UCT is taking its research administrative processes online through the electronic Research Administration (eRA) programme which will standardise research processes at the university. This system will be rolled out in phased modules.

See below for the latest updates from the eRA team.

  • eRA Research Equipment and Services functionality (26 July 2022)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) System Research Equipment and Services functionality was implemented as part of the eRA Pre-Awards Internal Approvals process just over a year ago, with the aim of making research facilities, equipment, and services available to all internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders where applicable. For more information on this functionality refer to the Research Announcement.

    If you would like to add/update equipment, research facility or service in the eRA system, to allow researchers to earmark these resources for their research project, please follow the instructions on the quick guide provided.

    If you are unsure of what to do and would like some assistance from our team, please log a call here.

  • Updates to eRA: Live as of 05 May 2022 (5 May 2022)

    Following the DVC Desk that was published on 24 March, the eRA pre-awards module has been updated with a new feature called the Person Effort functionality which will be rolled out on 05 May 2022.

    As of today, you will need to enter all UCT project staff listed on your grant proposal under selected roles in your eRA approval form, and finance staff will need to capture the percent effort (which reflects the amount of time that will be committed to the project) for all UCT individuals listed on each grant application. This eRA update is necessary to facilitate compliance with funder requirements on effort reporting.

    If you need help or have any questions, please log a call via ServiceNow.

  • New eRA functionality: Research Equipment and Services (8 April 2021)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) System now includes a Research Equipment and Services module, which makes it possible for UCT to expose research facilities, equipment, and services to all internal stakeholders and where applicable to external stakeholders. 

    The inclusion of this module to the electronic Research Administration (eRA) platform allows:

    • UCT to promote the use and awareness of UCT research assets, reduce duplication of equipment and ensure that assets can be linked to PI/Researcher profiles, 

    • Researchers to maintain their equipment within the module, thereby increasing the visibility of their assets and services.

    The functionality forms part of the Pre-Awards Internal Approvals process and enables the PI/Researcher to indicate the requirement for major research equipment during the proposal stage of their project, whilst also allowing them to search and select equipment and services which may already exist within the UCT community. It, however, does not include the booking of facilities or services and the relevant research units managing the equipment should still be contacted and their respective booking systems or processes are to be used to secure equipment and/or support. 

    If you have any queries or require assistance with your eRA profile, please log a call via ServiceNow here.

  • Introducing research classifications in eRA (17 September 2020)

    Earlier this year, the Electronic Research Administration (eRA) team have implemented the latest research classifications in eRA on the Research Profile tab including the Frascati Research Classification, Sustainable Development Goals and Keywords, in addition to the existing NRF classifications.

    These classifications will be marked as mandatory when completing the Research Profile tab under each individual researcher person record. Once completed on the Research Profile tab, the information will be carried automatically to all newly created information on the following tabs:

    • Publication > Thematic Classification
    • Pre-awards Internal Approvals > Research Related Information
    • Contracts > Related Documents
    • Post Awards > Post Awards related information and documents

    What are research classifications?

    This information outlines some of the research classifications in use at UCT that have been implemented in eRA across various modules. These classifications have been implemented to support the reporting by the Research Office on behalf of the university for various requirements by government and funding bodies, and may be used to inform ratings.

    Research classification

    Researcher classifications in eRA

    National Research Foundation (NRF) framework
    The NRF framework is a framework developed by the NRF and has been contextualised for the South African research domain.

     

    On the eRA system researchers can select:

    • One scientific domain
    • Up to two primary research fields
    • Up to four secondary research fields
    • Up to 10 specialisations

     

    Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    The SDGs replace the MDGs and were adopted by the UN member states in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

    The SDGs have been implemented on the eRA researcher profile module where researchers will be able to assign up to three applicable SDGs to their profile. Researchers will be able to select keywords which will be mapped to the SDGs in the back end and can be reported on or displayed on an SDG summit site.

    This information will be used to showcase UCT’s research contribution to the SDGs.

     

     

     

     

    Frascati framework

    The Frascati framework is an international framework used for R&D benchmarking. The framework includes definitions of basic concepts, data collection guidelines, and classifications for compiling R&D statistics.

     

    The Frascati classifications will be imported from the Higher Education Information Management System (HEMIS). The latest Frascati assignment will be uploaded to your profile in eRA from October – November annually.

