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December 20, 2023 SAGE Suite Release Notes

Contents

Features and Fixes

SAGE Awards

New Data in the Award Request List

The following data has been added to the Award Requests List, for quick, at-a-glance context around each request:

  • Short title (added for Modifications; already exists for Awards)
  • eGC1 (added for Modifications; already exists for Awards)
  • Cost Center ID (added for Award Setup Requests; may not appear for Modifications)
  • Principal Investigator
  • Workday Award ID
  • Sponsor Name
  • Prime/Originating Sponsor Name

Filter Enhancements in the Award Requests List

The following enhancements for filtering the Award Requests List improve performance and provide more filter-by options:

  1. Award Filter Buttons
    • To improve performance when selecting award filters, users now need to select the new “Apply Filters” button at the top of the Filter Requests sidebar in order for the filtered results to display. Users can also remove all filters by selecting the new “Clear Filters” button
    • awards filter apply and clear buttons
  2. Filter by Award ID
    • Users can now filter the Award Requests List by Workday Award ID to see all Award Setup, Modification, or Advance Requests (ASRs, MODs, and ADVs) for a given award. This is helpful in confirming if a request has already been started, or to quickly monitor outstanding items for a particular award.
    • Note: When filtering by Award ID, users will only see items that they have permissions to view per the “Access and Roles” section. When searching for a given award, users will see all results, though they will only be able to view items they have access to.
    • Note: There is a known bug where recently processed ASRs may not display the Workday Award ID in the Award Requests List.
  3. Filter by Principal Investigator (PI)
    • Users can now filter the Award Requests List by PI. This allows users to view all requests (ASRs, MODs, and ADVs) for the selected PI.

filter by award id or principal investigator

Workday Awards Now Sync to SAGE

Workday awards are immediately available in SAGE for users to create subaward and MOD requests once the new ASR or ADV is processed in SAGE. The data sync also backfills data from converted awards and awards processed prior to this release.

SAGE Advances

Update: Status Filter for Processed Advances is Reactivated

The “Processed” status filter found on the Advance Tasklist is now reactivated for users. To protect system stability, the filter had been temporarily deactivated while performance improvements were pending.

SAGE Budget

Budget Export Fields Added

Cost Center, Security Grant Hierarchy, and worksheet-level Principal Investigators have been added to SAGE Budget exports. When budget exports are attached to MODs, these details will help GCA with the required setup in Workday.

You can export your budget data to Excel, so that you can easily share the information with colleagues. This article covers how to create an export, and then describes the export options you can choose. Each option includes a tab for each period’s values and one for all period totals.

Note: The exported file contains just labels and values, and is editable. It does not contain formulas.

On this page:

Create an Export

On the budget header, click on the “‘more options” menu icon at the far right (three blue vertical dots). Select Export Budget to Excel. A dialog will display with a list of choices, as shown in the following image.
export to excel dialog
You can choose any one item. The choices are in the following order:

Select the choice you want and click “Export” to generate the report as an Excel file (extension .xlsx). Depending on your settings, you may need to “enable editing” once you have opened the downloaded file.

To close the dialog window without creating an export, select Cancel or the blue X in the upper-right corner, or click outside of the dialog window.

Budget Summary (All Worksheets)

This Excel file has multiple tabs. The first one is the Budget Summary All Periods. Additional tabs show the details for each of the budget’s periods. These are labeled as Period 1, Period 2, and so forth. To download an example Excel spreadsheet, right-click the link Budget_Summary_Export_Example, select “Save link as…,” and then save the file to your computer. From there, you can view the file.

Budget Summary All Periods

The All Periods tab displays the totals for the budget by period.

The header for this tab includes the following information:

  • Budget Title and Number, and the Run Date (when the data was exported)
  • Report title – either Summary by Period or the period description
  • Principal Investigator(s) – first and last name of the PI on the Primary Worksheet and the PIs on additional worksheets
  • Primary Cost Center Receiving Funding – the Cost Center name and code from the Primary Worksheet
  • Primary Security Grant Hierarchy – the SGH value from the Primary Worksheet
  • Worksheet(s) Fiscally Responsible Cost Center – the Cost Center name and code from any additional worksheets
  • Worksheet(s) Security Grant Hierarchy – the SGH values from any additional worksheets
  • Project Dates – budget start and end dates
  • Sponsor Salary Cap – the amount of the cap or “None”
  • Salary Cap note – the text of the optional note, if any

The period column headings include the start and end dates, and the period descriptions. For the row entries, the period columns display the total dollar amounts.

