The ECC Pre-Review period opened on January 2nd for hourly effort statements and will open on January 8th for salaried effort statements. The pre-review period gives effort coordinators the opportunity to review effort statements for accuracy prior to the opening of the PI certification window.
When recording effort in SPAR, Actual Effort should always be a reflection of the time spent on each activity.
Identification and calculation of DHHS salary cap required cost sharing is automatically performed by the SPAR application when sponsored activity is entered on a SPAR. However, it is ultimately the department’s responsibility to be aware of cost share requirements and record cost sharing appropriately in SPAR. Cost sharing guides are available on our website.