Review the Budget & Award Lines article for the complete steps.
Briefly, to attach the SAGE budget to your Award Setup Request, search for your budget by budget title, BudgetID number, or PI.
Select your budget from the results list.
View your budget’s history by selecting the Snapshots & History link at the bottom of the left navigation menu. Snapshots & History displays all point-in-time snapshots taken of the budget directly by you or automatically by the system. A snapshot is simply a complete copy of your budget as it existed at that point in time, allowing you to view the details.
If your budget does not yet have any snapshots, you will see this message displayed: “Snapshots record your budget at a certain point in time to help you keep track of changes. You haven’t added any snapshots yet.”
Once your budget has a snapshot, you will see a table listing them. The following image shows an example of this page.
The table columns are:
Use the Create a Snapshot link next to the header to capture the state of your budget at any time. The system will enter a default description of “Snapshot on date, time“. You can then click in the description field and enter your own description.
The system will automatically capture a snapshot when these actions occur:
Note: Snapshots from converted legacy budgets are also displayed in the table.
SAGE Budget enables you to create accurate, detailed budgets for your grant and contract proposals, and for your award and modification requests. The comprehensive budget minimizes errors and improves data quality.
To get started creating a new SAGE Budget, review the Budget List and Create article.
To make a copy of an existing budget, review the Budget Copy and Delete article.
Users are now able to search for Award Setup, Modification, and Advance Requests from within the Awards section by either the Request ID (ASRxxxx, MODxxxx, ADVxxxx) or the Application (eGC1) ID (Axxxx) associated with the request. This is an exact-match search, so the full ID is required.
Note: For modifications, searching by Request ID is more accurate, since the eGC1 associated with the request may not always be populated.
Advance Extension requests no longer require selection of a budget number or sub budget, and can proceed with submission to GCA.
An issue has been resolved where SAGE Budget contacts and access were not refreshing properly when navigating between budgets. The system now refreshes as expected, and users no longer have to do a manual refresh to see the accurate list of individuals.
In order to better handle the volume of users in SAGE and improve system stabilization, a change was made on 11/20/2023 to modify the approach used to balance users and system calls across the multiple production servers that support SAGE. ORIS and UW-IT have collaborated on the solution and are jointly monitoring its success and stability.
In order to improve performance of the SAGE Suite applications, a review of the SQL Server has been performed, and settings have been modified per best practices. Indexes have also been added to support improved performance.
When the event handling service does not return the new status for a request that is returned, denied, or approved within a reasonable timeframe, the system will only retry a specified number of times before the user will get a message to try refreshing later. This will prevent possible system issues if retries continue indefinitely.
Note: This update will go out independently of the other updates, shortly following the release.
The technical approach to award search and filtering was refactored to address past performance issues. This refactoring supports the search feature and will yield significant improvements for users with the additional filtering coming in the December release.
This article covers worksheet types, header, settings, and totals. Two related articles, linked from this one in the bulleted list below, cover the salary and benefit costs section and the other costs section.
A newly created budget will contain one worksheet with a default title of Primary Worksheet. You can rename the worksheet in its settings panel. This worksheet cannot be deleted.
Use the Add Worksheet link in the left navigation menu to create additional worksheets for your budget. When you select this link, a dialog will open. You can choose the type of worksheet you want to add, and edit its default title.
The following image shows the dialog for adding a worksheet, with the default values.
The worksheet types are:
Each additional worksheet will appear on the left navigation menu in the order added.
On the left navigation menu, there is a “more options” menu icon (3 blue vertical dots) following each non-primary worksheet name. Click on the “more options” icon to display the menu and select Delete Worksheet. A confirmation dialog displays stating “Deleting a worksheet is permanent and cannot be reversed. All costs on this worksheet will be lost.”
The following image shows the dialog window:
You have the option to cancel and keep the worksheet, or to delete the worksheet.
If you were viewing the worksheet when you deleted it, the Budget Summary will display. Otherwise what you were viewing will not change.
