eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) Update 3/25/2009 

ALL CAMPUS RELEASE MARCH 30, 2009

  • eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) will be available for all three campuses on March 30, 2009, but U-M is not requiring its use on this date.
  • Check with your unit for when you:
    • Can start creating proposals in eRPM
    • Can begin to route proposals in eRPM
    • Are required to create and route proposals in eRPM
    • See Unit eRPM Required Dates.
  • Starting Summer 2009, the University will require everyone to use eRPM for proposal routing and approval.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN eRPM GOES LIVE

  • eRPM system address changing - Login from: http://eresearch@umich.edu/
    • Important Update Bookmarks to eRPM!
      For pilot participants and anyone who has received e-mail notifications from the system before 3/26/09 (e.g., PANs/PACs) this is a new system address.
    • You will receive a security certificate error if you try to click a link from any eRPM e-mail message sent before 3/26/09. Accept the error to still view the link.

  • REVIEWERS - if you have been designated as a ‘Reviewer’ or a ‘Reviewer who can Sign (i.e., Approver)’ you will begin to receive items for review via eRPM from other units.
    • If the administrative home of a proposal has decided to use eRPM you must complete your review in eRPM.
    • If the administrative home of a proposal has created a paper PAF, the review will still be completed on paper. We will continue to use both eRPM & paper PAFs until Summer 2009.

SYSTEM TIPS

  • Enable pop-ups for eResearch – critical to the proper functioning of the eRPM system
  • Add eresearch@umich.edu to your address book/contacts to receive e-mail notifications from eResearch
  • Plain text e-mail users (e.g., Groupwise) turn on the option to view html messages so that links to system are clickable.

eRPM TRAINING

  • Many of you may have already completed or signed up for general or unit specific training. Your options again include:
    • Classroom sessions that comprehensively cover PAF creation, the review process, the review routing table, making changes when a PAF is out for review, managing Proposal Data when the proposal is being reviewed, how to review/approve, and PAN/PAC notifications.
    • PAF online course just covers the creation of the PAF and does not cover the review process, routing, or changes to the PAF.
  • Online training materials
  • Job Aids - print and keep by your side when you first starting to use the system.

WHO TO CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS AND ASSISTANCE AFTER GO-LIVE

  • Questions about when to use eRPM or Unit Business Policy/Requirements
    Your Research Unit Liaison

  • Technical support (e.g., navigation, connectivity, and system errors)
    MAIS Help Desk
    Phone: 734-936-7000, option 6
    E-mail: maishelpdesk@umich.edu

  • Submission or sponsor specific questions
    DRDA Project Representatives
    Phone: (734) 764-5500
    Fax: (734) 763-4053, 764-8510

For more information about eRPM, go to:
http://eresearch.umich.edu