1. Teresa Logiotatos College of Veterinary Medicine
Effort Certification
Teresa Logiotatos College of Veterinary Medicine

2. OUTLINE Definition Post Award Activity Process Payroll
Effort Certification

3. What is Effort Certification?
Reporting of effort on a sponsored project. For universities, effort on externally sponsored projects is reported based on a percent of time expended in overall effort (up to 100%) compared to other activities (e.g., teaching, service, research on other grants or contracts, consulting, for the institution, etc.). Effort is not reported based on a forty-hour week or hours per week.

4. Post Award Activity Process
There should be one Administrative contact person
Coordinate and arrange a Kick-off Meeting
Review role and responsibilities of team members
Review budget and contractual obligations
Determine WHEN to begin labor distribution and WHOSE labor distribution will be affected.
Regardless sponsor budget or cost share budget

5. Departmental Policies
Payroll
Specific Award Terms
Departmental Policies
University Policies
Sponsor Policies
Federal Policy and Governmental Law

6. Payroll continued
To fill out or change an Employee Personnel Action Form (ePAF) go to the COMPASS BMP for instructions:

7. Payroll continued How do you confirm monthly or bi-weekly payroll?
Self-serve Banner Master Contact List
(You will need your HR ORG code for easy access)
E-Print HR PZILDCG Labor Distribution – C/G & Cost Share
Banner 9 Report for Labor Distribution by Pay Period
(PZRK142)

8. Report for Labor Distribution
Banner 9
Report for Labor Distribution
by Pay Period

9. In Search box type PZRK142

10. Click on the Go box upper right

11. Step 1: Step 2: Enter in the “Parameter Values” Go down to next block
01 – the year
02 – Pay Period (MN or BW)
03 – Payroll number
04 – enter TKL
05 – your TKL (ex: HR395)
Step 2:
Go down to next block
“Submission”
click the “Save Parameter Set as” box
Then click the SAVE box in bottom right corner

12. After you click the save button,
this should show that the report has been sent in

13. Open report then you can sort and save.
Report will not open later if saved.

14. Labor Distribution by Pay Period Report
(PZRK142 )
Example of the report you received in the .

15. Effort Certifications
Effort Certifications are quarterly
Review efforts with the PI
If any changes the PI will need to enter % amount, then certify
Check to see if approvers are listed under Routing Rules
If not contact your organizational Computing liaison (found on the Master Contact list)

16. Director, Research Program Development & Grant Administration
Teresa Logiotatos
Director, Research Program Development & Grant Administration
College of Veterinary Medicine