The Direct Costs section includes a row for Salaries and a row for Benefits, followed by the Total Personnel row. Sea pay and sea pay benefit amounts for personnel on the primary or internal worksheets will be included in the 01 Salaries and 07 Benefits lines. Sea pay and benefits on a fabrication worksheet are added into the 06 Equipment line.

The following rows include values for each of the Other Cost object codes, followed by the Total Other Direct Costs row. Note: Every object code is listed, even if there is no expenditure for that code in the budget. The last row in this section is Total Direct Costs.

The Amount Subject to F&A section includes one row for the primary worksheet, and a row for each internal UW or subaward worksheet. The row label in the first column for the primary and internal worksheets includes the Base Type and the Activity Location. The label for a subaward is its worksheet title. The last row in this section is the Total Amount Subject to F&A.

The Facilities & Administrative (F&A) section includes corresponding rows for the primary worksheet, and any internal UW or subaward worksheets. The second column displays the F&A Rate for period 1, for each worksheet, as a reference point. The last row in this section is the Total Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs.

Budget Summary Specific Period

For a period, more detail is shown in the sections.

The header for these tabs includes the following data in columns A and B:

  • Budget Title and Number
  • Tab name followed by “Detail”
  • Primary Cost Center Receiving Funding – the Cost Center name and code from the Primary Worksheet
  • Principal Investigator – first and last name of the PI on the Primary Worksheet
  • Security Grant Hierarchy – the SGH values from the Primary Worksheet and all additional worksheets
  • Project Dates – budget start and end dates
  • Sponsor Salary Cap – the amount of the cap or “None”
  • Salary Cap note – the text of the optional note, if any

Additional header values display in Columns G and H:

  • Period Start Date
  • Period End Date
  • Months in Period
  • eGC1 – number of the associated application, if there is one

In the Personnel section, there is a row for each person, with the following data columns:

  • Name
  • Project Role
  • Starting Monthly Base
  • Inflation Rate
  • Adjusted Annual Base Salary
  • Calendar Person Months
  • Academic Person Months
  • Summer Person Months
  • Period Salary
  • Period Sea Pay (if selected)
  • Benefit Rate
  • Benefit Amount
  • Period Sea Pay Benefits (if selected)
  • Total Salary + Benefits
    • Equal to Period Salary + Period Sea Pay + Benefit Amount + Period Sea Pay Benefits
  • Percent Effort
  • Line Item Notes

Following the list of personnel is a Total Salary and Benefits row.

Note: personnel on Internal UW worksheets are also listed in this section. Those on fabrication or subaward worksheets are part of the totals for 06 Equipment or 03 Other Contractual Services.

For Other Direct Costs, every object code is listed, even if there is no expenditure for that code in the worksheet. For example, 04 Travel.

Following each object code are rows for each cost on the budget, with the sub-object code and the following values:

  • Unit Cost
  • Inflation Rate
  • Adjusted Unit Cost
  • Qty (for Quantity)
  • Aggregate Unit Cost
  • Period Costs
  • Line Item Notes

Costs from Internal UW worksheets are displayed in the corresponding object code areas. Values from Subaward sub-budgets are shown as a single row, under 03 Other Contractual Services, labeled with the sub-budget title. Values from Fabrication sub-budgets are shown as a single row, under 06 Equipment, labeled with the sub-budget title.

Following the list of costs are rows for Total Other Direct Costs, and Total Costs.

The Facilities & Administration (F&A) section, like the summary, includes one row for the primary worksheet, and a row for each Internal UW or subaward worksheet. The row label, in the first column, for the primary and internal worksheets includes the Base Type and the Activity Location. The label for a subaward is its worksheet title. The values displayed in this section are:

  • F&A Rate
  • Amt Subject to F&A
  • Period Costs

The last row in this section is the Total Facilities & Administration Costs.

The final row for a period tab is Total Period Costs.

NIH and Non-NIH SF424 R&R Detailed Budget Format

How costs are categorized on the SF424 R&R Detailed Budget form may differ depending on the sponsor. The NIH differs from others in how our Applied Physics Lab’s (APL) costs are categorized on the form.  Other than those differences, described in the appropriate section, the exports are the same.

