Effort Reporting

Effort Reporting is our means of providing assurance to sponsors that:

  1. Salaries charged to sponsored projects are reasonable in relation to the work performed, and
  2. Faculty and staff have met their commitments to sponsored projects.

ECS Timeline Spring 2013

ECS Upgrade Videos

  1. Essential for PIs – Home Page and New My Effort Page
  2. Budget Group Page
  3. Essential for Precertifiers – Precertifying the Budget Group Page
  4. Column Title Crosswalk
  5. Certifying Effort Cost Shared

Required Compliance Modules

Effort Certification Training Procedure

CW 520 Effort Certification Training (information only) [PPT]

CW 520 Effort Certification Training (for credit, with required exam)

Reference PDFs

Effort Glossary [PDF]

Guide for Effort Contacts (Precertifiers) [PDF]

Proxy Request Form [PDF]

University of Texas Effort Procedures

UT System

UT Austin

Introductory remarks from Vice Chancellor Kenneth Shine

Effort Certification System (ECS)

Announcement: Reminder for FY 11-12 to Principal Investigators on Tuition Remission Regulation and Policies

To learn more about tuition remission, please visit our Tuition Remission (SS2) page. For more information about tuition remission for graduate students see "What do I do about tuition remission for graduate research assistants?" (Word) (PDF)

Questions?

effort@austin.utexas.edu or askUS