Every worksheet has a header that displays its title and number. This header is always visible when you are in the worksheet.
When you create a worksheet, you have the option to edit the default title. At any other time, you can edit the title in its Worksheet Settings section, described below.
Each worksheet has a unique identifier assigned by the system. This number starts with the letter W and is displayed in the header following the title. For example, W111234.
This section of the worksheet displays just below the header. By default, it is collapsed. Select the section to expand it.
The following image shows the section collapsed, with the description “Add required fields, worksheet details, and configure F&A”:
There are several sections of data that you can edit:
The following image shows the general information section:
This section contains the following fields:
The following image shows the default inflation rates:
There are three inflation rates that are used in calculating values. The rates apply to all budget periods.
If you edited the values in the Budget Settings, they will be the default values for a newly created worksheet. However, Budget Settings changes will not affect any existing worksheet values.
You can edit these values for any individual worksheet, and the changes will be applied to any newly added costs.
The following image shows the APL, Prorated Direct Costs, and Fixed Fee settings with all sections open:
Select the toggle switch to enable this option. PDC is the Prorated Direct Costs. A message will appear briefly over the bottom of the page indicating that APL is being added to your budget, followed by a message saying the addition is complete.
Once enabled, when adding a personnel cost, you have the option of using APL benefits for that person. When you do so, an icon (atom) will appear following the person’s name.
Prorated Direct Costs (PDC) are automatically added when APL is enabled, except on fabrication worksheets. The system will add a 19-10 line item to the Other Costs section of the worksheet. The amount for a given period is equal to the PDC Rate times the period costs subject to the Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) base (excluding any 19-xx costs).
Note: When APL is enabled on the primary worksheet, PDC includes all of the costs on the primary worksheet including first $25,000 of any 03-62 cost on the primary worksheet and the first $25,000 of any subaward worksheets. Review Budget Calculation Formulas for details.
Select the toggle switch to enable this option. The Base Type and Fixed Fee Rate fields will display.
There are two defined base types for use with Fixed Fee and an option to create a custom base. The default base is Total Costs (TC).
Note: Both the Total Costs and Total Costs less Equipment bases also include Facilities and Administrative (F&A), object/sub-object code 25-99.
The default rate for Fixed Fee is 5.7% and can be edited. The Fixed Fee amount is equal to the rate times all of the object/sub-object costs in the selected or custom base.
Subaward Worksheet Note: If APL and Fixed Fee are included on the Primary Worksheet, you well see related instruction text in the Subaward Worksheet Settings. The text reads:
The following image shows this text:
The following image shows the Sea Pay section of the worksheet settings with the option enabled.
Select the “Includes Sea Pay ” toggle switch to enable this option. As you add personnel, you will be able to include sea pay as needed. Sea pay can be added for personnel on the primary worksheet and on internal and fabrication worksheets. Review Salary and Benefit Costs for details on adding sea pay for personnel.
When a person has sea pay, an “anchor” icon will appear next to their name on the worksheet and budget summary.
Enable the Participant Support Costs indicator when using an Internal UW Worksheet for direct costs for stipends or subsistence allowances, travel allowances, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants or trainees (but not employees) in connection with conferences or training projects.
All costs on this worksheet will be identified as Participant Support Costs in Workday at time of award.
The following image shows the Participant Support Costs (PSC) section of the worksheet settings with the option enabled.
Enable the Fabrication indicator when using an Internal UW Worksheet for deliverable fabrication with F&A costs. Deliverable Fabrication is defined as something that is built by UW, but the Sponsor will take possession of the item. For deliverable fabrication, an Internal Worksheet should be used as it does have an F&A section and the costs are subject to F&A
All costs on this worksheet will be identified as fabrication costs in Workday at time of award.
The following image shows the Fabrication Budget (with F&A) section of the worksheet settings with the option enabled.
