Electronic Research Administration Lead Partner: Office of Sponsored Programs
UVA currently uses a homegrown Electronic Research Administration (ERA) system, ResearchUVA. To ensure UVA remains in the best position possible to support the growing research enterprise, this project was launched to evaluate software systems to enhance the University’s ability to seek and manage sponsored funds, particularly for large multidisciplinary projects, and scale with the growth of the research program. Products will be evaluated by faculty and administrators through presentations, demonstrations and hands-on exercises, and reference checks.
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Innovation Culture at UVA Project (Lead Partner - Cornerstone Project Team and Professor Ed Hess)
An Innovation Culture enables the highest levels of human performance, enhancing our ability to think, listen, learn, relate, and collaborate in order to create value for the organization in constantly evolving environments. It fosters new ideas, promotes divergent to convergent thinking, and creates space for experimentation and action. Read More > |
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Major Capital Project Planning and Construction Improvements Lead Partner – Senior Vice President for Operations
Summary Statement - A comprehensive, end-to-end process review of the University’s $3.5B major capital program processes
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Faculty Annual Reporting The Faculty Annual Reporting system is an online academic tool that increases ease, effectiveness and utility of annual reports. A collaborative effort begun in the Curry School by faculty and staff, the tool is built in house with annual input from University of Virginia faculty.
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University Business Intelligence (UBI) (Lead Partner - Office of the Vice President for Finance)
University Business Intelligence (UBI) enables enterprise reporting of financial information, empowering units and schools with readily-accessible information to help them make better decisions for UVA.
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ExpenseUVA (Lead Partner - Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services)
ExpenseUVA is a Finance initiative which will deliver an automated system for managing expenses with built-in data reconciliation.
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TravelUVA (Lead Partner - Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services)
TravelUVA is a Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services project designed to improve the travel experience for the UVA community, increase safety, and reduce costs.
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Administrative Unit Review - Procurement This review assessed Procurement's quality, efficiency, and effectiveness through a unit self-study and on-site review by an external committee.
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Benchmarking of Administrative Services This comprehensive Benchmarking Study of Administrative Services across six functions (Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, Research Administration, and Student Services) assessed the University’s effectiveness and efficiency in delivering support services. The results helped shape and inform numerous improvement initiatives.
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Email Consolidation (Lead Partner - The Office of the Chief Information Officer)
Email consolidation improves calendar sharing and meeting planning, enhances security, and reduces costs related to supporting multiple email systems.
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Gift Processing Services (Lead Partner - The Alumni Association)
Gift Processing Services is an improvement project which will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of managing donors' gifts and pledges.
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Internal Communications Assessment This assessment reviewed the current state of UVA internal communications, researched best practices, and provided recommendations for internal communications.
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Server / Data Centralization (Lead Partner - The Office of the Chief Information Officer)
Server and data center consolidation is an Information Technology project which unifies resources in order to more efficiently and effectively manage servers and University data.
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ResearchUVA (Lead Partner - The Office of Sponsored Programs)
ResearchUVA will create streamlined, efficient research administration processes (proposal development, submission, and award management), enabled via people and a customized enterprise-wide IT platform.
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Strategic Sourcing (Lead Partner - Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services)
Strategic Sourcing consolidates and leverages the purchasing power of UVA to deliver greater customer satisfaction and cost savings.
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Ufirst: Human Resource Solutions for You (Lead Partner: Human Resources)
Ufirst is a multi-year Human Resource (HR) transformation project to deliver high-quality, customer-centric Human Resource (HR) services.
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