
Dear PAMS Users,
We are excited to announce that you can now access the new “Expired Funds to Close” report in PAMS. It is located under the “Reports” tab as an ...
ERS Announcements
Posted On October 25, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to inform you that effort reports for the spring 2023 and summer 2023 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System. The certification deadline for this ...
Posted On May 3, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
Effort reports for the Fall 2022 and Winter 23 quarters are available in the Effort Reporting System. You can access your department’s effort reports at: https://ers.it.ucla.edu and begin the ...
Posted On October 26, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Effort reports for the Spring 2022 and Summer 2022 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System. You can access your department’s effort reports at: https://ers.it.ucla.edu and begin ...
Posted On April 27, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Effort reports for the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System. You can access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification ...
Posted On April 5, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
EFM is pleased to announce release of the tool to view Effort Report Certification status in a more dynamic way under the ORA Portal Compliance Tab. For quick reference, ...
Posted On February 14, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
You may now access ERS to continue certification process of previously released Spring 2021 effort reports, and newly released Summer 2021 effort reports.
Reporting Period
Non-Academics and 11/12 Academics
9/12 Academics
Certification Due ...
Posted On November 9, 2021
Dear Colleagues,
EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s Spring 2021 effort reports and begin the certification process.
Reporting Period
Non-Academics and 11/12 Academics
9/12 Academics
Certification Due Date
Spring 2021
April ...
Posted On May 26, 2021
Dear Colleagues,
EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following periods:
Reporting Period
Non Academics and 11/12 Academics
9/12 Academics
Certification ...
Posted On September 24, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following reporting periods:
Reporting Period
Non Academics and 11/12 Academics
9/12 ...
Posted On July 11, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
You can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following reporting periods:
April to July 2018: 11/12 Academics
April to July 2018: Non-Academics
March to July ...