This Excel file has multiple tabs. The first set of tabs show the details for each of the budget’s periods. These are labeled as Period 1, Period 2, and so forth. The last tab is the Cumulative Rollup. To download an example Excel spreadsheet, right-click the link Budget_sf424_rr_detail_Export_Example, select “Save link as…,” and then save the file to your computer. From there, you can view the file.

Header

This section of the sheet appears, with a few variations, on every tab. On the left-hand side is the following information:

  • The type of export:
    • NIH SF 424 (R&R) Detailed Budget Format
    • Non-NIH SF 424 (R&R) Detailed Budget Format
  • Budget Title and Number followed by the word “Report”
  • Either the period description followed by the word “Details” or “Cumulative Budget (All Periods)”
  • Principal Investigator – first and last name
  • Primary Cost Center Receiving Funding followed by the Cost Center ID and name
  • Primary Security Grant Hierarchy followed by the value
  • Project Dates – budget start and end dates
  • Sponsor Salary Cap – the amount of the cap or “none”
  • Salary Cap note – the text of the optional note, if any
    • This only appears on the Cumulative Rollup  tab
  • Period Target Amount – the value or “none”

On the right, is this information:

  • Run Date – the date you created this export
  • For the period tabs:
    • Period Start Date
    • Period End Date
    • eGC1 number, if this budget is linked to one
    • Months in Period
  • A link to the SAGE User Guide article Budget Mapping Default Object Code Table explaining how the object classes map to the Detailed Budget form.

Budget Specific Period

For the period tabs, there are details for each of the sections on the R&R Detailed Budget form.

A. Senior/Key Personnel

In this section, there is a row for each person, with the following data:

  • Prefix
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Suffix
  • Title
  • Project Role
  • Base Annual Salary ($)
  • Cal. Months
  • Acad. Months
  • Sum. Months
  • Requested Salary ($)
  • Fringe Benefits ($)
  • Funds Requested ($)

Note: Any sea pay is included in the Requested Salary field amount and sea pay benefits are included in the Fringe Benefits field amount.

Following the list of personnel is a row displaying Total Senior/Key Personnel Funds Requested.

B. Other Personnel

This section includes a row for each Project Role. No prefix, first name, last name, suffix, or title values display. In the column to the right of Project Role is the Number of Personnel. The remaining columns are the same as for A. Senior/Key Personnel.

Note: any sea pay is included in the Requested Salary field amount and sea pay benefits are included in the Fringe Benefits field amount.

The last row in this section displays Total Other Personnel Funds Requested.

Following that is the overall personnel total row: Total Salary, Wages, and Fringe Benefits (A+B).

C. Equipment

This section includes a row for each equipment cost from the primary worksheet and any internal worksheets.  The item description is its object/sub-object code number and the sub-object code description, followed by any user entered description.

If the budget contains any fabrication worksheets, each will display on its own row with its title and total costs. Any sea pay and benefits on the worksheet are included.

The last row in this section displays Total Equipment Costs.

D. Travel

This section includes two rows: 1. Domestic Travel Costs and 2. Foreign Travel Costs.

The last row in this section displays Total Travel Costs.

E. Participating/Trainee Support Costs

This Note displays: SAGE Budget does not have indicators for participant support costs. You may need to move items from other categories and manually recalculate.

The rows in this section are:

  • 1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance
  • 2. Stipends
  • 3. Travel
  • 4. Subsistence
  • 5. Other

The last row in this section is labeled Total Participating/Trainee Support Costs.

F. Other Direct Costs

This section includes the following defined rows:

  • 1. Materials and Supplies
  • 2. Publication Costs
  • 3. Consultant Services
  • 4. ADP/Computer Services
  • 5. Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs
  • 6. Equipment or Facility Rental/User Fees
  • 7. Alterations and Renovations

Refer to the SAGE User Guide article Budget Mapping Default Object Code Table for details on which costs map to these rows.

Any SAGE Budget sub-object codes not included in each Grants.gov defined category will be listed in a separate row below F.7. You may need to move items and manually recalculate.

The additional rows will include the object/sub-object code number and the sub-object code description, followed by any user entered description.

