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Fill out and authorise a Budget Form (for supporting department HA)

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Principal Investigators (PI) that require either a service or support for a research project from a supporting department (department which is providing resources or services to support the research department) must request a quote and authorisation from the Head of the Supporting Department (HoSD) or their delegate. The type of service/support, cost and funding (whether monetary or in-kind support) must be documented in the RGS Budget Form. 

The PI will nominate the HoSD (or delegate) when they select the supporting departments in the Budget Form and send them an invitation to provide a service. This will allow the HoSD to:

  • decline the request to provide a service
  • edit and authorise the service/support items and costs in their departmental costing section of the form
  • indicate in their departmental funding section whether they wish to provide a service in-kind.
PIs (or delegates) who wishes to nominate a HoSD for a supporting department should refer to the Select the departments section within the Help Wiki: Add, fill out and authorise a Budget Form.

Invitation to provide a service

1.  Once you are invited as a HoSD, you will receive an email.  Click on the link to the RGS Task provided in the email.  Note that if you have not done so, you will need to login to RGS to access the Tasks page.  
 
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If you are not taken directly to the task, click on 'My Tasks' on the menu situated on the left-hand side of the screen. Refer to the Help Wiki: All about Tasks.
 
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2.  On the My Tasks page, click the ‘Request to Quote/Authorise’ link found under Tasks Type.   

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3.  The Task Form will open, click 'Action' which will direct you to the project's Budget Form for the site which is requesting your department's services or support, or 'Cancel' to return to Tasks.
 
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Click 'Decline the task' if you have received the task in error. You will unable to access the project Budget Form or related documentation.

Agree to provide a service and authorise

Provide a quote in a Budget Form

The Budget Form has 3 screens:

  1. Departmental Selection – this section is completed by the PI and lists the Research Department, Supporting Departments and Third Party Agencies that will be involved in supporting the project and their nominated Heads of Department/delegates.
  2. Site Project Budget – this section contains the costs of the project. It is:
    • completed by the PI for the Research Department and Third Party Agency and authorised by the HoD
    • completed and authorised by the HoSD.
  3. Site Project Funding / Support – this section contains the costs of the project. It can be completed by the PI and HoSD.
1.  In the Budget Form, click ‘Edit’.
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2.  A confirmation message will appear.  Click ‘OK’ to proceed.
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Take note that you are now on ‘Edit’ mode, and the form will be checked out to you until you click ‘Save & Close’.
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3.  You can go to any section of the Budget by using the Index and selecting the section you want. Alternately you can click ‘Next’ or ‘Previous’ located at the top and bottom of the page.
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If you want to go to the ‘Forms & Documents’ tab to review the project’s protocol or other documents in order to determine what services are required. You can right click on the tab and open a new tab or window. 
 
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4. In the ‘Site Project Budget’ you can add an item by clicking the ‘Add’ button. The Service & Support drop down menu has a search facility and will tailor the results based on what you type; the results will be any item with word in it. The list of service and support items that are available on this page.

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5. Based on the protocol, enter the service/support item, a cost description if required (i.e. the usual name of the item), cost and quantity. To calculate the quantity you should review, the number of participants and time frame of the project which is listed on the 'Department Selection' screen. For additional information on selecting service and support items refer to 'Add service and support items' in the Help Wiki: Add, fill out and authorise a Budget Form.

The PI may have already entered the service/support items and quantity; these can be edited before authorisation. If so, review the items against the protocol and enter the cost per item. The screen can be expanded or you can drag the scroll bar found at the bottom of the grid to view the other columns. 

6. To remove an item prior to authorising, select the item and click ‘Remove’. 

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7.  You can add a comment in the comments box at the bottom of the screen to notify the PI of any concerns related to the provision of services/support or nominate if any services will be provided as in-kind support. Any in-kind support can then be added against this item by you or the PI in the Site Project Funding / Support section of the Budget Form.
 
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Authorise a Budget Form

1.  When you are ready to authorise, click on the ‘Authorise’ button.
 
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To confirm that you authorised your department's costs successfully, the department will display 'Authorised' with your name and the date of authorisation. 
 
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If you wish to make changes, click 'Unlock' and the previous authorisation will reset.  The items under the supporting department can be edited at this point.  Remember that if the section of the budget is unlocked it will have to be authorised again. Press 'Save & Close' to save your changes and close the budget, this will make the budget available to other users.

Decline a request to provide a service 

​1. If your department is unable to provide the services or support from your department for the research project, click on 'Decline'.

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2. A comment screen will launch. You will need to provide a reason to the PI for declining the request to provide a service/support for the project.

3. Click 'Save' to proceed with declining the use of the services for your department.  

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After saving, if you wish to remove the comment or provide a new one, you will have to unlock this department quote, click 'Decline' again and provide a new comment.

To confirm that you declined the provision of your service successfully, the department will display 'Declined' with your name and the date of declining. If you hover-over the word 'Declined', the reason will be shown.

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If you wish to make changes, click 'Unlock' and the previous authorisation will be reset.  The items under the supporting department can be edited again at this point.

 

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Hospital Administrator User Guide

 

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