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Electronic Options
Onscreen Help
EGMS includes a system of onscreen pop-up windows designed to answer screen-specific questions. Question mark icons are sprinkled throughout EGMS proposal screens to answer frequently asked questions, and each proposal screen has help links available in its left-hand column. In the Expertise and Other Support Databases, the QuickHelp logo in the bottom left corner of each screen provides access to help for each of those databases' screens.
EGMS Training Site
This site, available through a link on the EGMS Home Page and here, is a place to examine EGMS and develop a practice proposal, while keeping the official EGMS site reserved for proposals in development for submission to sponsors. The EGMS Training Site is refreshed daily, meaning data entered on one day will not remain in the system for the next day. Do not prepare real proposals for submission on this site.
E-mail assistance
E-mail questions and comments regarding the use of EGMS to help@egms.umn.edu.
Supporting Materials
EGMS UserGuide
The EGMS UserGuide describes the use of each of the EGMS databases and how to use them to prepare a proposal or Proposal Routing Form. The User Guide has not yet been updated to reflect the changes implemented with the summer of 2004 Proposal Preparation application upgrade. Click this link to access the EGMS UserGuide.
EGMS REPA Preview Web site
This informational Web site, first published in November 2002 and updated in August 2003, describes the EGMS REPA (Report of External Professional Activities) form first used by faculty and staff in the fall of 2002 to report external activities and interests. Click this link to examine the REPA form's design and preparation process and the wording of the REPA's questions.
Instructions
Several sets of instructions or summaries of EGMS tasks, concepts, or changes are available. Click this link to access a complete listing.
Research Review Articles
Articles about EGMS have appeared in every issue the newsletter Research Review. Click this link to access a list of EGMS articles from Research Review.
Classes and Open Labs
Structured classroom training is available through Training Services for both EGMS Division Administrators and EGMS Proposal Preparation.
Training Services provides open labs where a trainer is present to answer user questions on EGMS, Financial FormsNirvana, and other financial policies and procedures.
Sponsored Projects Administration offers hands-on open user labs for EGMS users, new and experienced. An EGMS Grants Assistant is available to answer questions or demonstrate EGMS.
Phone Assistance
Call the EGMS Helpline (612-624-1600) for EGMS technical problems.
Call the EGMS Grants Assistant (612-624-1033) for EGMS business-related questions.
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