UALR asi inteh throes of implementing BANNER for the whole campus.  I'm no
accountant, for sure, and although it seems to do some pretty sophisticated
stuff, for grants management it's a pretty awykward and unfriendly beast.
I've also used the grants component of FAMIS and it's a real turkey.

Spanky

>We are interested in hearing from any institutions who have recently
>implemented an accounting system specifically for sponsored programs. We are
>especially interested in any commercial accounting software applications
>which have been implemented by a research institute or organization to
>handle the requirements of administering federally sponsored research grants
>and contracts.
>
>Stories regarding successful adaptions, or any pitfalls encountered, of
>commercial accounting software to the accounting needs of sponsored research
>agreements would be especially useful.
>
>Please e-mail me directly at the address below. I will be glad to share
>responses on request. Thank you.
>
>James F. Ball, Assistant Director
>Office of Grants & Contracts
>The Ohio State University Research Foundation
>1960 Kenny Road
>Columbus, Ohio 43210
>
>E-mail address: xxxxxx@osu.edu
>
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Mike (Spanky) McCallister, Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2801 South University
Little Rock, AR  72204
(v)501-569-8474
(F)501-569-3039
http://www.ualr.edu/~orsp/

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