USC TARA
USC TARA – Total Access for Research Administration
A Message from Randolph W. Hall
Vice President for Research
Welcome to the website for the USC TARA project. We are embarking on an ambitious and exciting effort to create the research administration system capable of supporting USC’s growing research enterprise. USC TARA is composed of the following components:
Kuali Coeus (KC) – Pre and Post Award Management System
Kuali Financial (KFS) – Integration with KC implementing the business process transactions
Financial projection and modeling system – mitigating the need for shadow system accounting
Effort Certification (ECert) – Verification of effort on sponsored projects
iStar – IRB Submission Tracking and Review
IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
diSClose – Conflict of Interest Submission
iSafety – Radiation and BioSafety
CORES – Service Center Recharge
Major goals of this project include the following:
• Simplify proposal generation, submission and management;
• Enable submission of higher quality proposals that can improve our proposal success rate;
• Increase efficiency and responsiveness in post-award processes;
• Eliminate the need for redundant effort in departments and institutes.
We are committed to building a system that allows investigators to focus on their research, and that enables research administrators to maximize their effectiveness. Your engagement in this effort is key to our success. Please return to this website often for updates on the project. Send us email with your questions and suggestions. Let us know if you are interested in participating in focus advisory groups, user forums or system testing.
Thank you for your interest in this essential project. We look forward to hearing from you.
For any questions regarding USC TARA – Total Access Research for Research Administration implementation at USC, please email clavoie@usc.edu