At the Proposal Stage:

• eSRA is the location for proposal preparation and submission by the PI & division. Duplicative data entry, a major P2C identified pain point, is significantly reduced. 
• Information fed from HRIS, the Human Resource Information System, assists with auto-filling information about the PI and other LBNL staff

At the Internal Approvals Stage:

• Multiple internal reviews can be conducted and approved simultaneously including: 
• DOE-Berkeley Site Office which may provide several different types of reviews of the proposal and the sponsor 
• The RIIO Office reviews all positive Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosures 
• Homeland Security, Tech Transfer and Lab Counsel reviews might be required 
• NEPA-CEQA approval is automatically requested when proposals are likely to be funded 
• IRB and IACUC Approval is requested by the PI when Human Subjects or Animal research is involved 
• To facilitate IRB and IACUC requests, limited information about IRB and IACUC protocols are linked from HARP system.

At the Negotiation Stage:

• eSRA facilitates collecting additional information required by the sponsor and storing those documents in the proposal history in eSRA 
• eSRA stores negotiation notes for PI and Division staff to be aware of status.

At the Award State:

• Awards are set-up in eSRA 
• DOE signature is obtained, if required 
• Information about IRB and IACUC approvals including protocol expiration dates are linked to the award 
• eSRA is fully integrated with FMS for award actions with financial management in FMS and administrative actions and deliverable management in eSRA

At the Award Modification Stage:

• Award Modifications are Requested and Approved in eSRA 
• DOE Signature is obtained, if required 
• Information about financial modifications are interfaced to FMS maintaining data integrity between the two systems

During the Execution Stage:

• Deliverables are managed in eSRA while financial management of awards remains in FMS

At the Closeout Stage:

• Final deliverables to the sponsor are recorded and stored in eSRA

Financial closeout is integrated with FMS