department name pi view enhancements to insight iain drummond andrew plummer
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PI View Enhancements to InSight
Iain DrummondAndrew Plummer
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Agenda
Overview
Enhancement Details Projected Spending to Budget Graphs Federal Funds Page Financial Details Update Expense Details Update Salary Overview/Detail Update
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Overview
The goal of the PI View project was to make it easier for PI’s to see their rate of spending, balance budgets on a monthly basis, and better manage spending and grant renewal applications to avoid overspending and budget gaps.
This initiative was part of the MGH CROI committee to give PI’s a simplified financial report from InSight.
A new graphical view of both direct and indirect costs along with a rate of spending have been built to provide a “snapshot” view of spending and identify how long the project can be sustained at its current pace.
A monthly budget of remaining funds is calculated to help PI’s evenly spend down grant awards.
A new, single line view of salary data allows PI’s to see how an individual is supported across multiple grants.
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Projected Spending to Budget Graphs Provides graphical view of spending rate (Direct/Total costs) Displays budget by period Indication if project spending is over/under budget Projects spending based on current spending averages utilizing the
same logic as projections page in Insight today Only available for budget based accounts that have a budget
amount and are not sundry accounts or past project end date
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Enhancement Details
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Enhancement Details
Federal Funds Page Clone of existing Financial Summary page Default search criteria set to NIH budget based accounts Default direct cost radio button set on download to excel bar User has ability to access new direct cost graph by clicking icon
next to fund number
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Financial Details Page User is provided graphical view of spending rate (Direct/Total costs) Ability to show/hide graphs as needed
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Expense Details Page User is provided graphical view of spending rate (Total costs) New metrics added to page to help PI’s track spending
o Remaining Direct Costs Availableo Average rate of spending/Average rate last six monthso Estimated Monthly rate of spendingo Run rate vs. Number of months remaining
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“How much money is left in this grant?”
Remaining Direct Costs Available
Description: The calculated difference between the current expenditure total on the fund minus the current awarded budget.
Calculation: (Total Direct Expense: Insight Financial Details Page) – (Total Directs: InfoEd Award Summary Page)
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“How much am I spending from this grant each month?”
Average Rate of Spending/Average Rate Last 6 Months
Description: Average current monthly rate of spending based on the last six months of spending
Calculation: (Sum the last 6 months of direct cost expenses: Insight Financial Details Page) / 6
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“If I don’t want this grant to end up in deficit, how much should I be spending from it for the remaining months?”
Estimated Monthly Rate of spending
Description: This refers to total direct budget cost available divided by the number of budget months remaining. This lets a user know based on the amount of money left and time, what the average monthly rate of spending should be to stay within budget.
Calculation: (Remaining Direct Costs Available) / (Project months remaining: Last GL post - Project End Date)
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“If I keep spending at my current rate, when will I have to renew this grant so I don’t have a budget gap?”
Run Rate vs. Number of Months Remaining
Description: This tells the user how much time in months they have left before the money runs out against the total number of months left on the project.
Calculation: (Remaining Direct Costs Available) / (Average rate of spending). Once this figure is reached it is then listed against the actual number months remaining in the project for reference.
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Enhancement Details
“How am I paying this person? Is their salary aligned with their effort?”
Salary Overview/Details pages New view displays salary sources for a person in one row
opposed to multiple rows. This feature is accessed by selecting “PI Support” under the salary view field and then making a selection under the PI list field.
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Thanks to the CROI Grants and Research Applications Group group:
Iain Drummond
Andrew Plummer
Sylvie Breton
Karen Osborne
Mikhail Pivovarov
Scott McNeal
Harry Orf
Henry Kronenberg
Wilma Wasco
Andrew Chase
Eleni Ryals
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Susan Roudebush
Donna Smith
Jamie Pambianchi
Bo Rueda
Gary Smith
Mustafa Korkut Uygun
Edward Kaplan
Anu Jayaswal
M Whitley
David Machon
Timothy Kowalczyk
Thekla Diehl
