Time & Effort

Time & Effort and ECRT

• Guidance on Effort Reporting Policies (pdf)

• What is Time & Effort? (Powerpoint)
• Forms
• FAQ

• The effort cards are accessed at https://applications.umasscs.net/ecrt_prod/initWelcome.action. Your user name and password to log on is the same as your email or computer log on and password. Do not save this link as a favorite, it will cause errors.
• An alternate log in method (which can be saved) is: https://inside.umassadmin.net/finance/applaunchContentFIN.asp.

• Effort Coordinator Training (Powerpoint)
• The Basics of Effort Reporting (pdf)
• Empac Web-Based/Online Training Tutorial
• CITI System Web-Based/Online Training: The Basics of Effort Reporting
  • CITI is a service that offers compliance and ethics education to research institutions.
  • To log in go to :  http://www.citiprogram.org/
  • The course takes about an hour.  You can stop at any time then return and resume where you left off.
  • Step-by-step instructions for how to access the courses: 
    • New Users (pdf)
    • Existing User (pdf)