written by Omar Badreddin & Judith Paradis

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Launched on April 4th, the CFI Awards Management System (CAMS) is a secure, state-of-the-art Web portal that allows eligible research institutions to apply for CFI funding. The cutting-edge technology eVision employed in the development of CAMS enables researchers to collaborate and share information online to complete their funding proposals. It also helps CFI staff more effectively manage the full award cycle, from receiving proposals to reporting and communicating with various stakeholders.

This next generation project will bring the CFI to a new level of organizational excellence by improving the experience of its clients and providing its staff with better working tools. Adopting the latest practices in business process management and change management using a proven, yet innovative, development methodology, CAMS is a business-driven system that brings real value to end users.

While the CFI will use a phased approach in the development and implementation of CAMS, which is expected to take 24 to 36 months to be at full working capacity, the launch of the initial phase has met with success. More than 50 researchers registered on the new system within the first few hours of operation and began sharing information with fellow collaborators to complete their funding applications. The fact that the CFI did not receive any support calls after the launch is a testament to the extensive quality and usability testing conducted by eVision and the CFI staff.

“Our passion and ultimate goal is to help drive innovation and maintain Canada’s competitiveness in the 21st century knowledge economy”, says Adil Hamdouna, executive director of eVision.

eVision is a Canadian firm working exclusively in process automation and offers among other products and services, specialized solutions to the research community. eVision provides technology platforms for researchers and funders alike across the full arc of any research project, helping research professionals review and fund the study. eVision serves and assists top-flight research-driven organizations in several domains.

Created by the Government of Canada in 1997, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) strives to build our nation’s capacity to undertake world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians and the global community. Thanks to CFI investment in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions are attracting and retaining the world’s top research talent, training the next generation of researchers, supporting private sector innovation and creating high quality jobs that strengthen Canada’s position in today’s knowledge economy.

For more information:
eVision contact info: Tel: 1 866 525 2272 | General Inquiries: info@evision.ca

eAwards is the most adopted grants and  awards management software helping funding agencies and research institutions  in Canada.

eReviews software provides one single integrated system covering the needs of researchers, Research Ethics Board (REB) members, coordinators and executives.

eSemantics is an advanced semantic search engine complementing eAwards and eReviews to provide advanced search capability.

eSocrates is a powerful solution to organize, conceptualize, record, and analyze training environments.

To know more about any of these solutions, visit the Products section on the new eVision Web site or do not hesitate to contact us

Initial and Ongoing Phases:

eReviews streamlines the process of preparing, submitting and reviewing all research applications during the initial and ongoing phases. It guides the Researchers to prepare only the necessary applications and check their completeness with the built in logic and error check prior to submitting them online for review. All ongoing forms such as Serious Adverse Events are readily available to the researchers.

eReviews Processes:

Several processes are available in eReviews suite. Each process comes with all the required electronic smart forms, workflow running the process and the necessary reports to exploit your data. eReviews suite is highly configurable and flexible; Additional processes can be custom made based on your
needs.

The following are the available processes:

- Ethics and Science ( Adult & Children) Process

- Resource Process

- Medical Record access Process

- Pharmacy Process

- Budget and Contracts Process

- Bio-security Process

- Radiation Process

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eAwards is an application

eAwards supports funding organizations,
empowering them to control, simplify and expedite the totality oftheir research admin tasks and enabling them to undertake data analysis and scenario simulations for advanced planning.

eAwards multiple modules are essential tools to
facilitate all processes underlying the life cycle of any givenproject’s funding. They include:

Application and Project Electronic Validation and Submission

Electronic collaboration with co-applicants, supervisors,heads of departments, referees, reviewers, etc…

Application and Project Approval by universities and research centres

Eligibility

Peer Review and Conflict-of-Interest Management

Funding Partners Management

Financial Dashboard functionality

Operational & Analytical Reports

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