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GMAS Tip/Trick: Do you know how to put your approved sponsor budget into the different financial systems?

By entering your budget into GMAS via the GL Budget feature, the approved budget will be available in many financial applications, including, GMAS, HART, and PI Dashboard and help eliminate the need to re-open spreadsheets to find the approved budget.  The "Submitting GL budgets through GMAS" job aid will walk you through how to enter your budget and where to find it in these systems. Read more about GMAS Tip/Trick: Do you know how to put your approved sponsor budget into the different financial systems?

GMAS unavailable starting at 9PM EST on Friday, March 8th

GMAS will be unavailable starting at 9PM EST on Friday, March 8th for a release. The system will be available again at the start of business on Monday, March 11th.

This release includes:

Converting the request signatures module to the new GMAS format, which includes:

  • A new converted and combined request signatures screen
  • A converted internal organization home page
  • A new process for setting required signatures
  • The ability to request different roles to sign on different...
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GMAS unavailable starting at 6PM on Friday, September 29th

GMAS will be unavailable starting at 6PM on Friday, September 29th for a release. The system will be available again at the start of business on Monday, October 2nd. This release includes:

  • Converting the receipts and receivables module to the new GMAS format, which includes:
    • A new converted Income screen 
    • A new screen that will allow GMAS to assist in bulk creating receipt data by extracting data from an excel spreadsheet managed by OSP Research Finance. 
    • A new receipt search.
    • A...
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Correction to GMAS outage time: GMAS will be unavailable Wednesday June 7th at 6 PM

GMAS will be unavailable starting Wednesday June 7th at 6pm. The system will be available again at the start of business on Thursday. This release will address some bugs that were introduced in the recent May release, and to add a few minor enhancements. For a full list of bug fixes and enhancements, please visit the June 2023 Release page on the GMAS website.  Read more about Correction to GMAS outage time: GMAS will be unavailable Wednesday June 7th at 6 PM

GMAS unavailable starting at 6PM on Friday, February 24th

GMAS will be unavailable starting at 6PM on Friday, February 24th for a release. The system will be unavailable through the weekend but will be available again at the start of business on Monday, February 27th. This release is in support of a major upgrade to the subagreements module in GMAS. The enhancements reflect goals to increase efficiency, improve transparency, and reduce reliance on email and other shadow systems in relation to the subagreement workflow. Some of the enhancements include:

  • Ability to request draft subagreements and subamendments in GMAS...
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GMAS unavailable starting at 6:00pm on July 15th, 2022 until the start of business on July 18th, 2022 for the July 2022 release.

GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 6PM on Friday July 15th. This outage is to support the upcoming July 2022 release scheduled to be available by the start of business on Monday July 18th. The focus of this release includes enhancements to support new notifications preferences and a new daily digest. Additional enhancements include updates to the subagreement list screen, new bulk action functionality in document repositories, as well as bug fixes and technical changes.   

Highlight of the changes in this release include:

  • Updates to the...
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