NOTE: Non-NIH and NIH Export Differences

  • When there are Applied Physics Lab (APL) Prorated Direct Costs (PDC) on the primary or any internal worksheets, the costs will appear in this section as an “other” entry on a Non-NIH export, rather than in section H. Indirect Costs for a NIH export.

The last row in this section displays Total Other Direct Costs.

G. Direct Costs

The one row in this section displays Total Direct Costs (A thru F).

H. Indirect Costs (F&A)

This section includes a row for an indirect cost rate used in your budget.

The columns for this section are:

  • Indirect Cost Type – displays the Base Type and Activity Location
  • Indirect Cost Rate % – the F&A rate for this period
  • Indirect Cost Base Amount $ – the amount subject to F&A
  • Indirect Funds Requested – the F&A amount, which equals Indirect Cost Rate * Indirect Cost Base Amount

NOTE: NIH and Non-NIH Export Differences

  • When there are Applied Physics Lab (APL) Prorated Direct Costs (PDC) on the primary or any internal worksheet, the costs will appear in this section as an “other” entry on an NIH export, rather than in section F. Other Direct Costs for a Non-NIH export.

The last row in this section displays Total Indirect Costs.

I. Total Direct and Indirect Costs

The one row in this section displays Total Direct and Indirect Costs.

J. Fee

The one row in this section displays Total Fee.

K. Total Costs and Fee

The one row in this section displays Total Costs and Fee (I+J).

Budget Cumulative Rollup

For the cumulative rollup, the section information is primarily high-level totals.

There are three columns: Description, an untitled column for sub-totals, and a column for Totals $.

The following rows display:

  • Section A, Senior/Key Personnel total
  • Section B, Other Personnel total
    • sub-total row for Total Number Other Personnel
  • Total Salary, Wages, and Fringe Benefits (A+B).
  • Section C, Equipment total
  • Section D, Travel total
    • Sub-total rows for Domestic and for Foreign
  • Section E, Participating/Trainee Support Costs total
    • Sub-total rows for each of the sub-categories, and Number of Participants/Trainees
  • Section F, Other Direct Costs total
    • Sub-total rows for each of the sub-categories, and up to 3 “Other” entries
  • Section G, Direct Costs (A thru F) total
  • Section H, Indirect Costs total
  • Section I, Total Direct and Indirect Costs (G+ H) total
  • Section J, Fee total
  • Section K, Total Costs and Fee (I + J) total

Individual Worksheet: primary or added

This Excel file has multiple tabs. The first one is the All Periods Summary. Additional tabs show the details for each of the budget’s periods. These are labeled as Period 1, Period 2, and so forth.

To download an example Excel spreadsheet, right-click the link Budget_Primary_Worksheet_Export_Example, select “Save link as…,” and then save the file to your computer. From there, you can view the file.

All Periods Summary Header

This section of the sheet includes the following information:

  • Worksheet Title and Number
  • Run Date – when the data was exported (on the far right)
  • The report title – Summary by Period
  • Principal Investigator – first and last name
  • Fiscally Responsible Cost Center – Cost Center ID and name
  • Security Grant Hierarchy – value selected
  • Project Title – the title of the budget
  • Project Dates – budget start and end dates
  • Primary Cost Center Receiving Funding – Cost Center ID and name
  • Sponsor Salary Cap – the amount of the cap or “none”

All Periods Summary Data

The All Periods Summary tab displays the totals for the worksheet, by period. The period column headings include the start and end dates, and the period descriptions. For the row entries, the period columns display the total dollar amounts.

The Direct Costs section includes a row for Salaries and a row for Benefits, followed by the Total Personnel row. Sea pay and sea pay benefits are included in these amounts.

The following rows include values for each of the Other Cost object codes, followed by the Total Other Direct Costs row. Note: Every object code is listed, even if there is no expenditure for that code in the worksheet.

The last row in this section is Total Direct Costs.

The next row displays the totals for the Amount Subject to F&A.

The Facilities & Administrative (F&A) section has a row for the F&A Rate for each period. The next row displays the Base Type and Location, with the dollar amount of calculated F&A for each period.

The last row in this section is the Total Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs.

