The new Research Administration Management Portal (RAMP) Grants and Agreements modules went live on July 11, 2022. RAMP, an integrated research web-based system to support Mason’s growing research enterprise, is supported by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) team and Information Technology Services (ITS). Faculty and staff who have a question or issue can enter a RAMP ticket for support or send an email to RAMP@gmu.edu, which will be routed to the appropriate team member for follow-up.
Virtual live training sessions for RAMP are available for registration via MasonLEAPS. Just go to the “Events Calendar” under the “Learning” tab and search for “RAMP.” Training sessions include the following:
- RAMP Exploratory Lab
- RAMP Create a Funding Proposal
- RAMP Create a Budget
- RAMP Complete SF424
- RAMP Ancillary Review, Certify and Submit, Sponsor Requests
In addition, training materials to include a series of short videos and quick reference guides for RAMP are available to the research community for their reference in MasonLEAPS by searching “RAMP.” Please visit https://ramp.gmu.edu/training/ for additional training information and https://ramp.gmu.edu/resources/ for additional RAMP resources.
Please email the Project Team at ramp@gmu.edu any time with questions, and be sure to visit the RAMP website at https://ramp.gmu.edu/ to keep up-to-date with the project.