Electronic Grant Submission Routing and Approvals has arrived at Keck! Kuali Coues or “KC” for short is the new USC grant and contract proposal submission and development module of Total Access Research Administration (aka TARA). KC is being rolled out to Keck School of Medicine in three phases:(1) routing and approval of grant applications, (2)budget development, and (3) system-to-system submission via grants.gov. A “soft launch” of phase 1 is currently underway in the Keck School, meaning that use of the system is optional for the time being. Starting November 1, however, all Keck proposals are required to be routed through the KC System. All department administrators and many faculty members have already completed training on KC for phase 1. Faculty can log in to TARA/KC, review and affirm the project details (including personnel effort), and let the system route the proposal through Keck and USC approvals before it is submitted to the sponsor. This electronic process in KC system replaces the paper PAR form. Eventually, it will be the required method for routing and approval of grant applications throughout USC, so we recommend that you become familiar with it soon if you are a grant-submitting PI.

On-line training materials including a training video are available at https://research.usc.edu/kuali-coeus-kc.  Assistance is also available through the Keck Office of Research Administration (Keck KC Help Desk at 442-5915) during regular business hours.