Grants

WSU receives industry honors for grant management innovations in Workday

WSU recognized nationally for groundbreaking use of Workday for grants administration WSU has received two prestigious industry recognitions for their visionary effort in creating the first-ever enterprise grant forecasting tool, Adaptive Grants Forecasting, which allows researchers and grants administrators to review and project future expenses and remaining balances on their grants. WSU received Workday’s Platform […]

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September training materials update

Recent changes include usability and accessibility improvements; new guides for Grants, Finance, and General; updates for acceptable file types; and various process updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for September: General Complete State and Local Withholding Elections What File Types Can I Upload into Workday? Finance Create, Approve, Change, or […]

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WSU finalist for Workday North America Customer Awards

Modernization is thrilled to announce that Washington State University has been named a finalist in the 2024 Workday North America Customer Awards, nominated by Deloitte and Workday for the development of the university’s innovative Adaptive Grants Forecasting tool. Workday Customer Awards recognize organizations using Workday in innovative and inspiring ways to address issues that are […]

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New SPS request type available in Workday

At the request of SPS, a new “Transfer from Sponsored Agreement to FPCA Account” request type is now available in Workday, for the purpose of requesting to move excess revenue from a Fixed Price Agreement to a departmental or PI Fixed Price Consolidation Account per BPPM 40.27. The Research or Conference Account Request (RCAR-FPCA) is […]

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90 day grant award terming notifications for PIs

Modernization recently received a request from Principal Investigators (PIs), Associate Deans of Research, and ORSO to notify PIs when their Awards are terming in 90 days to help PIs prepare for Award closeout tasks and/or any needed no-cost extension processes.  Grant PIs will now receive a notification in Workday when they have Awards terming in […]

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New guide explains Cost Share balances in CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary report

Modernization received feedback from employees regarding difficulties interpreting and addressing balances on Cost Share grant accounts when running the CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary report in Workday. In response, we’ve created a new guide that provides information on how to interpret these balances when presented in the report CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary. To […]

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Workday enhancement coming soon for Grant Principal Investigator role assignments

A recent update by Workday enables WSU to assign roles on grants that can persist through position changes without disappearing from reports when employees leave WSU. This update enables the creation of a non-position based principal investigator role that may be assigned to a Grant Principal Investigator on grant worktags, regardless of their WSU position, […]

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Second 2024 Feature Release coming September 20-21

Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. The second Feature Release of 2024, also called “R2,” takes place September 20-21, 2024. During a Feature Release, Workday implements a series of system updates, improvements, and new features. While hundreds of new features and enhancements are available during a Release, we work to identify […]

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August training materials update

Recent changes include the next phase of usability and accessibility improvements, new guides for Payroll, Finance, and Grants, updates related to the addition of Quick Tips to the Create Journal task, and various process updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for August: General How to Read and Understand Your Payslip […]

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