Worksheet Specific Period Header

The header for the individual period tabs includes the following data in columns A and B:

  • Worksheet Title and Number
  • Tab name followed by “Detail”
  • Fiscally Responsible Cost Center – the Cost Center ID and Name
  • Project Title – the Budget Title and Number
  • Principal Investigator – first and last name of the PI
  • Security Grant Hierarchy – the SGH value
  • Project Dates – budget start and end dates
  • Primary Cost Center Receiving Funding – Cost Center ID and Name
  • Sponsor Salary Cap – the amount of the cap or “None”

Additional header values display in Columns G and H:

  • Period Start Date
  • Period End Date
  • Months in Period

Worksheet Specific Period Data

For the period, more detail is shown in the sections.  For Personnel Costs, there is a section for 01 Salaries, with a row for each person, with the following data:

  • Name
  • Project Role
  • Starting Monthly Base
  • Inflation Rate
  • Adjusted Annual Base Salary
  • Calendar Person Months
  • Academic Person Months
  • Summer Person Months
  • Period Salary
  • Period Sea Pay
  • Benefit Rate
  • Benefit Amount
  • Period Sea Pay Benefits
  • Total Salary + Benefits
    • Equal to Period Salary + Period Sea Pay + Benefit Amount + Period Sea Pay Benefits
  • Percent Effort
  • Line Item Notes

Following the list of personnel is a row for Total Salaries and Benefits.

For Other Direct Costs, there is always a row for each object code with its number and description. For example, 04 Travel.

Following each object code are rows for each cost on the budget, with the sub-object code and the following values:

  • Unit Cost
  • Inflation Rate
  • Adjusted Unit Cost
  • Qty (for Quantity)
  • Aggregate Unit Cost
  • Period Costs
  • Line Item Notes

Costs are displayed in the corresponding object code areas, in order by sub-object code and user-entered description.

Following the list of costs are rows for Total Other Direct Costs, and Total Direct Costs.

The Facilities & Administration (F&A) section, like the summary, includes the Base Type and the Activity Location. The values displayed in this section are:

  • F&A Rate
  • Amt Subject to F&A
  • Period Costs

The last row in this section is the Total Facilities and Administration Costs.

The final row for a period tab is Total Period Costs.

Example Export Files

To download an example Excel spreadsheet, right-click the link, select “Save link as…,” and then save the file to your computer. From there, you can view the file.

The system automatically calculates the value for a number of fields. This article describes those calculations, organized in the following sections:

Rounding Note

You can adjust the number of decimal places used for rounding to get a more precise calculation when trying to match values.

Formula Notation

The formulas use the following symbols for arithmetic processes:

    • plus sign (+) indicates addition
    • minus sign (- ) indicates subtraction
    • asterisk (*) indicates multiplication
    • forward slash (/) indicates division
    • parentheses indicate partial calculations, done first

Salary and Wages

Base Salary

  • Monthly Base Salary
    • First period = system-generated or entered value
    • Following periods = prior period’s Adjusted Monthly Base Salary
  • Adjusted Monthly Base Salary = Monthly Base Salary * (1 + Salary Inflation Rate)
  • Example
    • Monthly Base Salary = $5,000
    • Salary Inflation Rate = 2% = 0.02 in decimal form
    • Adjusted Monthly Base Salary = $5,000 * (1 + 0.02) = $5,100

Effort

  • Months = number of months in the period
  • Percent Effort = entered value
  • Monthly Hours = Percent Effort * 173.3 (standard hours in a month)
  • Person Months = Months * Percent Effort
  • Example
    • Months = 12
    • Percent Effort = 80% = 0.80
    • Monthly Hours = 0.80 * 173.3 = 138.64
    • Person Months = 12 * 0.80 = 9.6 months

Total Requested Salary

  • Total Requested Salary = Adjusted Monthly Base Salary * Person Months
  • Example
    • Adjusted Monthly Base Salary = $5,100
    • Person Months = 9.6
    • Total Requested Salary = $5,100 * 9.6 = $48,960

Note: if you enabled a Salary Cap, the Period Salary Total used in calculations will be the capped amount. For a given period, the capped salary limit = Cap Amount * Percent Effort.

