I almost forgot!  Someone brought up an interesting point about using open-source software for grant tracking.

Here are some links & info from Dave, College of Charleston, for open-source software his office uses:

Mozilla <http://www.mozilla.org/>
This is an excellent web browser/email client that also includes options for office calendaring.  The mail client is much less susceptible to viri infection that Outlook  (IMAP & POP are both supported) and the browser is not nearly as susceptible to "hidden" code as IE.
(This is the core of Netscape without the advertisements for AOL, etc.)

EZDB <http://www.ezperl.com/>
This is a PERL relational database (for your web server) that is totally web-oriented.  (The NCURA Region III web site feeds out of this database)  Data can easily be imported into Excel, Access, or another data managers, also, for reporting.
All data entry is via a web browser.  All data is accessible via a web browser, also.

StarOffice <http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/>
Sun Microsystems' StarOffice is an acceptable replacement for MS Office.  It may lack a few features but it is totally free.  The package includes word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, graphics, and database capabilities.

My eyes glazed a bit when I read through this, but I'm sure there the more technically-savvy of you will be able to appreciate this better. <grin>

Thanks again to everyone who has responded, and I hope this helps,
-Amy

-----Original Message-----
From: Boggs, Paul [mailto:xxxxxx@letu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:14 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grant tracking software

Amy,

Did you get any response to your request?

-Paul

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Paul Boggs
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

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 Fax: 903-233-3910

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Hibbard [mailto:xxxxxx@KGI.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:32 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] Grant tracking software

Hello all-
We've recently been considering purchasing software to help with grant
tracking, and I was hoping I could pick your brains for a short list of
good products.  I've looked into a few, but the demo can only show you
so much.  We're a small school, so we don't need the luxury package, but
something that would allow expense tracking and perhaps keep track of
subcontract invoices and reporting dates would make my life less
stressful.

Thanks for the use of your brains,
-Amy

PS - If you have a tracking software cautionary tale, that would help,
too. AH

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
what no one else has thought.
-Albert von Nagyrapolt

Amy Hibbard
Grants Administrator
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711
T: (909) 607-9313 / 607-7855
F: (909) 607-8086
xxxxxx@kgi.edu
www.kgi.edu

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