    The Frascati framework consists of two divisions; 1) Natural Sciences, Technology and Engineering and 2) Social Sciences and Humanities.

    All Frascati classifications will be extracted from the HEMIS annual submission and uploaded to the researcher profile. The researcher may log a call if they would like to update their Frascati classification on the researcher profile.

    In instances where a project (publication, award etc.) reflects research fields that are not linked to the researcher, the researcher has the liberty to change the Frascati classification to reflect the work that is carried out on the specific project.


    Why will the classifications be marked as mandatory?

    It is imperative that all projects are classified appropriately to ensure data accuracy for reporting and analysis purposes i.e.

    • Classification reports
    • Analysis of projects for PIs, research groupings, departments and faculties, and at the broader university

    How do I update my researcher profile?

    Please follow the instructions in this document.

    For more information on eRA, please see the eRA section on the Research Support Hub and in particular our how-to guides and videos here.

    If you have any further concerns or require assistance with your eRA profile, please log a call via ServiceNow here.

    We thank you for your ongoing support and engagement with the eRA.

  • eRA: Update on profile information challenges (18 August 2020)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) system is designed to help both researchers and their support staff to capture and track the administrative processes around the research lifecycle more easily.

    In the previous communication, we addressed your concerns around inaccurate information on your eRA profile and our plans to resolve them. We now would like to provide you with an update on the work completed by the eRA team thus far to resolve many of the system issues.

    What has been done to update my eRA CV information?

    The eRA team has successfully implemented a manual refresh and de-duplication of existing and new eRA data on 2 August 2020 to ensure that all data from the respective UCT source systems (SAP HR, SAP Finance and Peoplesoft) was imported into eRA. The following information was updated:

    • Person records – updates on information such as contact details and demographic information
    • UCT work affiliations and organisation data – to accurately display the nature of affiliation (staff, student or third party), what department you are/were in and whether you are active in that capacity
    • The work affiliation data was merged into one affiliation per department for concurrent appointments to reduce the number of unnecessary affiliations in the system.

    Further plans for 2020 include:

    • Adding extra datasets such as undergraduates and/or honours students who perform research*
    • Adding work and educational activities from UCT source systems so that this can be integrated into the researcher profiles and CVs
    • Adding history data such as staff data prior to 2013 and student data prior to 2012*
    • Archiving unused data; and removing all inactive staff and student data where there has been no research activity for several years
    • Automating the refresh and de-duplication processes so that they can be run at regular intervals.

    * dependent on system performance when increased volumes are added  

    Do I still need to update my eRA profile?

    We strongly suggest that your researcher profile be updated; that your publications list is accurate and up to date; and that you have connected your researcher profile with your ORCID ID. As we continue to expand the functionality available on the eRA system, an updated researcher profile will become imperative.

    It is important to stress that even if your eRA profile is not accurate, it will not impact your pre-awards approval applications or the awarding of funding. In addition, until your profile is updated, you can choose whether you want to make it visible.

    See our video and how-to guide on how to update your eRA profile here.

    For more information on eRA, please see the eRA section on the Research Support Hub and, in particular, our how-to guides and videos here.

    If you have any further concerns or require assistance with your eRA profile, please log a call via Service Now here.

    We thank you for your ongoing support and engagement with the eRA.

  • Streamlining UCT’s systems to support reproducible research (4 May 2020)

    A global crisis like COVID-19 brings to the fore the importance of researchers being able to easily and safely share their data, code and software as well as their publications. This transparency allows other researchers to verify and expand upon their work. This practice known as ‘open science’ involves the publication of data and other research outputs in a way that makes them findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).

    Increasingly, funders are recognising the value of FAIR publication and requiring the practices of open science. The National Research Foundation (NRF) recognises the new paradigm of open science as a powerful driver for scientific research and scholarship and its application to social, economic and global environmental priorities. All researchers (including postgraduates) are expected to submit data management plans and to deposit the data supporting the research in an accredited open-access repository. From the funder perspective, the practice of open science also offers a better return on investment of public funding. It means that research, often paid for from public funds, is available to the public. It also means funders do not keep funding the same data collection processes repeatedly.

    UCT supports several systems to facilitate open science and FAIR publication. The institution is conducting a research data integration project (RDIP), led by UCT eResearch, to integrate those systems, to avoid duplication of processes and to make the practice of FAIR publication easier for you, the researcher.

