Time & Effort and ECRT

The University of Massachusetts Lowell has implemented a web-based effort reporting system called ECRT (Effort Certification and Reporting Technology). ECRT will support and facilitate the annual time and effort reporting requirements of the federal government and the UMass system.

Time & Effort

Policies

• Guidance on Effort Reporting Policies (pdf)

Training

• What is Time & Effort? (Powerpoint)
• Forms
• FAQ

ECRT

ECRT Production

Training 

• Effort Coordinator Training (Powerpoint)
• The Basics of Effort Reporting (pdf)
• Empac Web-Based/Online Training Tutorial
• CITI System Web-Based/Online Training: The Basics of Effort Reporting
  • CITI is a service that offers compliance and ethics education to research institutions.
  • To log in go to :  http//www.citiprogram.org/
  • The course takes about an hour.  You can stop at any time then return and resume where you left off.
  • Step-by-step instructions for how to access the courses:
    • New Users (pdf)
    • Existing User (pdf)