For standard (non-deliverable) fabrication, a Fabrication Worksheet should be used. It does not have an F&A section and costs are not subject to F&A.
There are no default settings for Facilities & Administrative costs. You will need to set these values for each worksheet. You can define a custom F&A rate, which is described below following the non-custom options.
The following image shows the F&A settings section:
Start by using the Activity Location drop-down menu to select a location. Choices are:
Then select your Sponsored Program Activity Category from its drop-down menu. See GIM 13: Activity Types for definitions. Choices are:
Note: If you selected APL, the type defaults to Organized Research and cannot be edited.
Select the appropriate Sponsored Program Activity Type. Note: This field is required.
The list is organized in descending alphabetical order; the SPA Type prefix (OSA, OR, I) corresponds to the Sponsored Program Activity Category.
If appropriate, select the checkbox to indicate “This worksheet is part of an industry sponsored clinical trial.”
If you selected WA Natl Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) for your Activity Location, then you will need to chose a Primate Center Rate Type rather than a Sponsored Program Activity Category. The types are: Core, Federal Other, and Non-Federal Other.
For the Base Type, the system will use a default setting based on your choice of Activity Location.
The defaulted Base Types are:
The rules for Base Type choice are as follows.
Activity Location | Base Type |
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South Lake Union Campus OR Off Campus OR On Campus |
MTDC
If Clinical Trial is also selected, then TDC |
WaNPRC | MTDC |
Research Vessel | S&W |
A table below the Base Type information displays the Default F&A rate for each period. A second column displays the F&A Rate in Use.
Note: Fabrication worksheets cannot charge any F&A costs, so a statement to that effect displays in place of the fields.
Review F&A Base Type Object and Sub-Object Codes to see which codes are included in each base type.
To use a custom F&A rate for your worksheet, start by selecting the toggle to enable this feature. The Base Type field will become editable, as will the rates in the F&A Rate in Use column.
These additional base types will display in the drop-down menu:
When you select a custom base type, a dialog will display, allowing you to select which costs to include. See Custom F&A Base Types for details.
This section of your worksheet displays calculated totals, with one column for each period, and one for the All Periods value.
The following image shows an example of this section for a budget with APL Fixed Fee included.
The subsections are:
When you expand the F&A section, you will see the base type and activity location in the Description column. For each period and the All Periods column, there are rows for the following values, to clearly show the calculation results:
All budgets display a header section across the top of the page. This header remains visible regardless of what part of the budget you are viewing. The following image shows an example budget header, in two parts to accommodate its width.
The header contains the following items, reading from left to right:
Note: if you have enabled a spending target, there will be an indicator arrow next to the targeted value. The arrow is black and pointing down if the total amount is below the target, or red and pointing up if the total amount is above. The following image shows the targeted Total Direct Costs over the target amount.
Clicking on the targeted value opens a dialog with information for each period, and the option to edit the spending targets. The following image shows this dialog.
The Navigation Menu is a list of links for navigating within your budget. When you select a link, it will be highlighted with a light blue shading. The following image shows an example of the budget’s left navigation menu:
The possible links on the menu are:
Use this section of your worksheet to add personnel costs. This article describes the following:
Each person added is a row in the table for this section. The last row is the Salary & Benefit Costs Total which displays the calculated total for each period and the All Periods column.
Note: Award requirement: Workday requires one Project Role of Principal Investigator with or without a Percent Effort even if there is a secondary PI (Application PI, Multiple PI, or Co-Investigator.)
This requirement applies to the Primary, Internal, and Fabrication worksheets.
The following image shows an example of this section:
The column headings for personnel are:
You can add either UW Personnel or Placeholder (TBD – to be determined) personnel to your budget. Placeholder (TBD) personnel can be used, for example, to add some personnel roles to your budget when you do not yet know specifically who the person will be.
To add personnel, click on the Add Personnel Cost drop-down menu to the right of the section title. Then select either Search for UW Personnel or Add Placeholder Personnel. The following image shows the expanded drop-down menu.
