ecrt Basics Training (University-wide)

Description: This course will introduce department administrators to effort reporting and the electronic effort reporting and certification system (ecrt), which allows Principal Investigators and Faculty to certify their effort on federally-sponsored projects.  

Learning Objectives:

• Introduction to effort and effort reporting
• ecrt roles and responsibilities 
• Workflow for certification by Principal Investigators and/or Faculty 
• Workflow for Grants Managers to review and monitor and overall management of certifications during certification periods 
• Best practices during the pre-certification review period
• Workflow for Primary Effort Coordinators to monitor the process of certifications in their departments and assign roles and overrides as needed

*Please note: This session will include system demos that will first cover Grant Manger responsibilities. The last 30 mins of the session will be devoted to Primary Effort Coordinators and will cover the additional aspects of the systems their role needs to utilize.

Intended Audience: 

• Grant Managers with responsibility for assisting their faculty during the effort reporting process
•  Anyone in the Primary Effort Coordinator role
• Existing ecrt users who want a refresher

Recommended Pre-Work: Review of the University wide Effort Reporting Policy.

Please register for this session through the Harvard Training Portal.