Effort Reporting & Commitments (ERC) System | Office of the Vice President for Research

ERC is an enterprise-level, web-based application designed to manage sponsored program effort. The system consists of two major aspects – commitments and effort reporting. The commitments section is used to track details for all effort commitments made to the sponsor by individual and by project. The effort reporting section is used to generate, review and certify effort reports. By using this system, University faculty and staff are able to electronically certify their reports.

Link to ERC: http://apps.research.uconn.edu/erc

Request ERC Access

The Effort Reporting & Commitments (ERC) application is secured with the UConn NetID single sign-on. All users are required to have a valid UConn NetID. UConn faculty and staff are automatically set up with an account. Department Heads are also automatically assigned and managed in the system.

If you have an UConn NetID, first try to see if you can login to the ERC system at http://apps.research.uconn.edu/erc.
If you cannot login, make sure you are using your correct NetID and password combination or your correct username and password. Consult the https://netid.uconn.edu website tools to verify your NetID and password credentials or contact the eRA Help Desk at era-support@uconn.edu or 860-486-7944.

If you still cannot access the ERC application after verifying your correct credentials and attempting to login, contact the eRA Help Desk at 860-486-7944 to verify that you have an account on the particular system. If you do not have an account or you need additional permissions, you can request access by completing the ERC Access Request Form.

This form is primarily used to request additional security permissions (e.g. a Departmental Administrator requesting access to review and route effort reports for their department/school). You may type directly on the form and print it. The form must be signed by the applicant and the applicant’s supervisor.

ERC Account Request Form – A fillable PDF file

Effort Reporting & Commitments (ERC) Application Training

Training sessions were offered to college/department administrators and faculty throughout the Fall 2015. Training for the ERC system is currently being provided as needed. If you are interested in training, please contact Kristin Winot at Kristin.Winot@uconn.edu or 860-486-5067 to set up a time.

Please note that training is required for college/department administrators who are involved in reviewing and routing effort reports. This training covers the following: ERC application navigation, effort commitment management tools and basic effort reporting functionality as well as in-depth training on reviewing and routing effort reports in the system.

A section on Effort Reporting was included in the 2017 Annual Compliance Training offered by the Office of Audit, Compliance and Ethics. Click here to register for the in-person class or to view the presentation slides.