OAA Business Services and Finance

OAA Business Services is located at:
Mershon Center
1501 Neil Ave, Third Floor
Columbus, OH 43201
General Contact: OAABusinessServices@osu.edu

OAA Business Services enhances the knowledge, skills and competencies of employees in areas such as finance, accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, business planning and other relevant subjects. 

Training and development programs related to budgeting and financial management

PI Portal

Users who have sponsored projects and grant-related responsibilities can receive access to the PI Portal. For access to this system, please provide business-related justification and user information to OAA Business Services. 

ePA-005

The ePA-005 is the university’s sponsored projects proposal pre-approval application used by investigators who are submitting proposals to external sponsors. A fully-signed ePA-005 must be available to the Office of Sponsored Programs prior to proposal sign-off and submission. The ePA-005 application allows online creation and signature of the PA-005 form.  For users who have a need to enter an ePA-005 request, please e-mail Ginette Busque(.1).

DocuSign

For users who need access to the university’s cloud-based electronic signature system to initiate or create documents, please complete training in BuckeyeLearn. After training has been completed, the supervisor should request access via the OTDI Service Now system.

OnBase

The university utilizes OnBase as its contract-management system. OnBase is used primarily by individuals who have external contract execution responsibilities. As such, access is available in limited cases. If the need does arise, please review the user guide. Once completed, please have a supervisor send a request to OAA Business Services with the business-related justification and user information.   

TAS

The Advancement System (TAS) contains gift and endowment-related donation information.  Access is limited, and training must be completed before access is approved. If there is a business need for access, please contact OAA Business Services with the business justification and user details.

Training and development programs related to budgeting and financial management:

• Faculty
• Foundation relations training
• Research

BuckeyeLearn

• Animal Subjects, Biosafety, and Grants
• Managing Sponsored Programs Awards
• Budgeting on Sponsored Programs Proposals
• Appointing People on Sponsored Programs
• An Overview of Compliance Issues in Sponsored Programs
• A Department Administrator's Introduction to Office of Sponsored Programs Electronic Systems
• Cost-sharing on Sponsored Programs
• Human Subjects Research and Grants
• Purchasing on Sponsored Programs
• Workday: Grant Management Reporting and Analysis (Recorded Session)
• Workday: The Grant Management Dashboard for Principal Investigators (Recorded Session)

Research Administration for Department Staff Training Series

An annual research administration training is available at the university. Please contact Karla Gengler-Nowak to receive email notifications of upcoming training sessions.