Research Administration and Compliance Systems

Application development, integration, and support of enterprise and unit IT applications for the Sponsored Programs Administration office.

Systems supported:

• Click is a research compliance software application being used by faculty and support staff at MSU for human subject, animal, and environmental health safety compliance. At MSU, it is used to manage IRB, IACUC, and EHS compliance activities. This Huron software product is currently in use at several peer institutions, including University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Wisconsin.

• Kuali Research (KR), a comprehensive research administration system used for managing various aspects of research projects. This system helps with proposal development, conflict of interest reporting, budget management, and more.
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MSU Faculty and Staff are able to use Click while all MSU employees are able to use Kuali Research (KR).

• Click integrates with Kuali Research, the Learning Management System (LMS) for compliance training, MSU's Identity Management (IDM), and Organization of Interest (OOI) systems. Click supports most commonly used browsers, with the exception of Edge, which may have limited support.

• Proposal Development documents are e-Docs that are part of the Kuali Research (KR) Proposal Development module and are linked to Budget documents in the system. The Proposal Development document serves as MSU's approval for the sponsored research proposal/project to proceed with submission of an application and/or award negotiation. For Grants.gov proposals, the Proposal Development document will accommodate all the information required by the sponsor and the institution for a System-to-System submission.

  A Proposal Development document may be initiated by anyone with access in Kuali Research (KR). Typically, they are initiated by Department or College Research Administrators and routed to Principal Investigators for review and approval; check with your College/Department to determine internal processes. To initiate a Proposal Development document, please go to the KR portal.

  View How to Create and Save a Proposal in KR.

  Institutional Proposal and Award documents can also be viewed by users in the system as well based on their roles/permissions in the system. Please contact the KR Help Desk for additional information - krhelpde@msu.edu