1. Research Management System
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  3. Expense and outcome review
Process · Expense and outcome review

Expense and outcome review

Check money and measures against their source evidence. Begin with a linked program and carry its identity into each related record. The team can then follow the decision and its evidence without relying on a separate narrative.

Step by step

  1. Expense submission Finance Officer

    Submit a claim with category, amount and attachment.

    • Submit a claim with category, amount and attachment
    • Updates Expenses, Programs
  2. Expense review Reviewer

    Approve or reject the claim against restrictions.

    • Approve or reject the claim against restrictions
    • Updates Expenses, Funding awards
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  3. Outcome measure Research Analyst

    Agree unit and numerator and denominator definitions.

    • Agree unit and numerator and denominator definitions
    • Updates Outcome measures, Programs
  4. Outcome result Research Analyst

    Record values, period and evidence.

    • Record values, period and evidence
    • Updates Outcome results, Outcome measures
  5. Evidence review Reviewer

    Check the result and claim independently.

    • Check the result and claim independently
    • Updates Outcome results, Expenses
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  6. Payment and completion Finance Officer

    Record payment after approval; separately inspect milestone evidence.

    • Record paid expense status; the Program Officer records milestone completion evidence
    • Updates Expenses, Milestones
Finance Officer
, Reviewer, Research Analyst.
Use [the access plan](/research-management-system/roles) to decide who prepares, reviews and reads each record.

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