Tips: May 14, 2020

SPARCS Tips: Proposals

There was recently an update made to the SPARCS Proposal Module. Following are the details of this update:

•  OSP Workflow:
  There has been a small modification in the way that SPARCS proposals are being reviewed and approved in OSP. You may have noticed previously on the History tab that when the funding proposals are submitted for the Manager’s or Associate Director’s approval there were multiple action assigning the proposal between the person approving and the assigned specialist.
  
  We have streamlined this process so that the appropriate individuals are automatically being assigned. The only significant difference for campus is that the Associate Director (or Executive Director) moving a proposal to the FINAL REVIEW state is the indication that they have reviewed and approved the proposal. Note that this will have no direct impact to campus research administrators.
•  Prepare Letter activity:
  - All letters using the Prepare Letter activity have been updated with Kristen's information for the signature line.
  - In addition there is a new item (letter) to choose. The Statement of Intent letter will populate a letter for when CMU is a sub to another university.