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Research Management System (RMS) Mandatory Fields for Other Support Information and Abstract

Published April 18, 2023

Effective May 3, 2023, RMS will be updated to require the completion of the other support information and abstract sections. This new requirement is being implemented to assist the Department Administrators with the development of Federal Other Support / Current & Pending Support pages and to better position WashU for research reporting and research data analytics.

The following fields in Proposal Development (PD) Records, on the WU Full Review Docs tab, will be mandatory:

  • Other Support Information section
    • New Dropdown for selection of either:
      • Are Accurate and Complete
      • Are Not Accurate, Partially Complete (i.e., Draft Form), or Not Available at the Time of Submission
    • Brief Description of the Proposal (Major Goals)
    • Location of Project (will be auto-populated with “Washington University”)
    • Is there Overlap?
    • Is this a Flow Through Project? (will be auto-populated from the Setup Questions tab)
    • Flow Through Entity PI Last Name, First Name
  • Abstract section
    • New Dropdown for selection of either:
      • Are Accurate and Complete
      • Are Not Accurate, Partially Complete (i.e., Draft Form), or Not Available at the Time of Submission
    • Abstract

In PD, any selection of “Are Not Accurate, Partially Complete (i.e., Draft Form), or Not Available at the Time of Submission” will generate weekly email notifications to remind Department Administrators to enter/update the information in Proposal Tracking (PT).

Department Administrators will be able to update PT Records at any time.

The help texts in RMS have also been updated to provide clarity for these fields.

Please share this information with all faculty and staff who may need this information.

If you have questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Research Services.