Total Benefits on Salary

  • Benefit Rate = system-generated or entered value
  • Total Benefits on Salary = Total Requested Salary * Benefit Rate
  • Example
    • Benefit Rate = 24% = 0.24
    • Total Requested Salary = $48,960
    • Total Benefits on Salary = $48,960 * 0.24 = $11,750.40

Total Salary and Benefit for the Period

  • Period Personnel Cost = Total Requested Salary + Total Benefits on Salary
  • Example
    • Total Requested Salary = $48,960
    • Total Benefits on Salary = $11,750.40
    • The personnel cost for the period = $48,960 +  $11,750.40 = $60,710.40

Sea Pay

If you enable Sea Pay in worksheet settings, you will have the option of adding sea pay to personnel. The Total Sea Pay and Total Benefits on Sea Pay are added to the Total Requested Salary and Total Benefits on Salary to get the overall personnel cost for the period.

  • Hours of Sea Pay = entered value
  • Sea Pay Hourly Rate = Adjusted Monthly Base Salary  / 173.3 (hours per standard month)
  • Total Sea Pay = Hours of Sea Pay * Sea Pay Hourly Rate
  • Sea Pay Benefit Rate = system value for personnel sub-object code 01-86, editable
  • Total Benefits on Sea Pay = Sea Pay Benefit Rate * Total Sea Pay
  • Example
    • Hours of Sea Pay = 20
    • Sea Pay Hourly Rate = $5,100  / 173.3 = $29.42
    • Total Sea Pay = 20 * $29.42 = $588.57
    • Sea Pay Benefit Rate = 22.2% = 0.222
    • Total Benefits on Sea Pay = $588.57 * 0.222 = $130.66

Salary & Benefit Costs Total

This row is a total of all the personnel costs, with a value for each period and for All Periods.

Other Costs

Common object code calculations

The following object codes use the same calculations:

  • (02) Service Contracts
  • (03) Other Contractual Services
  • (04) Travel
  • (05) Supplies and Materials
  • (06) Equipment
  • (10) Capital Projects

Those calculations are:

  • Quantity = entered value
  • Unit Price = entered value
  • Inflation Rate = General Inflation Rate or entered value
  • Total = Quantity * Unit Price  * (1 + Inflation Rate)
  • Example
    • Quantity = 50
    • Unit Price = $150
    • Inflation Rate = 1% = 0.01
    • Total = 50 * $150 * (1 + 0.01) = $7,500 * 1.01 = $7,575

Object code (08) Student Aid – Stipends and Tuition

  • Stipends, 08-02
    • Number of Stipends = entered value
    • Stipend Amount = entered value
    • Inflation Rate = General Inflation Rate or entered value
    • Total = (Number of Stipends * Stipend Amount) * (1 + Inflation Rate)
    • Example
      • Number of Stipends = 2
      • Stipend Amount = $2,500
      • Inflation Rate = 2% = 0.02
      • Total (2 * $2,500) * (1 + 0.02) = $5,000 * 1.02 = $5,100
  • Tuition, 08-05
    • Academic Quarter Rate = entered value
    • Number of Academic Quarters = entered value
    • Academic Tuition Amount = Academic Quarter Rate * Number of Academic Quarters
    • Summer Quarter Amount = entered value
    • Increase Percent (Acad. & Summer) = Tuition Inflation Rate (for the worksheet), editable
    • Total Tuition Amount = (Academic Tuition Amount + Summer Quarter Amount) * (1 + Increase Percent)
    • Example
      • Academic Quarter Rate = $6,000
      • Number of Academic Quarters = 2
      • Academic Tuition Amount = $6,000 * 2 = $12,000
      • Summer Quarter Amount = $5,000
      • Increase Percent (Acad. & Summer) = 3% = o.o3
      • Total Tuition Amount = ($12,000 + $5,000) * (1 + 0.03) = $17,000 * 1.03 = $17,5010Tuition and Fees, 08-05

Object Code (38) Unallocated Line Items

  • Amount = entered value
  • Inflation Rate = General Inflation Rate, editable
  • Total = Amount * (1 + Inflation Rate)
  • Example
    • Amount = $25,000
    • Inflation = 1% = 0.01
    • Total = $25,000 * (1 + 0.01) = $25,000 * 1.01 = $25,250

Object Code (19) Applied Physics Lab – Prorated Direct Cost, 19-10

If you enable APL in the worksheet settings, a 19-10 line will display in the Other Costs section for APL Prorated Direct Cost. On the Budget Summary, if more than one worksheet has a Prorated Direct Cost (PDC) entry, then its section can be expanded to show each worksheet’s entry.

