The Research Administration System (RAS) is UCSF's system of record for post-award contracts and grants financial transactions used throughout the award lifecycle by campus/UCSF Health Research Services Analysts (RSAs) and the Contracts & Grants Accounting (CGA) unit of the Controller's Office . RAS is a module of the PeopleSoft financial system.
RAS transactions include:
- Expense Processing
- Budgeting
- Revenue Recognition
- Billing
- Payment
Technical Support
System and Data Availability
The system is available 24x7 except for the third weekend of every month for scheduled maintenance.
Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. there may be periods of intermittent unavailabililty or slower response times due to system processing and maintenance.
Access
Only Access Administrators may request access to PeopleSoft. RSA’s requiring access should contact their manager or Department Access Administrator. To find your Department Access Administrator(s), use the Dept Functional Roles lookup (UCSF network/VPN connection required). Access Administrators can request, change, and revoke RAS access using the Access Management System available in MyAccess.
Once you have been granted RAS access, log into RAS via MyAccess.