January 6, 2025 - Office for Research Administration Announcement

The review period for project statements in EConfirm (ECC) has begun and continues through February 28, 2025.

Indiana University will make Project Statements for Calendar Year 2024 ready for confirmation in EConfirm (ECC) on March 1, 2025. Project Statement confirmation is required by March 31, 2025.

Award Project Directors (Confirmers) and Primary Effort Coordinators that have unconfirmed project statements remaining will continue to receive email reminders until confirmed.

EConfirm (ECC) Overview

• Effort on federal and federal pass-through sponsored projects is confirmed by calendar year on project statements in EConfirm (ECC)
• Effort activity is aggregated to the Kuali Coeus (KC) award family level for all employees with effort on any account belonging to that award family
• Project statement confirmation is only required on federal and federal pass-through awards

What effort coordinators (fiscal officers and delegates) need to do now?

•  Verify your department has the correct Effort Coordinators and the correct Primary Effort Coordinator
• The EConfirm (ECC) Effort Coordinators Dashboard Report identifies current assignments for your department
• The Assigning Effort Coordinators Video explains how Effort Coordinators are populated in EConfirm (ECC) and how to assign a Primary Effort Coordinator in EConfirm (ECC)
• Review the effort reflected on Project Statements for your Award PI (Confirmers) in EConfirm (ECC)
• The Calendar Year Effort View report is available for review and provides the same information the PI will see in EConfirm (ECC)

Cost Transfer Reminder

Cost transfers for all federal and federal pass-through sponsored awards, including corrections to salary costs, must be initiated and routed to ORA within three months following the month in which the cost was first incurred. Cost transfers affecting a project statement in the confirmation period must be fully routed and approved by March 20th.

Training Sessions/Office Hours 

The Office for Research Administration (ORA) offers EConfirm (ECC) Training and Office Hours to inform and address questions. 

Training sessions are one hour, with additional time after each training session for questions

Effort Coordinator Training 

PI Confirmer Training  

Office Hour Sessions 

• No registration or signup is required
• To join a session, click the date/time for the zoom session you wish to attend

Please contact iueffort@iu.edu with any questions.