Systems

Insight - Emory's New Comprehensive Grants Management System

INSIGHT is a comprehensive application to manage the grant and research funding process. INSIGHT centralizes IRB approval, contract management, regulatory compliance, study budgeting, and financial management into a single application.

INSIGHT is live! Access it here!:   emory.researchinsight.org

In Phase 1, Insight will be used for:

  • Intent to Submit: INSIGHT will replace prior Intent to Submit forms to alert RAS units of an upcoming proposal submission.
  • Grant and Contract Processing and Management: INSIGHT will replace the eCTS and eGTS systems used by OSP to manage, track and provide metrics on the agreement negotiation, processing and set-up for incoming awards of all types - grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, incoming subcontracts, and any other mechanism.
  • Contract Intake: INSIGHT will now be used to submit contracts of any types to OSP and other offices which manage these contracts, including confidential disclosure agreements, data use agreements, material transfer agreements, and other types of unfunded research collaboration agreements.

Detailed information on the INSIGHT Project can be found here.

Proposal Submission

  • Cayuse Proposals: Cayuse Proposals is available to Emory investigators for the submission of federal grant proposals. It is important to note that, while Cayuse Proposals is available for more than 97% of federal grant opportunities available in Grants.gov, there may be a few programs for which Cayuse Proposals cannot be used. Cayuse Proposals will continue to be used for federal grant proposal submission during Phase 1 of the INSIGHT implementation.

  • EPEX: Emory Proposal Express (EPEX) - The purpose of EPEX is to assist in electronic routing, proposal development and institutional approval related to extramural funding at Emory. EPEX will continue to be used for all proposal routing during Phase 1 of the INSIGHT implementation. 

  • Grants.gov: Designed as a unified storefront for submission of grant proposals to federal grant-making agencies, Grants.gov is the portal through which federal proposals, submitted primarily via Cayuse Proposals, are routed to a specific federal agency. In some very rare cases, proposals may be developed and submitted using Grants.gov Workspace.

  • Proposal Central: A website shared by a number of non-profit, foundation and private grant-making organizations that provides a repository of grant opportunities along with a system for proposal development/submission and award management.

Award Tracking Systems

  • Contract Tracking System: eCTS (Electronic Contract Tracking System) is an electronic contract management and tracking system that provides the status of all incoming agreements handled by the OSP Contracts unit. It is available to all Emory faculty and staff. New contract awards will e entered and managed in INSIGHT. Existing records will continue to bbe managed in eCTS during the initial stages of Phase 1 of INSIGHT and eCTS will remain available for checking the status of these contracts. 

  • Grant Tracking System: eGTS (Electronic Grant Tracking System) is an electronic grants management and tracking system that provides the status of incoming agreements handled by the OSP Grants unit. It is available to all Emory faculty and staff. New grant awards will be entered and managed in INSIGHT. Existing records will continue to be managed in eGTS during the initial stages of Phase 1 of INSIGHT and eGTS will remain available for checking on the status of these grants. 

Award Management System

  • Compass: Emory's financial management system. Access the system at the Emory Compass Login. Learn more about Compass using our online reference manual.
  • Sub Request Pages (part of the Compass system): All Sponsored Contracts/Award received by investigators at Emory and which require Emory to engage in a collaborative relationship with a third party (often another university) in support of the Emory's Sponsored Research must have a sub-agreement document prepared to formalize the contractual relationship between Emory and the third party. The Sub Request page can be accessed along the following path: Grants > Subrecipients > Subcontract Entry.
  • Grant Forms (part of the Compass system): Grant Forms serve as the formal system through which institutional prior approval and other award management related requests can be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) or Research Grants and Contracts (RGC) to support certain changes which may occur in throughout the grant lifecycle. The Grant Form page can be accessed along the following path: Emory Custom > Grants > Grant Forms. 

Other Systems

Effort Reporting System: For tracking and certifying effort, Emory uses a web-based system called ERS. Effort certification forms are reviewed and certified within ERS and reporting is then available from the system.