When you select Search for UW Personnel, the system adds a row at the top of this section, and puts the cursor in the Name field. As indicated by the hint text, you can search by name or NetID. As you type in characters, the system will start displaying matching results. As you add more characters, the results list will continue to update.
The results list shows the person’s first and last name, their title and department. From the results list, click on the person you want to add to your budget. Their first and last name will display in the Name field.
The following image shows an example of a search and results list.
Use the Project Role drop-down menu to indicate their relationship to the project. Choices are:
As you add personnel, each new person displays in the top row, so that the column headers are visible. A Sort by Role link displays above the All Periods column. When active, clicking it will rearrange the list of personnel to match the order in the drop-down. It will only be active when the list is not in order.
When you select Add Placeholder Personnel, the system adds a row at the top of the section with TBD in the Name column. You can use the name side panel, described below, to adjust the name for a placeholder (TBD) entry. Use the drop-down menu in the Project Role column to indicate this person’s relationship to the project. You can use a TBD entry for the PI on subaward worksheets.
There are two side panels with additional details for personnel. You can close either panel by clicking on the blue X to the right of the panel name, or by clicking somewhere outside of the panel.
Access this panel by clicking in the Name field. For UW Personnel, it displays the person’s preferred name and title. You can edit the title and add an optional Prefix or Suffix.
For placeholder personnel, you can edit the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields in addition to Title, Prefix, and Suffix. The following image shows the personnel details panel for a placeholder personnel.
Access this panel by clicking in a period field for an individual. It allows you to view and adjust salary, effort, and benefits details used to calculate the cost for this person.
The panel header includes:
The following image shows the panel header and salary area.
Monthly Base Salary
Inflation Rate
Adjusted Monthly Base Salary
Clicking this link in the Period panel will open a dialog displaying the person’s Monthly Base Salary Details.
The person’s name and selected budget role are listed, along with their UW Monthly Salary and the date it was retrieved from the payroll system. A table includes one row for each allocation. The columns are:
A detailed row in the column displays for each compensation plan amount and allocation combination. Some compensation plans have a single cost center allocation, some have many.
Each table row has a check box to the far left, including the column heading row. By default, all allocation rows are checked and therefore included in the Starting Monthly Salary total. Unchecking the box on the header row clears all the boxes. You can adjust what allocations are included by using the check boxes.
Below the table there are three values:
The following image show the panel effort area.
Calendar or Academic/Summer
Months or Academic/Summer Months
Percent Effort or Academic/Summer Percent Effort
Note: This field and the Monthly Hours field are connected. If you enter a value in one, the system will calculate the value for the other. This lets you choose which value you want to enter.
Monthly Hours or Academic/Summer Monthly Hours
Person Months
Total Requested Salary
Note: review Budget Calculation Formulas for details on all calculations.
The following image show the efforts area.
UW Sub-Object Code
Note: for sub-object codes in the 30, 40, 50, or 90 range, the system will automatically add a tuition entry in the Other Costs section of your worksheet for the individual. See the Linked Tuition Entries section below for full details.
APL Benefit Rates Option
Benefit Rate
Total Benefits on Salary
Sea Pay
If you have enabled Sea Pay in the worksheet setting, additional sea pay fields will display below the Total Benefits on Salary amount, as shown in the following image.
Note: review Budget Calculation Formulas for details on all calculations.
Cascading
To the right of the All Periods column is a “more actions” menu icon. The icon is 3 blue vertical dots. When you click on the icon, the menu displays.
It includes the choice the turn cascading on or off for this specific entry. When turned on, any values changed or entered in a period will cascade to future periods.
Open the “more actions” menu icon to the right of the All Periods column. When you select “Delete Personnel” a confirmation dialog appears, stating “Are you sure you want to delete this cost? This action is permanent and cannot be reversed.” You can cancel or confirm the deletion of the personnel entry.