    The systems are:

    eRA: electronic Research Administration system. This is UCT’s primary research administration system, designed to support the researcher through the various steps on the administrative side of the research project lifecycle. It confirms that all the necessary boxes are checked, and steps completed to ensure the research project is delivered within budget and according to the contract with funders.

    UCT DMP: online data management planning tool. This tool is designed to guide you through the various steps of a research data management plan (DMP). It also offers funder and department specific guidance for your data management plan.

    ZivaHub | Open Data UCT: institutional data repository. This open access institutional data repository is available to all staff and students at UCT (although you may, of course, continue using domain-specific data repositories of your choice). It allows you to easily make your research data FAIR, i.e. citable, shareable, understandable and reusable.

    OpenUCT: institutional publication repository. This open access repository of UCT makes available the scholarly outputs produced at the university, including theses and dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, research reports and more.

    Single sign-on first step to systems integration

    Single sign-on, using your UCT credentials, is the first step towards creating a seamless experience for researchers throughout the research project lifecycle. You can sign into all the systems using your UCT network password, negating the need for having separate usernames and passwords. It also reduces the need for duplicate entry of personal or project details across the four systems.

    Tying it all together with your ORCID iD

    As part of the project, we are encouraging researchers to sign up for an ORCID iD and connect their iD to the eRA system. ORCID is a non-profit organisation that provides a permanent research identifier which works across a range of platforms, to reliably connect researchers digitally with their research outputs. It gives you free, life-long control over a trusted and easily shareable record of your research activities and affiliations.

    The use of ORCID iD has become international research practice for researchers, with many publishers and funders requesting it. For optimal use of your ORCID iD with UCT systems, start by connecting yours to the eRA system. Find out how to do this here.

    What to expect next from the RDIP?

    The Research Data Integration Project (RDIP) consists of four working groups, made up of colleagues from ICTS, UCT Libraries and the Research Office.  Each group is involved in the management of different elements of the project.

    Regular communications about the latest updates in the relevant systems will be sent to the research community in the general Research Announcement newsletters. The project is expected to be completed in the second half of the year, but we will keep you informed of updates as progress is made.

    For further queries or suggestions around the RDIP, please contact eResearch.

  • eRA post awards: what it is and what you, as PI, need to do (27 February 2020)

    The eRA post-awards module is designed to bring greater transparency to your research project administration. This module relies on action from faculty finance, central finance, debtors, general ledgers and other research administrators.

    Once a grant is awarded, you, as the principal investigator, have access to the resulting project award in eRA, and will receive notifications to keep you informed of progress and help you to identify any bottlenecks.

    You will receive three notifications during post-awards. These will inform you when:

    1. Your contract has moved into the post-awards module (this happens when the Research Contracts & Innovation office has done the initial processing of the contract).
    2. Your fund for that project has been opened.
    3. Your project is ‘in progress’ (i.e., the contract has been fully executed so post-award administration of the project can commence). This third notification also gives you the option to log into the system to edit certain fields, as the post-awards module is also designed to be an (opt-in) research project management tool.

    The eRA team knows there have been difficulties in some faculties around the opening of funds using the post-awards module. To address this, the team has sent out a targeted communication to post-awards faculty finance and research administrators about these issues and providing refresher training. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

    For more information about eRA post awards, visit the Research Support Hub.
    For eRA assistance, training or information sessions, log a call.
    Log in to eRA.

  • eRA Post Awards (30 October 2019)

    Phase I of the eRA post-awards module was rolled out on 1 November 2019, affecting only new projects where the contract is signed off through eRA from 1 November. This phase was developed to assist researchers and project administrators to manage the spending of contract funding and grants. This process will also enable researchers to capture project milestones and deliverables against contacted objectives.

    Phase 2 was rolled out on the 13th December 2019, to facilitate the project award closure process after all the necessary checks have been done by relevant stakeholders.

  • eRA pre-awards to roll out in October (07 August 2019)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) pre-awards module will be rolled out to all faculties – with the exception of Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) where it has already been rolled out – on the 1 October 2019.

    This decision was made after consultation with faculties (including the Graduate School of Business), as the pre-awards application is a new process for researchers outside of FHS.

