The FAQs found below will be expanded as the LIRA system does. Please email inlira@lehigh.edu with your questions.
General Information
- Proposal or Grant Application
- Contract
- Sponsored Agreement
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Data Use Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Award Modification Request (Rebudget, No Cost Extension, PI Change, etc)
- Conflict of Interest (COI)
- Faculty or staff who submit proposals to external sponsors for funding
- Faculty or staff with active sponsored awards
- Designated research staff in the colleges
- Contract and grant specialists in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
- Other departmental, college, and university leadership for reporting purposes
In preparation for our go-live date of March 6, 2023, the following data will be imported into LIRA:
- All pending proposals
- 5 years of award history
- All active awards
We will not be importing unsuccessful proposal data into LIRA.
Processes
- Proposals will begin in the department within the LIRA system, replacing the Intent to Submit form on the ORSP website.
- The workflow within the LIRA system will route proposals for all required approvals, and allow for back and forth commenting
- Proposals will be electronically submitted to some federal sponsors via Grants.gov
- At any time, all involved in a proposal can view the status of the proposal
This new process eliminates complicated email-based proposal development, and lack of clarity around the status of the proposal. LIRA will provide one location for all proposal documents, including agreements like material transfer agreements, data use agreements, and others.
LIRA will not replace the Lehigh internal research investment programs at Lehigh, which will continue to be submitted and processed through InfoReady.
LIRA is not a replacement for Banner's financial data, nor reporting tools like Desktop Finance or Argos. All financial transactions will continue to be recorded in, and reported from, Banner.
Training
Training for LIRA will begin in on January 16, 2023, and continue through February. Sessions will be held by audience: faculty, department users, ORSP, and associated offices.
Sessions by audience
Full schedule
Sessions will be held both in-person and online.