Announcements

Dear PAMS Users, We’re pleased to share the latest updates in PAMS effective Friday, 4/17/26. For questions about this release, please contact the PAMS Help Desk at PAMSHelp@research.ucla.edu. New Department Worklist Section: ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re excited to share the latest updates to PAMS, effective 2/26/2026. For questions about this release, please contact the PAMS Help Desk at PAMSHelp@research.ucla.edu. New Feature: Deliverable-Level Document Download Users ...

Dear PAMS Users,   We’re excited to share the latest updates to PAMS, effective 1/23/2026. For questions about this release, please contact the PAMS Help Desk at PAMSHelp@research.ucla.edu.    Sponsor Details Page (New!) We’ve introduced ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re excited to share the latest updates to PAMS, effective 12/12/25. For questions about this release, please contact the PAMS Help Desk at PAMSHelp@research.ucla.edu. Advanced Packet Search EnhancementsWe’ve added ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re excited to share the latest updates to PAMS, effective 9/26/2025.  Suspension Attachments Category A new “Suspension” attachment category has been added to the Notes and Attachments page. EFM ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re excited to announce that the latest updates to PAMS are now live as of today, 7/2/2025! These enhancements are designed to improve usability and provide greater flexibility ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re pleased to share the latest updates in PAMS effective today, 5/2/25.  F&A/Review AdjustmentsThe “F&A/Review Adjustments” tab (formerly “Billing and Reporting”) is now integrated into PAMS. Previously, this page ...

Dear PAMS Users, We’re pleased to share the latest updates to PAMS effective today, 4/10/25.  Billing and Reporting The “Billing and Reporting” tab has been renamed to “F&A/Review Adjustments” for departmental users. ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are excited to announce the creation of a new Financial Deliverable reason code, “Policy 913 Only Pending Final Payment”, to assist departments in closing expired funds. When departmental assistance is ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are excited to announce enhancements to the Department Worklist in PAMS.  The first enhancement is to the Closeout Packet worklist, which will improve visibility into closeout packets due to the ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are pleased to announce the creation of a new Deliverable Category, Type, and Statuses designed to track refund checks processed by EFM using BruinBuy Plus. These new ...

Dear PAMS Users, Effective Friday (9/6), the Fund Expiration Notice and Closeout Packet (COP) Notification emails will be sent to the Fund’s Department Contact in the Post Award Management System (PAMS) ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are excited to announce a new PAMS feature – Advanced Deliverables Search! This new page in PAMS allows you to search for financial deliverables assigned to your portfolio ...

Dear PAMS Users, The F&A Reconciliation page in PAMS has been moved to a new location effective Monday, 1/11/21. You can now find the F&A Reconciliation page under the PAMS “Billing ...

Dear Colleagues, Please review the communication below from CRU regarding the UCPath Direct Retro Processing Schedule. More information can be found on CRU’s website. UCPath Direct Retro Processing Schedule (2020) The following schedule ...

Dear PAMS Users, We have reorganized PAMS effective 9/4/20. Our hope is this new page/tab layout will better serve the needs of our users. When you log into PAMS, you will ...

Dear PAMS Users, We have released a new PAMS feature to identify sponsored research funds that cannot be fiscally closed due to pending UCPath resolutions. As of today, the enclosed attachment ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are excited to release enhancements to the Notes and Attachments page in PAMS! On this page, you will find important and unique invoicing and/or financial reporting requirements that ...

Dear PAMS Users, We are excited to announce that you can now access the new “Expired Funds to Close” report in PAMS. It is located under the “Reports” tab as an ...

Project Statements for the October 2025 – March 2026 reporting period are now available in Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC). Automatic notifications were sent by the ECC application to Certifier’s (PIs) ...

Principal Investigators, This is to inform you of upcoming changes to the project statement shown in the Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) system effective for the October 2025 – March 2026 reporting period. After review, ...

Dear Department Administrators, This message serves as a follow up to our prior announcement regarding the reporting of cost share for ECC project statements covering the reporting period April 1, 2025 through September ...

Dear Department Administrators, This email provides guidance on how to report cost share and/or unfunded effort in Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) for the reporting period April 1, 2025 – September 30, ...

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that ECC Project Statement Certification Status reports are now accessible in the ORA Online Resource Center.  These reports deliver comprehensive metrics and advanced search ...