    While many in our research community do see the need for and the benefits of this kind of tracking and risk mitigation tool for the pre-award stage of the research lifecycle, many have requested more time to prepare for this change in behaviour and to familiarise themselves with the system.

    We have also had feedback from a pilot that took place at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and from the eRA pre-awards rollout in FHS on how the system can be improved and would like to implement this feedback before university-wide rollout to ensure optimum system functionality.

    Between now and 1 October we will be working to identify and implement suitable pilots for the pre-awards module in each faculty to familiarise key role players with the system. At this stage we have identified the Global Challenges Research Fund Networking Grant as an appropriate pilot opportunity. All researchers applying for this grant will thus automatically be a part of the pre-awards pilot and receive the necessary dedicated support throughout the application process.

  • Preparing for change in your funding application process (18 July 2019)

    The eRA pre-awards module will be rolled out across all faculties at UCT from the 1 October 2019. For researchers, the impact of this rollout will be felt when you apply for an international or external grant. With several large international funding calls opening in the coming months – including, but not limited to, the Global Challenges Research Fund (Networking Grants); Global Challenges Research Fund (Challenge Clusters) and the Wellcome Collaborative Awards – we need to make sure you, our researchers, are prepared.

    eRA stands for the electronic Research Administration system and its pre-awards process is a straightforward one for the principal investigator (PI) applying for funding.

    • The PI uploads the requested project documents and captures key project information and details relating to resourcing, ethics and biosafety online.
    • The form is sent (also online) to departmental finance staff to complete project-related finance information that was discussed with the PI prior to submission of the form.
    • The PI confirms their agreement with this financial information.
    • Internal review and approval is completed by relevant faculty finance and deanery staff, with final submission to the funder actioned by either the Research Contracts & Innovation (RC&I) Office or the PI.
       

    This process helps to manage risk (in terms of resource use, research ethics, health and safety and finances) to both the PI and the university, and serves as an internal review to ensure all information required by the funder is complete upon submission.

    There are, however, key requirements researchers need to be aware of ahead of their submission to the funder:

    Internal deadlines now apply: internal deadlines allow for a thorough review of the applications and enough time to make any necessary amendments. Internal deadlines may differ faculty by faculty but we recommend that PIs should submit the pre-awards approval form 10 working days before the funder deadline to obtain timeous approval from both faculty and RC&I (where relevant). PIs will need to liaise with their faculty approval signatories about turn-around times.

    There are a number of different roles and responsibilities in the pre-awards approval process:

    • The budget reviewer is a staff member in your finance department (e.g. departmental finance officer) who will help you develop an appropriate budget and will complete the financial information in the approval form.
    • The finance approver is the research management accountant or faculty finance manager who will be responsible for the internal approval of the budget developed by the PI and finance department.
    • The final faculty approver is the dean or deputy dean of research or a delegate* who will conduct a final check to ensure key areas of risk have been thought through and planned for (like ensuring a project is appropriately costed, sufficient office space for additional staff members is accounted for and ethical approval has been considered).

    *the delegate cannot be the same person as the finance approver

    Not all applications require a pre-award approval form: as a general rule of thumb all external funding proposals need a pre-award approval form, but if in doubt ask yourself: will what I am submitting pose any potential risk to UCT, whether in terms of resource use, research ethics, health and safety, and finances? If the answer is yes, then complete an approval form. For further information see our frequently asked questions page.

    In the coming weeks the eRA team will be intensively engaging with the various faculties regarding the rollout of the pre-awards module. If you want to know more about presentations to your faculty, or would like to schedule an information session for your department or research unit, please contact our internal communications officer, Natalie Simon.

     

     

     

     

  • A new eRA in research at UCT (11 June 2019)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) programme is an ambitious project to create one streamlined software solution for the myriad research administration processes at UCT.

    The next phase of the eRA rollout is the pre-awards process, in which researchers will get the necessary internal consistency check and application workflow for their grant applications before submission to the funder. This process, which was successfully piloted in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the IDM, will standardise research processes at UCT to ensure the university can effectively support international grant applications.

    The pre-awards process will be rolled out to the rest of the university in August. Leading up to the rollout, the eRA team will be engaging with individual faculties to find out more about how this pre-awards module is likely to affect existing research processes in individual disciplines.

    Contact Natalie Simon, internal communications officer in the Research Office if you wish to set up such a meeting in your department.

    Why do we need a standardised pre-awards process?

