UW Research

July 7, 2023

SAGE Finance Transformation Release Is Complete

The following message was sent to the SAGE and MRAM mailing lists on July 7, 2023, notifying campus that the SAGE Finance Transformation release is complete, and highlighting the new features that are now available in SAGE.

Dear Research Colleagues,

We are pleased to share that our team has completed work in SAGE and the system is back online. Please refer to the following release summary and resources. If you have any questions, or encounter any issues, please reach out to sagehelp@uw.edu. 

SAGE Release Summary 

SAGE Awards & Modifications 

  • Award Setup Requests: From the Awards tab, create new Award Setup Requests. SAGE Budget is required during the Award Setup Request process. Learn more about creating an Award Setup Request.
  • SAGE Modifications: Modifications will be released within a few days. Please hold modification requests until further notice. Please note that TRANSPASUs and re-budgeting will now be accomplished through a modification request. Thank you for your patience.

SAGE Suite

  • Cost Centers: Cost Centers have replaced Financial Organization Codes (Org Codes) across the SAGE Suite. For more information, please review the following job aid: Organization Code to Cost Center Job Aid. If you have questions or run into issues please review the following table to better understand possible causes and assist SAGE Customer Support (sagehelp@uw.edu) staff with resolving your issue: SAGE Org Code to Cost Center Support
  • UW Database for Sponsors & Donors: SAGE will now utilize a new centralized sponsor database. If you do not find your sponsor in the SAGE sponsor search, there will be a link to the new Request Sponsor Form to have the sponsor added. Once the addition is confirmed, you can select the sponsor in SAGE.

SAGE Central for OSP & GCA 

  • SAGE Central: SAGE Central provides a centralized view of awards for the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and Grant & Contract Accounting (GCA), and consolidates much of SPAERC and SERA’s functionality.

Helpful Resources

We hope these updates to the SAGE Suite streamline your important work and we thank you for your support and feedback throughout this major update.

If you have questions, please contact us at sagehelp@uw.edu.