  • Prorated Direct Costs = PDC Rate * (period costs included in the MTDC base, excluding any 19-xx costs)

Note: When APL is enabled on the primary worksheet, and the budget includes subaward worksheets, the PDC value on the primary worksheet is a sum of

  • the PDC amount for the primary worksheet including the first $25,000 of any 03-62 entry
  • the first $25,000 for any subaward worksheet

Other Costs Total

This row is a total of all the other costs, with a value for each period and for All Periods.

Worksheet and Budget Summary Totals

Total Direct Costs

  • For a worksheet: Total Direct Costs = Salary & Benefit Costs Total + Other Costs Total
  • For the Budget Summary: Total Direct Costs = sum of TDC for all worksheets
    • Expand the section to see additional details
      • Total Direct Costs less Subrecipient F&A
        • Subrecipient F&A is the amount of F&A charged by the subrecipient on subaward sub-budgets
        • Equal to Total Direct Costs if there are no subawards
    • Subrecipient F&A displays if the budget includes
      • A subaward worksheet
      • An 03-62 entry on the primary or an internal worksheet

Facilities and Administrative

This section displays a total and can be expanded to show additional details.

On the Budget Summary, the primary worksheet or an internal UW worksheet, the description column includes:

  • The worksheet name (Budget Summary only)
  • The F&A Base Type which defines the object and sub-object codes included in the calculation
  • The Location which is a factor in determining the F&A Rate

An F&A entry has four rows with values for each period and All Periods.

  • Total Direct Costs = the same value as the Total Direct Costs row
  • Costs Subject to F&A = the total direct costs for the object/sub-object codes included in the F&A Base Type
  • F&A Rate = the value for each period from the worksheet settings for F&A
  • F&A Costs = the Costs Subject to F&A * F&A Rate

APL Fixed Fee

This entry displays if you have enabled Fixed Fee in the worksheet settings. A value displays for each period and All Periods. For a worksheet it’s a single row entry, for the Budget Summary there is a row for each worksheet with the worksheet name in the Description column. 

  • APL Fixed Fee = Fixed Fee Rate * (F&A costs + Total Direct Costs)

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.

An example list of a given award's snapshots

The table columns are:

  • Timestamp – displays the date and time the snapshot was created. Select this link to open a read-only view of this point-in-time budget.
  • Snapshot Name/Description – contains either a system generated description, or a user-editable one.
  • Saved By – displays the name of the user whose actions created the snapshot.
  • Delete button/icon – this removes a user-generated snapshot. Anyone who can edit your budget can delete a manually added snapshot. You cannot delete a system-generated snapshot.

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:

  • You create a new budget by copying an existing budget.
  • Applications
    • You connect a budget period to an application.
    • You route the connected application for review, which locks the budget from editing.
    • OSP approves the connected application, which makes the budget editable again.
    • You disconnect the budget from an application.
  • Award Setup Requests (ASR)
    • You route the associated Award Setup Request for approval.
  • You upgrade a legacy budget.

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 Create a New Budget

To get started creating a new SAGE Budget, review the Budget List and Create article.

To Copy an Existing Budget

To make a copy of an existing budget, review the Budget Copy and Delete article.

Why use SAGE Budget?

  • It’s simple. Select a start date, and begin entering costs.
  • It’s accurate. SAGE Budget automatically populates your budget with real-time salary and benefits information, calculates budget totals for each period, and identifies the correct F&A rate.
  • It’s efficient. It applies inflation rates for Salary, Tuition, and other line items across budget periods. It can cascade entries on non-salary line items, so the values you enter in one budget period are automatically propagated to subsequent budget periods.
  • It’s flexible. With the click of a button, you can copy a budget and reuse it as a template for future budgets.
  • It’s tailored for the UW Research Community. SAGE Budget is customized to comply with UW Accounting Rules, so you needn’t memorize object codes or look up the latest F&A rates.
  • It’s convenient. Connect your budget to an eGC1 or award request, and they will route together so reviewers can easily see budget details in a standard format.
  • It’s a time saver. If you are creating a Grant Runner application and using the RR Detailed Budget, connecting your budget to your application will automatically populate the form.