There are choices for managing notes on the “more actions” menu, which vary depending on the whether a note exists:
When you select Add Note, a dialog will display with the person’s name and role. Use the text box for entering your note. Click Save to complete the process. You can also cancel out of the dialog, without saving a note. The following image shows the note dialog.
When a note is added, a “sheet of paper” icon will appear following the person’s name. Place your mouse over the icon to read the note.
If a note is present, the menu will include Edit Note and Delete Note. If you select Edit Note, the same dialog will appear. You can edit the current note, and then save the updated text. If you cancel, the original note remains.
If you select Delete Note, the note and note icon are both removed.
When you add a personnel cost with a tuition-eligible sub-object code (30s, 40s, 50s, or 90s), the system will automatically add a linked tuition line item (08-05) to the Other Costs table, and a brief note to that effect will display.
A small gray oval with a university icon will display in the Name column for that personnel entry. When you hover your mouse over it, the text “This personnel cost has a linked tuition cost” will display. Correspondingly, the tuition entry will have a read-only description of “Tuition for first-name last-name” followed by a link icon. When you hover your mouse over the icon, the text “This tuition cost has a linked personnel cost” will display.
In the Personnel side panel, two additional items will display. A toggle switch to “Include linked tuition cost”, followed by an “Edit Period X Tuition” link button. The toggle switch is on by default. If you turn the toggle off, a confirmation warning will display. If you confirm the change, the linked tuition line will be deleted. The personnel line item icon will change to an orange warning icon, and the option to “Edit Period X Tuition Cost” will be removed from the side panel. Hovering over the orange icon will display the text “Personnel with this sub-object code usually have a linked tuition cost”.
When the toggle switch for “Include linked tuition cost” is off, the warning of “Personnel with this sub-object code usually have a linked tuition cost” will display below it. Switching it back on will re-create the linked tuition entry.
When you change the sub-object code for a personnel line to one that is tuition-ineligible, then a confirmation modal displays. It clarifies that the change will delete the linked tuition line item. When you confirm the change, the system updates the personnel sub-object code and deletes the tuition line item.
If you select “Edit Period X Tuition” in the personnel side panel, the system will redirect you to the tuition entry for that person, for that period, and its side panel will display.
In the linked Tuition side panel, selecting the “Edit Period X Salary & Benefits” link button will redirect you to the personnel entry for that person, for that period, and its side panel will display.
The “more options” icon at the right of a linked tuition line includes an option to delete the line item. Selecting it will display a confirmation modal, and continuing will delete the tuition line item. The formerly linked personnel line item remains.
SAGE – the System to Administer Grants Electronically – is the web-based system used by faculty, researchers, administrators and staff.
You can stay up-to-date on changes in SAGE (and FIDS) by subscribing to our Office of Research Information Services (ORIS) News.
The core SAGE system allows you to carry out several tasks:
This component of SAGE (System to Administer Grants Electronically) enables you to create accurate, detailed budgets for your grant and contract proposals and for your award requests. The comprehensive budget minimizes errors and improves data quality.
For proposals, you can connect a SAGE Budget to a standard or Grant Runner application. The budget data will automatically fill in the eGC1 Budget page, and for a Grant Runner application, the RR Detailed Budget form. Any changes to the budget are automatically reflected in the application. Review Connected SAGE Budgets and eGC1s for more details.
For Award Requests or Modification Requests, you are required to attach a SAGE Budget. Review Awards Overview/Workflow for more details. Any changes to the budget are automatically reflected in the award or modification request.
Review SAGE Budget learning resources (classes, job aids, and more).
Review the Budget & Award Lines article for the complete steps.
Briefly, to attach the SAGE budget to your Award Setup Request, search for your budget by budget title, BudgetID number, or PI.
Select your budget from the results list.
Campus research teams and related central offices use the SAGE Suite electronic research administration system to manage application proposals and related items.
In addition, FIDS: Financial Interest Disclosure System is used by researchers designated as investigators; it integrates with SAGE.
