The University of Iowa Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) announced today that the UIRIS routing form system will be down for a major system upgrade from 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7 to 8 a.m. Monday, April 11.

During that time, users will not able to create, edit, or approve proposal routing forms or non-monetary routing forms. In addition, they will not be able to access previously submitted routing forms from Workflow or UIRIS.

Those with upcoming proposal due dates or a need to route something to DSP during the upgrade will need to get the materials to the office—meaning gathering all the necessary approvals—before 5 p.m. April 7. Additionally, those who want to refer to an existing routing form during the downtime will need to create a PDF copy in advance.

DSP strongly encourages users to get completed routing forms to DSP before April 7 rather than wait until the following week, as the office will be busy with additional upgrade-related work April 11.

Please allow extra time for grant/contract review and award processing as DSP transitions to the new system.

The UIRIS upgrade will facilitate concurrent, multiple reviews within DSP, transition to a fully electronic system, and provide the research community access to detailed statuses of their proposals or agreements using the existing DSP Research Tracker.

Direct questions and concerns to dsp@uiowa.edu or call the helpdesk at 5-2123.