In CONVERIS, project and contract information can easily be added and edited. The projects can be related to other research information such as project members, thematic areas or publications, but even project related tasks or deadlines can be managed in CONVERIS.
CONVERIS includes versatile options to analyse the projects data...
...to generate overview listings, ...
...thematic maps ...
...as well as network visualisations.
With CONVERIS, universities and research organisations can manage the complete process for pre- and post award contract management and reporting.
Reduced workload and best possible data quality
CONVERIS principle is to reuse existing information to the highest possible extent in order to reduce the manual workload on researchers and administrators and to assure a high data quality.
Customisable process support
CONVERIS supports the registration and evaluation of grant applications, contracts and projects. Paper work that previously was required to be filled in can now be handled directly in the system to get the information complete and validated.
Grant applications are being sent through an approval process to collect the necessary acceptance from finance and management before they are submitted to the funding body. All process steps are freely configurable and include automated email notifications to the users that are required to take action.
Furthermore, CONVERIS enables the users to create and assign tasks related to an application or a contract and to follow up audit and reporting deadlines.
Multifaceted analyses and reports
CONVERIS provides multifaceted possibilities to analyse grant applications and contracts and to generate reports on the research activities of individual researchers or organisation units.
The reports can be limited to certain contract types, research areas, funding bodies or partner organisations. Information on grant applications can be used to calculate hit-rates towards different funding sources and help estimating the expected external funding for future periods. Contractual information is used for analysis of networks and collaborations, keeping track on reporting and audit deadlines, and analysing funding per funding body, research field, organisation unit or even per individual researcher.
Beyond these analyses, the users can with CONVERIS reuse their project data for many other purposes. Web sites, annual reports, CVs or research assessment exercises like the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK are just a few examples.
Reduced workload and best possible data quality
CONVERIS principle is to reuse existing information to the highest possible extent in order to reduce the manual workload on researchers and administrators and to assure a high data quality.
- For the administration and evaluation of applications, projects or contracts, CONVERIS reuses data from external sources such as the European Commission or national funding bodies.
- CONVERIS combines this data as far as possible with information from internal databases such as HR or finance systems in order to quality assure e.g. person and organisation names.
- As not all contracts and projects can be found in existing sources, CONVERIS includes a user friendly process for registering all necessary information. Applications, contracts and projects can even be related to research areas, funding bodies, persons, organisation units, publications or technology offers in order to allow for analyses from different perspectives.
Customisable process support
CONVERIS supports the registration and evaluation of grant applications, contracts and projects. Paper work that previously was required to be filled in can now be handled directly in the system to get the information complete and validated.
Grant applications are being sent through an approval process to collect the necessary acceptance from finance and management before they are submitted to the funding body. All process steps are freely configurable and include automated email notifications to the users that are required to take action.
Furthermore, CONVERIS enables the users to create and assign tasks related to an application or a contract and to follow up audit and reporting deadlines.
Multifaceted analyses and reports
CONVERIS provides multifaceted possibilities to analyse grant applications and contracts and to generate reports on the research activities of individual researchers or organisation units.
The reports can be limited to certain contract types, research areas, funding bodies or partner organisations. Information on grant applications can be used to calculate hit-rates towards different funding sources and help estimating the expected external funding for future periods. Contractual information is used for analysis of networks and collaborations, keeping track on reporting and audit deadlines, and analysing funding per funding body, research field, organisation unit or even per individual researcher.
Beyond these analyses, the users can with CONVERIS reuse their project data for many other purposes. Web sites, annual reports, CVs or research assessment exercises like the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK are just a few examples.
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In a nutshell
- Complete handling of all types of research contracts through a user-friendly and guided registration process
- Reduced manual workload for registering contracts by reusing data from external sources (e.g. EC and other funding agencies)
- Data consistency across the organisation through integration between CONVERIS and any other internal system (e.g. HR and finance system, login server, etc.)
- Completely CERIF-compliant, but with a configurable data model to adapt to any other local, national or international requirements
- Multifaceted options for utilisation, including budget forecasting, network analyses, keeping track on tasks for each contract, generating CVs, producing annual reports, presenting project information over the web and do customised exporting for any other use