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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 May 4th, 2022 until the start of business on May 5th, 2022 for the May 2022 release.

GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 6PM on Wednesday May 4th. This outage is to support the upcoming May 2022 release scheduled to be available by the start of business on Thursday May 5th. The focus of this release includes enhancements to support displaying preferred names in GMAS. Additional enhancements include updates to the GMAS person feed and tracking if proposals included subrecipients, as well as bug fixes.   

Highlight of the changes in this release include:

  • ...
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New Research Administration Portal now available!

The Research Administration Portal shows faculty and researchers their outstanding research administration and compliance activities in one location. The home page lists the researcher’s tasks in GMAS, including signature requests and International Collaboration and Activities approvals that need to be completed or updated. Additionally, there are pages displaying requests under development, in review, or submitted to sponsor and segments that are currently active or ended within the last twelve months. The Portal also displays...

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GMAS unavailable starting at 6:00pm on March 18th, 2022 until the start of business on March 21st, 2022 for the March 2022 release.

GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 6PM on Friday March 19th. This outage is to support the upcoming March 2022 release scheduled to be available by the start of business on Monday March 21st. The focus of this release includes enhancements to support the process of tracking whether a project has participant support costs and implementing the research team panels to continuation and supplement requests. Additional enhancements include updates to transaction monitoring, some modifications to the Just-in-time request, as well as bug fixes...

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GMAS unavailable starting at 7:00pm on January 13th, 2022 until the start of business on January 14th, 2022 for the January 2022 release

GMAS will be unavailable beginning at 7PM on Thursday, January 13th for a release. The system will be available again by the start of business on Friday, January 14th. The primary focus of this release is in support of NIH’s implementation of the updated Other Support and Biosketch format pages.

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