Endeavor System Status: Operational

Scheduled downtime:

To ensure optimal performance and security, Endeavor undergoes regular scheduled maintenance or configuration patching during the following times:

Monthly Maintenance Updates

• When: Third Saturday of each month
• Time: 1:30 PM – 11:30 PM Central Time
• Impact: The system may be intermittently unavailable during this timeframe. Each individual server will be down for a short period of time (15 minutes or less) while the server reboots after the updates are installed.

Configuration Patch Updates

• When: Select Tuesdays
• Time: 6:00 PM Central Time
• Duration: Typically 15 minutes
• Impact: Brief interruptions may occur. If you experience issues accessing the system during this time, please wait a few minutes and try again.

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Endeavor – Auburn’s Electronic Research Administration (eRA) System

Over the past few years, the research community has embraced a shift toward more efficient and transparent administrative processes. In support of this transformation, Auburn University began implementing Endeavor in early 2023 and continues to roll out new modules to enhance research administration capabilities.

Endeavor streamlines the management of research proposals, awards, and compliance activities. It enhances the ability of research administrators to oversee projects while providing faculty and departmental staff with greater visibility into each stage of the research lifecycle. Endeavor provides electronic creation, submission, workflow, review, approval, and communication about proposals, awards, and compliance programs like Conflict of Interest, IRB, IBC, IACUC, and animal operations. 

Please refer to the timeline below for details on the current status and upcoming releases for the different Modules.

Resources (User Guides and Others)

Below you will find quick user guides that will help you complete different tasks in Endeavor.

• System Navigation and Terminology

COI Module

• Guidance and FAQs

IRB Module

• Guidance and Training
• Endeavor Toolkit

Grants Module (AU login required)

• Grants User Roles

Proposal Guides
For Department Users (Proposal Preparers)

• Create a Proposal and submit it for Department Review
• Create and Finalize SF424 Application

For Faculty and Reviewers

• Certify a Proposal (PI/COPI)
• Review and Approve a Proposal (Dept. Reviewer)
• Request Changes on a Proposal (Dept. Reviewers and Specialist)
• Complete an ancillary review

For College-Level Designees or OSP

• Review and approve a proposal (Specialist view)
• Submit a proposal (Specialist)
• Submit SF424 Application (Specialist)

Award Guides

• New Award Assignment (OSP)
• Award Modification Assignment (OSP)
• Complete award/mod and submit to designated reviewer (OSP)
• Financial setup, budget allocation, and reconciliation (OSP)

Agreements Module (AU login required)

• Create an agreement and submit it for review

 

IACUC Module

• AU Endeavor IACUC Guide

• Frequently Asked Questions for Endeavor IACUC

• AU Endeavor IACUC Quick Start Guide

 

 

 

 

Training Materials

Endeavor Proposal Training:

Audience	Topics	Date	Place
Proposal preparers and College-level Designees.	System navigation and terminology, proposal workflow overview, creating and submitting a Proposal	January 9, 2025  10:00 am - 11:30 am	CASIC 109 Copy of Recording Here! Copy of Slides Here!
	Grants.gov proposal     submission and other topics	January 16, 2025  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm.	Zoom Meeting Copy of Recording Here! Copy of Slides Here!
Principal Investigators and Department Approvers (Department Heads, ADRs)	PI/COPI proposal certification, and approvals	January 9, 2025  3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Zoom Meeting Copy of Recording Here! Copy of Slides Here!
		January 15, 2025  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Zoom Meeting Same topics as the session above.

FAQs

Coming Soon!

Office Hours (Live support)

Need Help? Have Questions?

The ERA team is happy to offer Virtual Office Hours via Microsoft Teams to assist you with any questions about Endeavor. Join us at any time during the following periods:

January 15, 2025 (Wednesday) 3:00- 4:00 pm Join Here!

January 17, 2025 (Friday) 9:00 - 10:00 am  Join Here!

January 21, 2025 (Tuesday) 10:00 - 11:00 am Join Here!

January 23, 2025 (Thursday) 10:00 - 11:00 am Join Here!

 

* Office Hours will be updated periodically and are subject to change. Please check back for more dates and current information.

If you need immediate assistance, feel free to submit a Support Ticket at  aub.ie/endeavorsupport 

 

Endeavor Support

If you experience any issues with Endeavor or need assistance, please submit a support ticket using the link below. 

Submit a Support Ticket: aub.ie/endeavorsupport (AU login required)

Areas of Support:

• Error Messages: Problems with login or account settings.
• General Questions
• Add/update user roles
• A student who is not a registered user and requires access to the IRB system.
• Difficulty finding an entity or location in the system. 
• Enhancement requests

Martha M. Taylor
Assistant Vice Provost for Research
and Scholarship Analytics

Silvia Quintero
Director, ERA & Research Analytics
sqn0002@auburn.edu

endeavor@auburn.edu

Research and Innovation Center
540 Devall Drive
Auburn, AL 36832