    Researchers at UCT are relying more than ever on external funding to fund their research. External funding agencies require increasingly detailed reporting to track how their funds are being used and to manage risk.

    The eRA pre-awards process will standardise the internal review process for grant applications to ensure budgets are correctly costed, the necessary ethics and biosafety approvals are in place and other due diligence has been completed to help manage risk for the institution and researcher.

    What does this mean for you?

    Once rolled out to your faculty, your application for an external grant (with some exceptions, like the NRF) will need to involve completion of a standard approval form online through the eRA system before submitting your proposal to the funder.

    The principal investigator (PI) will need to capture key project information and details relating to resourcing, ethics and biosafety online and then send the form (also online) to departmental finance staff to complete project-related finance information. Internal review is then completed by relevant faculty finance and deanery staff for the proposal to be considered approved for submission to the funder by either the Research Contracts & Innovation Office or the PI.
     
    The PI receives an automated notification every time they are required to action an item on the system. PIs can track the status and updates to the internal review and approval of your application through the online system and follow up if necessary.

    Training materials
    The eRA team has created how-to guides and videos to help you through the various aspects of the system. You can watch the video to guide you through the pre-awards process here.
     
    Additional guides for the various modules on the eRA system can be found on the research support hub.
     
    You can also request on-site training through our online form: the eRA team are happy to provide a training session for a group of 10 or more researchers and their support staff.
     
    Logging in
    Log in to the eRA system with your UCT single sign-on credentials.
     
    Click here to access the eRA system and log in on the top right-hand section of the page.
     
    If you run into any problems please visit our FAQ page here, email us or log a call.
     
    Your eRA profile
    The eRA research portal is already available. You can visit the portal here and begin updating your profile for easy integration with UCT Drupal (website content management system) and greater visibility.
     
    We encourage you to spend a bit of time updating your profile and familiarising yourself with the system. For help and support with building your eRA profile, please visit our how-to section on the research support hub or log a call here.
     
    Log in to update your eRA profile here.
     

  • Helping our researchers compete on the global research funding stage (05 June 2019)

    Dear colleagues

    This message is from the DVC Designate, Professor Sue Harrison

    Research at UCT has grown significantly in the past two decades. In stark contrast, national funding for research has been shrinking and will likely continue to do so. Many of our researchers have already responded by seeking (and winning) international funding, and more and more of our researchers will need to follow suit.

    The university needs to support this growth, both to enable continued and even increased success at winning international grants, and to ensure that it manages the financial, human-resource and legal risks involved. For instance, if a researcher does not fully consider factors like inflation, exchange-rate fluctuation and indirect costs in their budget, this puts additional financial pressure on both the project and the university. When researchers are not protected from such errors and find themselves unable to meet their funder requirements, this leads to reputational damage with funding agencies that will impact negatively on subsequent applications.

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) system, developed to bring a number of research administration processes online, will help the university support international grant applications more effectively. In August this year, the eRA pre-awards module – already piloted in the IDM and Health Sciences Faculty – will be rolled out across campus. This will provide a much-needed online consistency check and application work flow to help PIs plan effectively for external – and particularly international – grants.

    In order to achieve this, the process involved of applying for external grants will need to be standardised across the university. This allows central research support offices to assist at the point where they are needed, and helps the institution to flag both with PIs and their faculty deans where there are areas of risk.

    Thanks to the eRA system this process is now also streamlined and automated. The system takes much of the bureaucratic burden off the researcher, while ensuring that by the time they submit their application to the funder, all the fine print has been taken care of.

    This system, and the change in processes required when it is rolled out, aims to ensure that UCT researchers continue to uphold their excellent reputation with international funders and increase their already outstanding success rate.

    The eRA team will shortly begin engaging with researchers in each faculty to find out more about how this pre-awards module is likely to affect existing research processes in individual disciplines, and how this can be managed to the benefit of researchers. If you wish to set up such a meeting within your own research unit or department, please do contact our Research Office internal communications officer, Natalie Simon

  • Research contracts can now be tracked in eRA (21 February 2019)

    The electronic Research Administration (eRA) project is implementing new software to automate and streamline the research project lifecycle. The latest module in this project – the contracts module – has been live from 1 February 2019.

    This means the university is no longer using IRMA for new contracts.

    This switch will happen automatically. Researchers can (for now) continue to submit their grants as they would have in the past.

