Audiences
The projects and initiatives within UCF Rising impact many areas at UCF, such as: Finance, Human Resources, and the research community from Principal Investigators and Departmental Research Administrator to Faculty and Deans. The efforts underway change the way we do business and the processes that support our work. To learn more about the impact to different audiences select one of the areas below.”
Finance
To improve the planning and budgeting processes for the University we are implementing salary encumbrances. A salary encumbrance, which includes salary and fringe expenses, reflects the estimated obligation (budget) for an employee on each associated funding source. These funds are committed and cannot be used for other purposes. This change will improve project expense reporting for Principal Investigators and Research Administrators, as well as department expense reporting for other finance managers.
Human Resources - HR Liaisons and HR Administrators
Significant improvements have been made to ePAFs (Electronic Personnel Action Forms) and Salary Cost Transfers (SCTs) to streamline the processing thereby improving cycle time and reducing errors.
Research - Research Staff and Principal Investigators
The Huron Research Suite (HRS) of software is being adopted in a variety of areas to make the research administration and management process more efficient. These areas within the Office of Research include IRB (Institutional Review Board), IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee), Grants and Agreements (financial and non-financial).
Faculty
The projects and initiatives within UCF Rising impact many areas of the research community from Principal Investigators and Departmental Research Administrator to Faculty and Deans. The efforts underway change the way we do business and the processes that support this critical work. Many in the research community will be impacted by one or more of the projects and initiatives within UCF Rising.