The following set of tables gives a high-level overview of who uses each of the different components, and describes the possible actions and the why and/or when.
WHO: Campus research administrators, Principal Investigators, campus reviewers, compliance reviewers
ACTION | WHY / WHEN |
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Create SAGE Budgets | Centralizes data gathering for salaries, benefits, and F&A rates. It can be connected to an application, which automatically populates the eGC1 budget data on the Budget & Fiscal Compliance page. Any changes to the budget will update in real time when the eGC1 Budget & Fiscal Compliance page is viewed.
In addition, if your eGC1 is a Grant Runner application using the RR Detailed Budget form, your budget data will appear in the form. When creating an Award Setup Request, you will need to connect a budget. |
Create applications (standard or Grant Runner) | Required for all sponsored research. The standard eGC1 pages of the application are, in effect, an approvals routing cover letter for the proposal. Only the UW uses the eGC1; it does not go to the sponsor.
A Grant Runner application includes, in addition to the standard eGC1 pages, the sponsor forms for NIH. OSP submits the application “system-to-system.” |
Approve routing applications | The Principal Investigator, Multiple-PI, Application PI, academic reviewers (division, department, dean) and compliance reviewers (human subjects, animal use, EH&S, etc.) view and approve the application. At each approval, SAGE captures a PDF snapshot of the application and attaches it to the eGC1’s Approvals History & Comments page. Copies of the attachments are also captured.
Administrators and reviewers have the option to return the application to the research team for changes. They can also add other reviewers (as individuals or a group) to the approval flow as needed. These are referred to as “ad hoc” reviewers (approvers or watchers). |
Request an advance budget number for awards | Used when a research proposal is being awarded by the sponsor, but the actual award has not yet arrived. It requests GCA to set up a budget account in the financial system so the research team can start spending the anticipated award money. The preparer completes the request in SAGE, then GCA processes it in SAGE Central. |
Create Award Setup Requests and Modification Requests for awarded eGC1 applications | Used when a research proposal has been awarded and the award has been received. A “new” Award Setup Request (ASR) is created. For an ongoing award, a Modification Request might be created. |
WHO: Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), Grant & Contract Accounting (GCA)
ACTION | WHY / WHEN |
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Review and approve eGC1 applications | OSP reviews the information on the eGC1, such as the sponsor proposal information and compliance questions, after all campus reviewers have approved. |
Process Award Setup Requests | Received from campus for reviews and approvals. Forwards to GCA for integration into Workday, with Award budget number. As part of completing the Award Setup Request, the system sends a notification to the requesters. |
Manage Actions | Will manage existing items while transitioning to SAGE Central and Workday. |
Process Advance Budget Number Requests | Received from the research team, an advance allows the team to spend award money before the actual award arrives. GCA adds a budget number to the Advance and sets up that budget in the financial system. As part of completing the Advance, the system sends a notification to the requesters. |
WHO: Any research personnel designated as an “Investigator” on the PI, Personnel, & Organizations page of the eGC1.
ACTION | WHY / WHEN |
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Create a Financial Interest Disclosure for an eGC1
or A disclosure for a CoMotion tech transfer agreement or IRB approval or Complete an Annual Update disclosure |
Investigators are required to disclose any significant financial interests (SFI) such as salary, equity, sponsored travel, etc., that might, or might appear to, bias their research.
An investigator must complete a disclosure for each eGC1, whether or not there are SFI that apply, before the proposal can be marked as Ready-to-Submit = Yes. The disclosures are reviewed by the SFI Reviewer, in the central Office of Research, who determines if there is a potential for a Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI). The review occurs at the time of award (just-in-time). Annual Updates: All investigators are required to review and update their SFI at least once a year. The “year” is calculated from the date of the last disclosure created in FIDS. Investigators are notified by email 45 days prior, and again at 15 days prior, to the end of that year’s time. Full details on using FIDS can be found in its User Guide. Note: only a UW NetID is needed to access FIDS. |