    Researchers whose grants are at the contract stage will receive an email informing them that their contract has been logged on the eRA system, the name of the contracts manager assigned to their contract and the option to log in to track the progress of their contract.

    You can use your UCT log-in credentials to sign in to the eRA system.

    Download the one-page guide to the new research contracts process.

    If you experience any difficulties with the system, you can log a call here.

  • eRA research contracts module going live (1 February 2019)

    As from today (Friday, 1st February) the electronic Research Administration (eRA) system research contracts module will be phased in. This means that all new contracts will be captured on eRA and access will be limited to the RC&I staff members.  The IRMA system will not be used for new updates on existing contracts from the 1st to the 8th February to allow for migration of the contracts still under negotiation to the eRA system.  As from the 11th of February these contracts will be available on eRA.

    What this means for researchers?

    This process will happen automatically and does not require any change in behaviour from researchers whose grants are at the contracts stage.

    The researcher, and faculty representatives can, as was the case with IRMA, log into the eRA system and track the status of their contracts.

    What about the previous system?

    From the 1st February 2019 all new contracts and those that are not finalised will be processed through eRA. The data, from contracts completed before 1 February, have not been uploaded onto eRA yet and, if researchers or administrators wish to look up on those contracts, they can continue to do so in IRMA.

    Once the migration of data is complete we will inform the community accordingly and IRMA will be discontinued.

    We thank you for your patience and support in this process.  If you have any questions, please log a call here for assistance.

     

  • Electronic Research Administration system rollout in 2019: addressing the challenges (13 February 2019)

    UCT is taking its research administrative processes online through the electronic Research Administration (eRA) programme, which will standardise research processes at the university. Many of you will already have used the system, or will do so as we roll out the modules.

    By the end of the year researchers will need to use eRA to:

    • Obtain internal approval for grant applications to external funders
    • Apply for internal funding
    • Apply for ad hominem promotion
    • Create a researcher profile (which can be displayed onto your group’s website)

    You will be informed in more detail about specific functionalities as they go live, so please be on the lookout for communications from the eRA team in your Research Announcements.

    Please visit the eRA section on the Research Support Hub to learn more about what eRA is and why it is necessary.

    What are the challenges?

    The eRA system already includes internal (visible only to UCT members) as well as public researcher profiles. The public profile appears on the UCT Research Portal and offers researchers greater visibility, and can also be displayed directly onto other UCT websites. To create these profiles, eRA pulls data from other UCT source systems, such as personnel data from the HR system. Where there is fragmented and inconsistent data in these other systems it has led to problems in automated uploads to eRA.

    For those who have already come across this problem firsthand, we apologise for the inconvenience.

    These underlying data issues are an institutional problem beyond the specific remit of eRA and are being addressed by UCT via the University Data Quality Task Team. For eRA this data issue means that staff appointments prior to 2013 and publication data prior to 2016 are not currently automatically pulled into the system.

    What is the eRA team doing to address this issue?

    For the appointment data, we are working on importing staff appointments prior to 2013 into eRA. We will let you know when these are imported and you will then be able to populate your profile with up-to-date data for those years.

    For the publication data the Research Office will offer training opportunities on how to populate your eRA profile with historical publication data.

    Please keep an eye on the Research Announcements emailed to you for more about these training opportunities.

    What can you do to make sure you are ready for eRA rollout?

    If your UCT appointment was held from 2013 onwards, we encourage you to update your profile data and watch our how-to video to find out how to automatically pull in recent publications from databases like Web of Science, ORCID or Scopus onto your eRA profile.

    You can keep hidden any information you choose by making it internally visible only.

    If your UCT appointment was held from before 2013, then as soon as these data have been imported you will be able to populate your profile and publications.

    See our how to update your research profile video and pdf for more on how to hide elements of your profile. If you still experience challenges, please log a call.

  • Linking the eRA portal profiles to departmental websites (22 November 2018)

    You can now link your profile on the eRA portal to existing departmental websites. This means that researchers’ public profiles on eRA can have their information automatically populate their departmental websites. Update your profile on the eRA system, then ask your page manager to link it to your departmental website so you can increase your research visibility on both platforms.

    Our colleagues from Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) were the first to showcase their researcher profiles from the eRA portal on their website – ensuring it’s automatically up to date.