When the effort certification period closes, data in ECRT is locked and cannot be changed. If effort must be changed after the certification period has closed, the change must be documented manually.
1. Generate a correct manual statement using the form found at http://www.ospa.umn.edu/forms/effortstatement.xls. Have the researcher or principal investigator sign it.
2. Submit the statement to the effort administrator in SPA with a letter signed by the principal investigator and department head (or dean, if the department head is the researcher) stating the reasons for the change in statement.
3. Contact the effort administrator in SPA to determine how to make the appropriate adjustments.