Published: Jan. 1, 2021

Looking for more guidance?

Join CCO at our knowledge-based learning session on Jan. 26 to learn more about this process.

Find step-by-step instructions on how to certify an ePER at the bottom of the ePERS Training webpage on the Office of the University Controllers (OUC) website.

Reach out to Lin Yang at ePERS@colorado.edu, who will be glad to help with any questions or issues that may arise.

December concluded our fall effort reporting (or ePERs) cycle. Notifications will soon be sent out to those who need to complete their certifications. Please work with your pertinent faculty and staff to ensure these certifications are completed in a timely manner. 

Effort reporting is an important step in the research compliance process. Sponsoring agencies expect and require reasonable assurance that labor costs charged to a sponsored project reflect the actual effort expended on the project. When we don’t certify effort in a timely manner, we risk consequences such as temporary withholding of cash payments from sponsors, disallowance of all or part of the cost of the activity not in compliance, and wholly or partly suspending or terminating the current award.