When you might not want to use SAGE Budget

  • Currently SAGE Budget does not fully support CRBB budgets.

Additional Information

  • For more information on preparing a budget, review the Office of Sponsored Program’s Budget Development page.
  • Departmental ASTRA Authorizers provide access to the SAGE system. The Accessing SAGE page provides more details.

November 30, 2023 SAGE Suite Release Notes

Contents

Features and Fixes

SAGE Awards

Search Award Request List by eGC1 or Request ID

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.

award request tasklist search results

Note: For modifications, searching by Request ID is more accurate, since the eGC1 associated with the request may not always be populated.

SAGE Advances

Fix: Advance Extension Requests Budget Selection

Advance Extension requests no longer require selection of a budget number or sub budget, and can proceed with submission to GCA.

SAGE Budget

Fix: SAGE Budget Contacts and Access Caching Issue

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.

Infrastructure and Performance Improvements

Improved Load Balancing Across Production Servers

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.

Optimized SQL Server Settings for Improved Stability and Performance

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.

Improved Error Handling for Award Request Workflow Status Delays

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.

Refactored Approach to Search and Future Filters

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.

Budget Header

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.

budget header example

The header contains the following items, reading from left to right:

  • A blue arrow, pointing to the left, which is a link back to your Budget List
  • The budget title, default value is “New Budget”
  • The budget number, for example: B100014
  • Total Project Costs amount, sum of Total Direct Costs and F&A
  • Total Direct Costs amount, sum of direct costs for the budget
  • TDC Less Sub F&A amount, appears if there is a subaward worksheet, or if you chose TDC Less Sub F&A as the spending target
  • Subrecipient F&A amount, appears if there is a subaward worksheet, or if chose TDC Less Sub F&A as the spending target
  • Facilities & Administrative amount, sum of F&A for the budget
  • If an eGC1 is linked to the budget, the eGC1 number and the linked budget period display. Clicking on the application number will open a new tab displaying the eGC1.
  • At the far right, a “more options” menu icon appears. The icon is three, blue vertical dots. The menu choices are:

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.

budget header with spending target indicator

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.

budget heading spending target dialog

Navigation Menu

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:

SAGE Budget Navigation, showing Summary, Primary Worksheet, Internal UW Worksheet, Subaward Worksheet, Fabrication Worksheet, the Add Worksheet option, Budget Settings, and Snapshots & History links.

The possible links on the menu are:

  • Summary (All Worksheets) displays the Budget Summary (icon: clipboard with checkmark)
  • Primary Worksheet displays the initial worksheet automatically created for a new budget. If you rename this worksheet, the new name will appear. It will always be the first worksheet listed. (icon: star)
  • Links for any added sub-budget worksheets, in order of creation, regardless of type. Either the default name or your edited name will appear. Each sheet has a blue trash can icon, to the right of its name, which opens the delete worksheet dialog window.
    • Internal UW icon: mortar board/graduation hat
    • Subaward icon: handshake
    • Fabrication icon: tools
  • Add Worksheet opens the Add a Worksheet dialog (icon: blue plus sign)
  • Budget Settings displays the settings sections (icon: gear)
  • Snapshots & History displays the point-in-time snapshots (icon: clock)

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:

  • SAGE Budget helps you create an accurate budget for your grant proposal. It auto-populates data from the payroll and financial systems, helps you select proper rates, and calculates totals automatically.
    • You can connect a budget to a standard or Grant Runner eGC1 to populate budget data.
    • You will need to connect a budget to an Award Setup Request.
  • eGC1 Forms are the electronic Grants and Contracts forms you use to route your grant proposal through the University’s internal compliance process.
  • Grant Runner applications combine the eGC1 and sponsor forms for some NIH funding opportunities requiring SF424 R&R forms, including Modular, Detailed and Subaward Budgets. With the click of a button, OSP can electronically submit your application via Grants.gov to the sponsor.
  • Approvals is the electronic routing engine that stages eGC1s, Advances, and Award Setup Requests for approval by associated departments, colleges, compliance offices, and the Office of Sponsored Programs.
  • Advances creates an online request form for an advance budget number.
  • Awards allows you to create Award Setup Requests and Modification Requests.
  • Subawards submits a request for a new subaward or a modification of an existing one.

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).

How do I connect my SAGE Budget to an Award Setup Request?

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.