WRAP Glossary
- Joseph Nyachae
Term | Definition |
Activity | An action a user can take on a project. Activities are found in the project workspace. |
Administrative Contact | Typically, the Research Administrator responsible for the proposal. The administrative contact can edit the proposal and respond to reviewer notes. Workflow notifications will also be received by this person. |
Advance Account | An account which allows an investigator to begin spending on a pending award. |
Agreements Module | WRAP module in which users can create and view Agreements. To access the Agreements module, click Agreements on the Top Navigator. |
Assignments Tab | Tab on the Grants and Agreements Dashboards where department administrator editors and Sponsored Research users can see pie charts that show current assignments to you and other Department Administrators in your department. See Terminology Diagrams below for details. |
Agreement | The sole project type in the WRAP Agreements module which includes different types of agreements. |
Agreement Owner | The Agreement Owner will oversee the agreement through the review, negotiation and signing process. |
Ancillary Review | In the “Manage Ancillary Reviews” activity, you can submit a request for additional reviewers to view a funding proposal, award, or award modification. Ancillary reviewers can log into WRAP to view the assigned project and submit their review. |
Annualized Salary | Employee salary displayed by total pay per month. |
Award | A project type in the WRAP Grants module. If a proposal is awarded, Sponsored Research will create an award in WRAP. |
Award Modifications | A project type in the WRAP Grants module that is created after an Award Modification Request is approved which updates an award. Sponsored Research creates modifications and executes an automated process to make relevant updates to the financial system. |
Award Modification Requests | Change requests to active awards, submitted by departments. |
Breadcrumb | A link in the top left corner of WRAP which indicates what page you’re on and provides another option for navigating the system. |
COI Status | Tab on the Funding Proposal workspace with COI Review status for NU Personnel and subrecipient organization Non-NU Personnel. |
Compare | Compare can be seen on a SmartForm in the top left, showing everything that's been changed on the SmartForms with each step of the workflow and the reviewer comments. |
Continuation Proposal | If an approved award includes multiple years, and the sponsor requires a report to issue the next increment of funding, the RA will create a continuation proposal from the initial award. The continuation proposal will go through the same review and approval process as the initial funding proposal. |
Correspondence | Tab on a project workspace where correspondence related to a project is recorded. |
Create Menu | This menu shows the creator buttons. For example, the Create Funding Proposal button. |
Dashboard | Landing page with the Inbox to allow users to manage their immediate work items. Also provides interactive components like charts and recently viewed projects. There are two dashboards: one for the Grants module, and one for the Agreements module. |
Deliverable | Technical or financial requirements for a sponsored award, such as deadlines, special reports, progress reports, and other requirements. Users can define deliverables through the Manage Deliverables activity on the award workspace, or from the Deliverables page in the award of subaward SmartForm. |
Department Approver | Signs off on behalf of the PI’s local unit. |
Effort Mos | Effort Months, on the budget SmartForm Personnel Costs page. Represents the total number of effort months for this investigator, including any cost shared effort months. Sal Req Mos (Salary Requested Months) appears below this field; the two numbers will match when the sponsor is being asked to fund all of the investigator’s effort on the project. |
Evergreen | Funding that is provided on an ongoing basis rather than has a one-time lump sum. |
Funding Proposal | A project type in the WRAP Grants module. When routed for review, the Funding Proposal data is submitted with the budget, and, if applicable, the SF424. |
Grants Module | WRAP module in which users can create and view Funding Proposals and Awards. When you first log in, you are on the Grants dashboard. |
Help Center | Embedded help resources in WRAP, including how-to videos and reference guides. |
History Tab | Tab on a project workspace with information about recent activities on the project, including the user who performed the activity and the date and time it took place. |
ID | Each item has a unique ID. ID prefixes indicate what the item is. For example, FP is funding proposal, AWD is award, DUA is a Data Use Agreement and CTA is a Clinical Trial Agreement. |
In Process Tab | Tab on the Grants and Agreements Dashboards where department administration editors and Sponsored Research users can view their current items going through the workflow as well as all items for your department regardless of Department Administrator assigned. |
Lifecycle | The WRAP lifecycle consists of several different workflows that happen in parallel or consecutively to ensure proposals are submitted on time, awards are set up, managed and tracked efficiently, and agreements are negotiated and executed as quickly as possible. |
Manager/PI | On agreements, the principal investigator. |
My Inbox | The inbox appears on the dashboard and displays a set of projects that require attention. More specifically, it displays all projects that are in a state where the logged-on user is responsible for taking an action. |
Primary Contact | Research Administrator responsible for an agreement. The primary contact can edit the agreement and respond to reviewer notes. Workflow notifications will also be received by this person. |
Related Projects Tab | Tab on a project workspace with links to related projects. For example, an award with a subaward would have links to both the related funding proposal and subaward workspaces. |
Sal Req Mos | Salary Requested Months, on the budget SmartForm Personnel Costs page. Represents the number of effort months for which salary is being requested from the sponsor. Effort Mos (total effort months) appears above this field; the two numbers will match when the sponsor is being asked to fund all of the investigator’s effort on the project. |
SF424 | Form required for federal system-to-system proposal submissions. The SF424 has its own workspace in WRAP and is related to the funding proposal. |
SF424 Center | Page in the Grants module with tabs for single and multi-project applications, funding opportunities, download opportunities, and checking submission status. |
SmartForm | A collection of individual pages that work together to guide a user through the entering and editing data in a project. Depending on your answers to certain questions, WRAP may add additional relevant questions to the form. Each project type in WRAP has its own SmartForm. |
Specialist | Sponsored Research staff assigned to the proposal. The Assigned Specialist will review the project when it is submitted in a workflow to Specialist Review, can submit the project for designated or final review, and will have access to different activities on the proposal workspace. |
State | Current status of an item in workflow. The state appears on the workspace along with a workflow map. Together, the state and workflow map clearly let you know where the item is in the process. Each project type has its own workflow. |
Subaward | A project type in WRAP in the Grants module that is attached to a parent award and contains data about a subaward. |
Subaward Agreement | A type of agreement in the WRAP Agreements module for outgoing subawards. |
Tags | Unique tag values on projects to enhance records and categorize reporting. The Manage Tags activity is found in project workspaces for adding or removing tags to projects. |
Top Navigator | Navigation bar at the top of the user interface so users can jump to different pages. |
Unassigned | Agreements workflow state |
Workflow Map | The main project workspaces have a workflow map, which is a graphical representation of the high-level summary of the review process. |
Workspace | Page from which you can view or edit the SmartForm pages as well as find all information about that item, such as a related budget, award, or agreement. From the workspace, you can also perform various activities for that item. |