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Award Statistics FY21
Total Awards
$1654M
Federal Awards
$978M
Non-Federal Awards
$676M
Research Expenditures
8th (FY21)
WISPER - Electronic Routing Form for Applications and Agreements
Page Updated: March 20, 2023
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Desk References
| Topic | Desk Reference | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| My WISPER | DOC | August 12th, 2008 | |
| For PI's - Creating and Routing a Record | DOC | August 13th, 2008 | |
| For PI-s - Signing a Record | DOC | August 13th, 2008 | |
| Creating a Record | DOC | August 13th, 2008 | |
| Routing a Record | DOC | August 12th, 2008 | |
| Approval Request | DOC | November 24th, 2008 | |
| Approval Response | DOC | November 24th, 2008 | |
| Revised Budget Submission | DOC | November 24th, 2008 | |
| Industry Clinical Trial Review Process | DOC | October 24th, 2013 | |
| Track a Record | DOC | August 12th, 2008 | |
| Copy a Record | DOC | August 12th, 2008 | |
| User Preferences - Delegates & Emails | DOC | August 3rd, 2018 | |
| Completing the Project Details | DOC | November 12th, 2009 | |
| Requesting an Advance Account | DOC | August 14th, 2018 | |
| For Divisions: Division Actions | DOC | August 13th, 2018 | |
| For Divisions: Managing an Email Distribution | DOC | June 21st, 2011 | |
| Entering Protocols for NIH Training Grants | HTML | ||
| WISPER Approval Types and Uses Defined | March 9th, 2021 | ||
WISPER Learning Opportunities
- RED: Introduction to WISPER
- After participating in this course, attendees will be able to:
- Create and route a WISPER record
- Understand what types of documents come over to RSP on a WISPER record
- Distinguish the difference between routing and approvals in WISPER
- Use the system navigation and helpful tools in WISPER
- RED: The Award Setup Process
- After participating in this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify important information within an award document and budget
- Illustrate difficulties and delays research administrators commonly experience during award setup
- Describe UW Madison policies that influence award setup
- Complete a Projects Tab in WISPER
- Locate award setup related resources on the web