December 3, 2025 - Office for Research Administration Announcement

The review period for Calendar Year 2025 project statements in EConfirm (ECC) Will begin January 1, 2026 and will continue through Februay 28, 2026.

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 Begins in January 2026  

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

Effort Coordinator 

PI Confirmer

Office Hours to address questions or concerns 

• No registration or signup is required
• To join a session, click the date/time for the zoom session you wish to attend
• The Office for Research Administration (ORA) will host office hours to address any questions or concerns with the ECC system. 

Please contact iueffort@iu.edu with any questions.