RAMP Resources
RAMP Key Activities
Request an Ancillary Review
Requesting an ancillary review in RAMP is the process for requesting internal review by another user. Common types of ancillary reviews include Division Budget Review, Additional Department Review, Chair Approval, and Multi-PI Certification.
Get help finding the SMPH Research Administration Office when sending an ancillary review.
Submit to Department Review
Submit to Department Review routes the record to the Division/Dean’s Office. All appropriate Ancillary Reviews (Division Budget Review or Dean/Division Signoff, Chair approval, or Other) should be obtained before sending a record for Department Review, and should be reserved for when you are done with a record and ready for SMPH/RSP to complete final processing.
Respond to (Submit) an Ancillary Review
Research Administrators may regularly be sent ancillary reviews from other departments or their own to review and approve departmental effort or resources on a proposal (such as Additional Department Reviews or Chair ancillary reviews). Principal Investigators may also regularly be sent ancillary reviews such as Multi-PI Certification ancillary reviews, Chair, or Other ancillary reviews. Note that when you are sent an ancillary review from another department, you will lose access to the proposal after you approve or deny the ancillary review, unless you request to be given read-only rights to the proposal by the owning department/administrator.
Certify a RAMP Record
In most cases, PIs are required to verify the information provided in the record prior to submitting the record to SMPH/RSP. The PI must certify all Funding Proposals
Job Aid for PI Certification (PDF)
Multi-PI Certification
Please see the link to the Job Aid for Multi-PI Certification
In RAMP, only one PI can certify a record. If there are multiple PIs on a Funding Proposal, the main (contact PI) must certify the record and each additional internal PI must approve a Multi-PI Certification Ancillary review, that must contain the PI certification language found in the job aid above.
RAMP Reference Guides
Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) offers many reference guides addressing individual RAMP tasks. Guides particularly useful to PIs and research administrators are listed below; all guides are available from RSP’s RAMP portal page. Videos are also available for many key topics.
- Logging in and Navigating Within RAMP (PDF)
- Adding a Comment, Sending an Email and Initiating an Ancillary Review (PDF)
- Checking the Progress of an Ancillary Review (PDF)
- Searching and Sorting RAMP Records (PDF)
- Grants Module – Funding Proposals (PDF)
- Agreements Module (PDF)
- Grants and Agreements Module – Clinical Trials (PDF)
Additional RAMP Resources
Current RAMP information, including updates, training session schedules, reference guides, FAQS, and learning videos are available from RSP’s RAMP portal page.
Contacts
For assistance with entering/routing proposals, requesting approvals, and other RAMP tasks, contact your department research administrator or the SMPH Dean’s Office Research Office team.