With increasing Federal regulations, research institutions face stringent reporting requirements for sponsored projects—requirements that add both complexity and administrative cost.

• Is your institution in compliance with federal regulations regarding effort reporting and salary certification?
• Are you able to complete certification activities efficiently and accurately?
• Do you have a real-time view of certification work in progress?

A comprehensive solution for managing effort certification and reporting.

The state-of-the-art Effort Certification and Reporting Technology (ECRT) suite of products—developed by West Monroe Partners and Huron Consulting Group—offers a web-based solution for meeting federal compliance requirements regarding effort reporting and salary certification.

Designed especially for universities, academic medical centers, and independent research institutions, ECRT provides a comprehensive solution for managing effort reporting and compliance activities.

ECRT enables you to automate key compliance and certification activities and:

• Reduce human error and improve data accuracy.
• Improve timeliness by reducing paper volume.
• Increase management information through audit capabilities.
• Reduce administrative work load for tracking and monitoring information.
• Enhance accountability.
• Centralize data and improve reporting.

ECRT is built on the latest technologies to enable web-based effort certification throughout the institution.

Huron Consulting Group helps clients effectively address complex challenges that arise in litigation, disputes, investigations, regulatory compliance, procurement, financial distress, and other sources of significant conflict or change.

Huron Consulting Group's Higher Education Practice is a national leader in providing consulting services to colleges, universities, and academic medical centers. Its professionals have worked with more than 80 of the 100 largest research universities and academic medical centers to develop and implement solutions that address operational and regulatory requirements in a manner consistent with each institution's unique culture.