Dear Principal Investigators, ORA is pleased to announce the launch of Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) to replace Effort Reporting in ERS. ORA initiated the ECC project with goals to reduce administrative burden for ...

Dear Colleagues, ORA is pleased to announce the launch of Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) to replace Effort Reporting in ERS. ORA initiated the ECC project with goals to reduce administrative burden for faculty ...

Dear Colleagues, The Office of Research Administration (ORA) is pleased to share an important update regarding the implementation of the Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) system, which will replace the Effort Reporting ...

Dear Colleagues, As announced during the Research Administration Forum (RAF) on Thursday, September 11, 2025, we’re excited to share that ECC launches in October 2025. To support Department Administrator (DA) users in this transition, ...

Dear DSAs, The Office of Research Administration is pleased to share we are in the final stages of preparing to go live with the Employee Compensation System (ECC). We are reaching out ...

Dear Colleagues, We are just one day away from the August 8, 2025, effort report certification deadline for fall 2024 and winter 2025 reporting periods. Thanks to your ongoing efforts, our ...

Dear Colleagues,  We are one week away from the August 8, 2025, effort report certification deadline for the fall 2024 and winter 2025 reporting periods. Thanks to your ongoing efforts, our ...

Dear Colleagues, We are two weeks away from the August 8, 2025, effort report certification deadline for Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 reporting periods. Please address all outstanding effort reports now.  Reporting Period Non-Academics ...

Dear Colleagues, Effort reports for the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 reporting periods are now available in the Effort Reporting System. The certification due date is Friday, August 8, 2025. This deadline has ...

Dear Colleagues, We want to inform you that the release of the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 Effort Reports in the Effort Reporting System (ERS) has been rescheduled from the timeline ...

Dear Colleagues, We are just one day away from the January 28, 2025, effort report certification deadline for spring and summer 2024 reporting periods.  Thank you for all your efforts to ...

Dear Colleagues,  We are one week away from the January 28, 2025, effort report certification deadline for the spring and summer 2024 reporting periods.  Thanks to your ongoing efforts, our certification ...

Dear Colleagues,   We are three weeks away from the January 28, 2025 effort report certification deadline for spring and summer 2024 reporting periods. Please address outstanding effort reports now. Reporting Period Non-Academics & 11/12 Academics 9/12 ...

Dear Colleagues, Effort reports for the spring and summer 24 reporting periods are now available in the Effort Reporting System. To comply with UCOP requirements, please complete certifications by the stated ...

Dear Colleagues, We are now less than a month away from the July 29, 2024 effort report certification deadline. As of today, approximately 24% of the reports released during this period have ...

Dear Colleagues, EFM is pleased to announce that effort reports for the fall 2023 and winter 2024 release periods are now available through the Effort Reporting System. To comply with UCOP ...

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to inform you that effort reports for the spring 2023 and summer 2023 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System. The certification deadline for this ...

Dear Colleagues, Effort reports for the Fall 2022 and Winter 23 quarters are available in the Effort Reporting System. You can access your department’s effort reports at:  https://ers.it.ucla.edu and begin the ...

Dear Colleagues,  Effort reports for the Spring 2022 and Summer 2022 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System.  You can access your department’s effort reports at:  https://ers.it.ucla.edu and begin ...

Dear Colleagues, Effort reports for the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 quarters are now available in the Effort Reporting System. You can access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification ...

Dear Colleagues, EFM is pleased to announce release of the tool to view Effort Report Certification status in a more dynamic way under the ORA Portal Compliance Tab. For quick reference, ...

Dear Colleagues,  You may now access ERS to continue certification process of previously released Spring 2021 effort reports, and newly released Summer 2021 effort reports. Reporting Period Non-Academics and 11/12 Academics 9/12 Academics Certification Due ...

Dear Colleagues, EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s Spring 2021 effort reports and begin the certification process. Reporting Period Non-Academics and 11/12 Academics 9/12 Academics Certification Due Date Spring 2021 April ...

Dear Colleagues, EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following periods: Reporting Period Non Academics and 11/12 Academics 9/12 Academics Certification ...

Dear Colleagues, EFM is pleased to announce that you can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following reporting periods: Reporting Period Non Academics and 11/12 Academics 9/12 ...

Dear Colleagues, You can now access your department’s effort reports and begin the certification process for the following reporting periods: April to July 2018: 11/12 Academics April to July 2018: Non-Academics March to July ...