{"id":65590,"date":"2026-04-17T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/sage-overview\/accessing-sage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:01:18","slug":"accessing-sage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/sage-overview\/accessing-sage\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing SAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAGE is a secure application that requires a UW NetID to log in. In addition, you must have at least one authorized role which defines what types of operations you can perform within the SAGE system. Some roles include a limit, which restricts you to working with specific items.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Authorization:<\/strong>\u00a0SAGE uses the UW <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/itconnect\/security\/uw-netids\/astra\/\">ASTRA<\/a> (Access to Systems, Tools, Resources and Applications) system to manage SAGE authorizations. You can request the appropriate SAGE ASTRA role(s) from your unit&#8217;s ASTRA authorizer. To find your authorizer, select <a href=\"https:\/\/astra.admin.uw.edu\/astra\/uwnetid\/BudgetAuthorizerLookup.aspx\">Who Can Authorize Me?<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASTRA Roles <\/strong>define what you can do in the SAGE system. Your responsibilities within a department or unit determine which roles you need. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/astra.admin.uw.edu\/astra\/uwnetid\/default.aspx\">View My Authorizations<\/a> page to review your current ASTRA roles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limits <\/strong>identify the administrative or academic unit(s) where you have access (for example, a center, division, or department). SAGE ASTRA roles are <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based on a research hierarchy used behind-the-scenes as a bridge to connect cost centers to organizational review levels like Department or Dean needed for approvals in SAGE.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Common SAGE Roles<\/h2>\n<p>The most common roles are listed below. For more information, review the <a href=\"sage-overview\/sage-astra-roles\">SAGE ASTRA Roles<\/a>\u00a0article.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<caption>Commonly used ASTRA roles for SAGE<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Access Needed<\/th>\n<th>Assign This Role<\/th>\n<th>eGC1s That Can Be Accessed<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>To view eGC1s, but not to edit, create, or approve them<\/td>\n<td>SAGE Read-Only with an appropriate Cost Center<\/td>\n<td>Previously routed and routing eGC1s with the matching Cost Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To create new eGC1s<\/td>\n<td>Proposal Preparer<\/td>\n<td>Any eGC1 or SAGE Budget you created, are a contact for, or are assigned access to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To edit existing eGC1s when not an owner, creator, contract, or having assigned access<\/td>\n<td>Global Edit with an appropriate Cost Center<\/td>\n<td>Any eGC1 with a matching code for a node on the approval graph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To create new or access existing Subawards<\/td>\n<td>Subaward Preparer<\/td>\n<td>Any eGC1 you created, are a contact for, or are assigned access to. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/tools\/sage\/guide\/subawards\/subaward-access-permissions\/\">Subawards Access and Permissions<\/a> for more details.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To Approve or Watch eGC1s<\/td>\n<td>Appropriate level reviewer role (Div, Dept, Dean) with a corresponding Cost Center<\/td>\n<td>Any eGC1 with a matching code for Approver or Watcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The SAGE Read-Only, Global Edit, and reviewer roles require a Cost Center which defines the role&#8217;s limit or span of control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAGE is a secure application that requires a UW NetID to log in. 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