Research and Sponsored Programs

InfoEd is an electronic research management system that allows you to:

• develop research proposals for federal and non-federal funding opportunities
• submit proposals to online sponsor systems without duplicating efforts
• complete and manage your financial conflicts of interest

InfoEd also provides a more streamlined process for proposal tracking to assist with more efficient completion of proposals. In Phase II, beginning in FY25, UToledo will implement InfoEd’s post-award management system, resulting in faster account setup.

A staggered rollout schedule during FY24 will be used to best support new users.

*COI Disclosures: Beginning October 2, all COI disclosures must be made through InfoEd - even when valid COI disclosures exist in the previous system.  Legacy data from the site coi.utoledo.edu will not be available!  COI disclosures should be submitted in InfoEd no later than December 1 in order to ensure timely processing prior to 2024 deadlines.

**URFO Proposal Submissions:  Contact the InfoEd Support Team, InfoEd@utoledo.edu, for assistance with URFO submissions through InfoEd. Contact Eva English, urfo@utoledo.edu, for URFO programmatic questions. 

Three workshops are offered on submitting new proposals to NIH through InfoEd. Investigators and research support staff will create a new proposal with assistance from ORSP staff.  Space is limited and advance registration is required! Please click here to register.

• FILLED!  11/30/2023 (Thursday) 10 AM - 12 PM: In-Person Workshop on NIH submissions in InfoEd. Health Science Campus, Dowling (DOW)2315.
• 12/01/2023 (Friday) 1 PM - 3 PM: In-Person Workshop on NIH submissions in InfoEd. Main Campus, Bowman-Oddy (BO) 1099.
• FILLED! 12/05/2023 (Tuesday) 3 PM - 5 PM: In-Person Workshop on NIH submissions in InfoEd. Health Science Campus, Health Education Building (HEB) 227.
• ADDED!  12/11/2023 (Monday) 2 pm - 4 pm, Health Science Campus, Dowling (DOW) 2315
  
  Upcoming webinars:
• 12/12/23 (Tuesday) 2 PM - 3:30 PM. RSP Webinar: Budget 201. Teams Meeting Link. 
• 12/14/23 (Thursday) 9 AM - 10:30 AM. RSP Webinar: Proposal/Budget Overview. Teams Meeting Link
• 12/18/23 (Monday) 12:30 - 1:30 PM. RSP Webinar: InfoEd Endorsement and Delegation. Teams Meeting Link. 

Individual appointments are also available on request. Contact infoed@utoledo.edu with questions and requests.

InfoEd receives updated protocol information nightly from OneAegis (a.k.a. IRB Manager). Proposal-protocol associations can be made by investigators and staff in InfoEd on the proposal record. That association displays changes to the protocol, including personnel changes and status updates, within the InfoEd proposal record. Assistance will be available!

Researchers currently complete a proposal intake form, an endorsement form, an excel budget form for internal use, and documents to meet the sponsor proposal requirements -- and typically this information must be replicated in online sponsor forms. 

In InfoEd a researcher will accomplish all of these functions one time directly in the InfoEd record, with the endorsment process accomplished through InfoEd routing.  For federal submissions, most will be sent directly from the InfoEd record to grants.gov with system-to-system (S2S) submission.

UToledo undertook a selection and procurement project to address critical needs in research administration software. These included:

• development, endorsement, and submission of external grant proposals
• award tracking and post-award management of sponsored projects
• disclosures of financial conflicts of interest (COI)

Key stakeholders from IT, RSP, compliance areas, and the researcher community evaluated responses to a nationwide Request for Proposals. They attended live demonstrations of competing products, compiled evaluations, and chose InfoEd for its flexibility across multiple modules. InfoEd is also compatible with OneAegis (formerly known as IRB Manager), currently used to manage protocol submission and review.