Electronic Research Administrationfor Department, College and University Management

IT Works provides electronic research administration software solutions for colleges and universities that supplement their general ledger system. At Information Technology Works we understand that college, university, research, and healthcare administrators operate in a complex and demanding financial environment. Additional grant management and research administration pressure can come from in creased budget cuts and competition in both the research and healthcare markets. In addition, university fund administrators are often forced to use general ledger accounting systems to manage grants online and these difficult programs originally designed for other business environments, are inadequate for specific university grant management and research administration accounting needs.

At IT Works, we provide comprehensive electronic research administration software and ERA software solutions for College and University Accounting Administrators in both pre-award grant management and research administration and post-award grant management and research administration in colleges, universities, hospitals, clinical research facilities and healthcare institutes.

Our pre-award electronic research administration software includes management of: clinical income, endowments, gift funds, trust funds, state funds, and grant accounting software tools for the macro-level management of both active and pending research projects. Our grant management and research administration tools and ERA software solutions feature compliance monitoring (IRB, IACUC, Safety Boards, Export Control, and more) and time and effort tracking.

IT Works provides a comprehensive electronic research administration and ERA software solutions for both pre-award grant management and research administration and post-award grant management and research administration software applications in departments, colleges, universities, hospitals and clinical research institutes. Our pre-award electronic research administration software solutions include web-based electronic research administration software tools for the macro-level management of both active and pending research projects. It includes compliance monitoring (IRB, IACUC, Safety Boards, Export Control, and more) and time and effort tracking.

Our post-award electronic research administration software solutions easily integrate with your existing systems for detailed project accounting, HR cost management, and space management. IT Works ERA software solutions allow you to combine sponsored research and institutional funds for advanced/consolidated management reporting to put you in total control of your research activities.

We have three electronic research administration software products designed to meet the grant management and research administration needs of organizations depending upon their size and complexity:

• Department Accountant electronic research administration software for
  smaller college and university clients.
   
• Department Manager electronic research administration software for
  mid-size college and university accounts.
   
• College Administrator electronic research administration software for
  large enterprise college and universities.

Department Accountant electronic research administration software primarily focuses on the detailed management of individual fundraising projects as needed for grant accounting in small university departments.

Department Manager and College Administrator provide online electronic research administration software solutions for both macro-level and detailed grant management and research administration fundraising needs. Both of these modular electronic research administration software packages feature multi-tiered security systems that include: ERA software solutions, Grants Management, University Fund Accounting, Human Resource, Space, and Facility Management Modules.

The electronic research administration software Module is a macro-level electronic research administration software tool. It aids in both the pre award grant management and research administration and post-award electronic research administration software processes, helping educational and clinical research organizations track and manage their active and pending grants.

IT Works electronic research administration software programs manage research compliance, communication with funding agencies, other grant tracking support services, and effort tracking (including award sponsored, grant matching, and in-kind donation efforts). Our electronic research administration software is designed for organizations that have a significant amount of grant funding. The electronic research administration software module is particularly useful for NCI Cancer Centers. It provides reports, such as other support pages and Summary Form 2 that are designed for submission to the NCI as part of an NCI Cancer Center Core Grant.

The Grant Accounting Software Module aids in the day-to-day grant accounting of individual projects. It manages budgets, encumbrances, grant management and research administration expenditures and provides both summary and detailed grant management and research administration accounting reports designed for administrators, faculty, and research investigators.

The Human Resources electronic research administration software Module tracks employees paid from grants (as well as other funds) and their effort on grants. This electronic research administration software module also tracks salary distribution information to allow total salaries and benefits to be projected and encumbered in the university grant accounting module for the budget period of any specific grant. The Space Module tracks research space (as well as other space) and can be linked to the Human Resources Module in order to compute amounts of grant funding per square foot of research space by investigator, division, or department.  The Facility Management Module is used to manage re-charge research facilities that bill for services. In addition, our Online Grant Management system can be used to allow investigators to access grant accounting reports and electronic research administration software tools via the Internet.