1. NURAP@Noon Conference
July 19, 2016
Chicago Campus

2. Agenda Review of Smart Pages Review of NRSA award notice
Review of Specials Tool
Contact Information
Questions

3. Objectives
Understand how stipend and tuition for TGS students is processed
Determination of amount of tuition available on NRSA award
Learn to submit a request for funding through the TGS Specials Tool

4. Smart Pages

5. Smart Pages
Department and program staff use these pages to enter funding for graduate students.
The page is divided into three categories – stipend, tuition and health/activity fees.
Stipend is entered monthly.
Tuition is entered quarterly.
Either can come from one or more sources.
Users must receive training before being granted access.

6. Smart Pages (cont.)
There are seven tabs across the top which provide users with a variety of information about individual student.
The demographic information at the top includes data regarding the individual student.
Users of the smart pages can also run various reports from the beginning dialog boxes.
For more information about the Smart pages, please sign up for one of the upcoming open lab/training sessions. Information about the sessions can be found at for/staff/funding/entering-award-data.html.

7. Award Notice - NRSA

8. Award Notice - NRSA
The amount provided for the Institution Allowance is used by the student working with his PI/advisor for travel to conferences, seminars and other educational expenses.
The amount provided for other is the tuition awarded for the student. When requesting the amount the full amount should be requested since NIH only awards a percentage. The amount awarded can be used up front over divided over the quarters. The balance of tuition will be requested from TGS/FSM using the Specials Tool.
The amount provided for stipend is the total amount awarded to the student for living expenses. This amount should be divided by 12. More than likely a supplement will need to be provided since the amount awarded is below the TGS minimum stipend rates. You should check with your department as to the source for the supplement.

9. Specials Tool
This tool was developed to facilitate requests for TGS/FSM funds in conjunction with external awards such as American Heart Association Fellowships, NRSAs, NIH Institutional Training Grants, etc. and cost sharing arrangements made with certain proposals.
The tool can be accessed at You sign in with your NetID user name and password.
Instructions and tips for completing the request can be found at for/staff/funding/special-funding-requests/

10. Sample of Specials Tool

11. Sample of Specials Tool (cont.)

12. Contact Information
Patricia K. Mann
Assistant Dean, Financial Aid
The Graduate School
633 Clark, Crown 1-502
847/
Laura Soria
Assistant Director of Graduate Funding and Operations
847/

13. QUESTIONS?