The Other Support & Effort Planner is a browser-based Shiny application for early planning and review. It is designed to support organized conversations and record keeping before formal institutional or sponsor-specific review.
Scientific Software
Other Support & Effort Planner
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A practical planning tool for organizing research support, monitoring committed effort, and preparing information for Other Support reporting.
The planner opens in a secure Posit Connect Cloud application. Save/export your workbook to keep a copy of your plan.
Scientific problem
Research support, pending support, and committed effort can be difficult to review together across projects and reporting periods.
Why It Was Needed
Researchers need a practical workspace for organizing current and pending support, checking monthly effort commitments, and preparing information for Other Support reporting.
What It Enables
The planner brings support records, effort assumptions, grant-calendar review, and exportable workbook outputs into one planning workflow.
What it helps with
Support tracking
Organize current, pending, and planned research support in one place.
Monthly effort planning
Review committed effort across projects month by month.
Grant-calendar review
Use a calendar view to spot overlap, timing, and reporting needs.
Salary and effort assumptions
Document the assumptions that inform salary and effort planning.
Workbook export
Export a workbook to retain a copy of the working plan.