eBridge General Announcements
Posted 6/23/08 (1 Item)
eBridge Grants & Contracts
The Office of Research will launch the eBridgeMCW – Grants and Contracts electronic submission and review system this fall. The summer will be spent in refocused testing of the system and refining the system’s usability.
Training will be available after Labor Day. Submission of funding applications using the eBridge system will not be required until after training is provided.
In August, information sessions will also be held to address the functions of the system and how the system fulfills the goals of the Office of Research and the institutional initiatives of the Medical College of Wisconsin. These sessions will be open to everyone.
Posted 5/16/08 (1 Item)
eBridge - Grants & Contracts
On May 7, we invited back subject matter experts who had helped us during alpha and beta testing to evaluate and provide input on specific design features of the current eBridge – Grants module. The primary focus was on Federal SF424 grant applications. We are now assessing the feasibility of their feedback in conjunction with system functionality.
Posted 4/18/08 (1 Item)
eBridge - Grants & Contracts
The implementation date of the Grants and Contracts eBridge module has been delayed to provide more time for system development. This module will integrate with the eBridge IRB and IACUC modules and with the Oracle financial system and there is inherent complexity to the system that demands broader participation in validating system functionality. Establishing a new date for the Grants and Contracts roll out should occur in May. Updates on the progress will be provided via InfoScope and the eBridge web page at http://www.mcw.edu/ebridge.htm.
Role Specific training is also being restructured in order to accommodate the different needs of users, based on their varying experience levels with the eBridge system. For those individuals who have had their training session cancelled, you will be contacted by email to reschedule your training.
We are committed to providing a high quality product, which will provide research faculty and staff with tools to better manage the increasingly complex administrative processes required for the conduct of research in the 21st century.
Posted 1/19/08 (1 Item)
Best Practice to avoid eBridge Slowdowns and Lockups
Some users have voiced concern over the slowness and lockups while using the eBridge web application. The Office of Research, eBridge Application staff and MCW-IS are continuing efforts to improve and fine-tune the network and eBridge web application to provide a quality product for our users.
Here's are some tips for improving your access to eBridge:
1. Remote Access vs Direct Web Access – Upon investigation, some users are accessing the eBridge web application thru Citrix Remote Access. While perfectly acceptable the application can be accessed directly by going to the website located at http://ebridge.mcw.edu. This will eliminate the middle tier (Citrix Remote Access) and any network overhead.
2. Reminder: the eBridge application has a regularly scheduled maintenance downtime every Wednesday 8 p.m. until Thursday 8 a.m. Please refer to http://ebridge.mcw.edu for more information.
Posted 2/11/08 (1 Item)
Adding / Removing eBridge Department Approvers
To change your current eBridge Department Approver (by assigning a new or removing an existing Department Approver), the Department Administrator or Department Chair should sent this request to the Help Desk at help-ebridge@mcw.edu or 456-8476. A department may list more than one individual as an eBridge Department Approver.
Posted 10/22/07 (2 Items)
Logging into eBridge
Please remember to put in "mcwcorp\" before your username when logging into eBridge from outside of the MCW Collaborative Services Network (MCWCorp Domain).
eIRB (eBridgeMCW) Logins to Change on October 22
Current eIRB users will be contacted via email regarding changes to their logins. Also, note that eIRB system will now be called eBridgeMCW with the addition of the Animal Research module. For more information, click on this article: (article on InfoScope – requires MCW Network access) – link to: http://infoscope.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=25923