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Central Office Request - Other Postaward

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SeRA Central Office Requests allows department administrators to submit requests to their central sponsored research office from within the SeRA system.  Central Office Requests include: custom forms and fields for different requests to facilitate department entry, the ability to add attachments relating to the request directly to the request form, being able to easily search and see when a request was submitted, what information was provided in a request, to whom a request was assigned, and the current status of a request.

When to use the Central Office Request – Other Postaward (Accountant):

Use for any request you need to direct to your OSR Post award Research Accountant that does not fall into any of the other post award Central Office Request types.  For example, you need to initiate an early close of an award to prepare it for a transfer or an early termination.

1. Log into SeRA
2. From the red banner at the top of any page within SeRA click on Search. Enter the relevant SPO #. The search will interactively display matches according to what is being entered. Click on the appropriate blue reference number to drill into the relevant record.

Sera Search


3. From the Project Summary page, click on Start a Transaction menu, and select Central Office Request

Project Summary


4. A Start Transaction dialog box will open.  From the Request Type drop down menu select Other - Postaward (Accountant) and click Start

SeRA Central Office Request Start Transaction Window_Other Post Award Request Type Selection

5. In the Request Description text box enter what the situation is and what it is you would like your OSR Post Award Research Accountant to do.

6. Attach any relevant supporting documents

  • From the right hand menu (RHM) under Quick Links, click Add Attachments
  • Select the Category: Notification/Request and Sub-Category: Other
  • Select the file to attach
  • Enter any file tags, if desired
  • Click Attach
  • Repeat for each document you would like to attach to the Central Office Request

7. Optional - Add individuals you would like to notify of this request.  Email notification will be sent when the request is completed
8. Click Submit Request

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