Category Archives: Announcements

Search for PI/Co-PI has been combined for comprehensive reporting What: The PI/Co-PI prompt has replaced the Award PI prompt, and the Co-PI name field has been added to all dashboard views except Labor Distribution Details and Labor Encumbrance Details. Why:  … Continue reading →

Hello Research Administrators, We are pleased to share that registration for the Skills Training for Administrative Research Staff (STARS) program is now open! STARS is a new training program offered to research administrators across Rice University. The program intends to … Continue reading →

Basically everything is pushed back two days due to hurricane Beryl: July 12   Original entries to be submitted July 15   First close reports available on dashboards July 19   Second close – final day for corrections to be submitted July 29  … Continue reading →

Effective February 15, 2024, RCA will adjust the accounting process for Cost Share F&A. Currently F&A is being charged on cost share projects where no specific exclusion was requested in the award cost share agreement.  F&A on cost share charges … Continue reading →

We have received multiple emails and helpdesk tickets regarding the ability to access FY24 dates in SPFF.  The GL Accounting Period filters are not functioning as expected on the Admin and PI SPFF Dashboards.  The iO support team is working … Continue reading →

The Finance Dashboard Redesign Committee is excited to share the launch of the redesigned Finance Dashboard that will improve your experience and streamline financial reporting. The committee has been testing the dashboard for several weeks and think you will appreciate their favorite … Continue reading →

Hello, all: As requested during the most recent Research Administrators Forum, I have uploaded the RCA portion of the presentation from December 14th.  The PowerPoint can be found here: https://rice.box.com/s/ef916algy2qrol307hpr34reqk6h10g4  

The expense workflow issue causing reports to not route correctly has been identified and corrected.  With the correction comes a long-awaited feature:  negative expense reports can now be processed.  You no longer have to wait for offsetting charges to process … Continue reading →

An Oracle bug was introduced with the November 17th Quarterly Update that has caused all labor costs between 7/1/23 and 12/5/23 to be redistributed multiple times. This is visible in the Wages and Fellow Payments reports in the Finance Dashboard … Continue reading →

Co-Hosted by Research and Cost Accounting and the Office of Sponsored Projects Research Administrators Forum is a standing meeting for Rice Research Administrators to discuss various topics related to research on campus. Next meeting: 10:00am-11:30am, Thursday, December 14th 2023 Location: … Continue reading →