GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 6PM on Friday, May 7th. This outage is to support the upcoming GMAS release scheduled to be available by the start of business on Monday, May 10th. This release will include technical upgrades to the system and enhancements/bug fixes for OAIR. The release will also address some other bug fixes and improvements.

Highlights of the changes in this release include:...

Read more about GMAS Unavailable the Weekend of Friday, May 7th, 2021 (starting at 6:00 pm) until the start of business on Monday, May 10th, 2021 for the GMAS May 2021 release.

GMAS will be unavailable on Thursday, March 26th starting at 7PM for a release which includes enhancements, minor bug fixes, and some technical changes.

Some of the enhancements include:

• Displaying preferred name (if available) on the GMAS welcome screen
• Removal of the link for the legacy Foreign/Overseas approval (replaced by the new international collaboration and activities approval)
• Removal of the ability to enter final figures when there is an open segment revision
• Deleting a request with associated OAIR...

Read more about GMAS will be unavailable the evening of Thursday, March 25, 2021 (starting at 7:00 pm) until the start of business on Friday, March 26, 2021 for the March 2021 release.

GMAS will be unavailable on Wednesday, February 10th starting at 7PM for an upcoming release which includes additional enhancements for the new Outside Activity and Interest Reporting (OAIR) approval, as well as some bug fixes.

Some of the OAIR enhancements include:

• A new Outside Activity and Interest Reporting (OAIR) approval screen
• "Generated by" information on the approval list screen
• Ability to override the OAIR status for approvals associated to non-HUID people
• Non-HUID indicator on approval statuses...

Read more about GMAS will be unavailable the evening of Wednesday, February 10, 2021 (starting at 7:00 pm) until the start of business on Thursday, February 11, 2021 for Release 1_56.02

GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 6PM on Friday, January 15th. This outage is scheduled to support the upcoming GMAS release scheduled to be available on Monday, January 18th. In this release, GMAS will integrate with the new Outside Activity and Interest Reporting System (OAIR), and retire the COI and OAR approvals. The new...

Read more about GMAS Unavailable the Weekend of Friday, January 15, 2021 (starting at 6:00 pm) until the start of business on Monday, January18, 2021 for Release 1_56

GMAS has a scheduled release Tuesday night, the 11th, and will be unavailable starting at 7:00 PM until the start of business on Wednesday, August 12th. This release includes enhancements and bug fixes to the International Collaboration and Activity and Cost Sharing approvals, as well as other bug fixes and improvements. 

For full release notes please visit GMAS Release 1_54.3.

Please reach out to...

Read more about GMAS will be unavailable Tuesday, August 11th from 7:00 PM until the start of business on Wednesday, August 12th for release 1_54.3

GMAS has a scheduled release this weekend. The application will be unavailable starting at 7pm on Friday, April 24th. The new release will be available at the start of business on Monday, April 27th. This release includes a redesign of the cost sharing form and cost sharing approval, a new cost sharing request, new electronic signature for Initials and Renewal, and more. For full release notes please visit GMAS Release 1_53. Read more about GMAS Unavailable this Weekend for Release 1_53, available on April 27, 2020

GMAS cost sharing enhancements will be available on Monday, April 27.

In preparation, the GMAS team & the Cost Sharing Committee have been hosting the traditional “Roadshows” over the past few weeks.  However, for this release they were presented via Zoom.  

We have made a Zoom recording of the...

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GMAS has a scheduled release this weekend. The application will be unavailable starting at 7pm on Friday, November 15th. The new release will be available at the start of business on Monday, November 18th. This release includes integration with ESTR, adding project summary to the initial and renewal request entry screen, adding the A21 code at the top of the segment homepage, and more. For full release notes, please visit GMAS Release 1_52...

Read more about GMAS Release 1_52 available Monday, November 18th

GMAS will be unavailable starting at 7PM on Monday April 15th for a stabilization release. It will be available again no later than 8AM on Tuesday April 16th.

The stabilization release includes the following:

• Refactoring of segment revision to prevent timeout errors on large projects
• Default the IDC rate to null instead of 0% on the new budget entry screen for initial and competing renewals
• Correction of a navigation issue from the edit budget screen to direct to the proposal homepage
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Read more about GMAS Stabilization Release - April 15th

GMAS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE STARTING AT 7PM EST ON FRIDAY, April 5th FOR A SCHEDULED RELEASE. It will be available again no later than 8:00AM EST Monday, April 8th. Details of this release include:

• New proposal budget view and entry for Initial and Competing renewal proposals
  • Reduced budget screens from 18 to 2
  • For more information, view the new Initial and Competing Renewal Budget Entry...

Read more about GMAS release 1_49 this weekend

GMAS will be unavailable tonight starting at 6pm for the implementation of the GMAS 1_48 release. This release includes full system-to-system retirement, a new interfaculty involvement entry screen, and a new requests dashboard. For full release notes, please visit the GMAS Release 1_48...

Read more about GMAS Release Outage Tonight, December 13th at 6PM

In the GMAS release scheduled for December 14^th, an enhanced “Edit interfaculty involvement” screen will be available from all requests. The enhanced screen includes the same functionality as the old screen, but also includes some exciting enhancements.

1. More than one interfaculty department and PI can be added from one screen 

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Read more about New Screen for Entering/Editing Interfaculty Involvement (IFI) in GMAS for December Release

As part of Harvard’s larger move to the Cloud, the Harvard Data Warehouse (HDW) will migrate from the data center at 60 Oxford St., Cambridge to Amazon Web Services (Cloud).

From 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 20th through Monday, September 24, as the migration is in process, the Harvard Data Warehouse will be unavailable.

As a result, certain Financial, Sponsored and/or Human Resource data in GMAS will be stale as of the end of the business day on Wednesday, September 19. GMAS will be brought up to date by 9am on Tuesday, September 25 when the HDW is back to normal...

Read more about Harvard Data Warehouse (HDW) migration and outage, Sept. 20-24

Read more about FSS Applications Website Moving to HUIT

There will be a GMAS release this weekend. GMAS will be unavailable starting at 12AM, April 7th, and will be available again by 7AM, April 9th. This release focuses mainly on FIRST and Subrecipient Monitoring.

FIRST

This release includes the first wave of enhancements for improving and extending the automation for generating sponsored invoices and financial reports directly from GMAS, reducing the reliance on paper for the workflow of preparing and approving financial deliverables, and Improving visibility...

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