{"id":22742,"date":"2024-07-08T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/?page_id=22742"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:02:00","slug":"pera-bm-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/business-management\/research-account-management\/pera-bm-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for PERA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"bulma-blocks-50-50-hero\"><div class=\"hero is-medium\"><div class=\"hero-body\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"content\"><h1>PERA Resources for Business Management<\/h1><p>The launch of the Purdue Excellence in Research Administration (PERA) system represented a transformational shift in how Business Office staff support and administer sponsored research at Purdue University. While extensive resources are maintained by Sponosred Programs Services, this page is dedicated to resources specific to Business Management staff. <\/p>\n<p>Content suggestions and PERA questions are welcome and can be submitted by clicking the &#8220;questions\/content&#8221; box below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-button-container\"><a class=\"purdue-blocks__button purdue-blocks__button--gold-dark\" href=\"mailto:PERA-Finance@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PERA Questions \/ Content Suggestions<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hero-image\"><span class=\"background-image\" role=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Loeb-Fountain-1-2-14-copy.jpg)\" aria-label=\"Purdue University Archway\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section sm  \">\n<div class=\"container  \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Finance Representatives on the PERA Implementation Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following staff were active members of the PERA implementation process and are a great resource for other Finance staff curious about the PERA project and its impact on Business Management. Feel free to reach out to these individuals with your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:jshiggins@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Higgins<\/a>, Executive Director, Research Finance and Account Management, Project Sponsor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:enfetter@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erin Fetter<\/a>, Associate Director for Financial Affairs (Engineering), Module Owner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:ahkane@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrea Kane<\/a>, Extension Account Manager and Business Manager (Agriculture), Functional Team Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:thomp607@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dana Simms<\/a>, Research Specialist (Engineering), Functional Team Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-blocks-storyline\n        \n        \n        \n         purdue-blocks-storyline-gray\n        \n        \n        \n        \" style=\"background-image:none\" aria-label=\"\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"columns is-multiline columns-reversed\"><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2023_Z7C3540-Enhanced-NR-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile column-align-center\"><div class=\"content-container\"><h2 class=\"story-title\">PERA Communications<\/h2>\n<p>Links to articles in The Bottom Line as well as the PERA website. <\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/pera-communications-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communications<span class=\"read-more-button-icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-blocks-storyline\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n         purdue-blocks-storyline-white\n        \n        \" style=\"background-image:none\" aria-label=\"\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"columns is-multiline\"><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023_KAL_4780.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile column-align-center\"><div class=\"content-container\"><h2 class=\"story-title\">PERA Super Users<\/h2>\n<p>As part of the roll out of the PERA system, a small group of Business Management staff were identified as &#8220;Super Users.&#8221; Selected based on their extensive sponsored program experiences, they were an integral part of the PERA implementation strategy.&nbsp;Questions can be directed to this group as PERA rolls out but will also be critical resources after implementation.<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/business-management\/research-account-management\/pera-bm-resources\/pera-finance-super-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Information<span class=\"read-more-button-icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-blocks-storyline\n        \n        \n        \n         purdue-blocks-storyline-gray\n        \n        \n        \n        \" style=\"background-image:none\" aria-label=\"\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"columns is-multiline columns-reversed\"><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2023-CJ9_0329.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile column-align-center\"><div class=\"content-container\"><h2 class=\"story-title\">PERA Training for Finance<\/h2>\n<p>Finance staff developed a series of Finance specific training opportunities to support the successful PERA launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future live training opportunities can be found on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/business-management\/pera-bm-resources\/pera-training-for-the-finance-team\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/business-management\/pera-bm-resources\/pera-training-for-the-finance-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Upcoming PERA Training for Finance<\/a>&#8221; schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click below for more resources including recordings of past training events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/business-management\/research-account-management\/pera-bm-resources\/pera-finance-training-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Training Resources <span class=\"read-more-button-icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-blocks-storyline\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n         purdue-blocks-storyline-white\n        \n        \" style=\"background-image:none\" aria-label=\"\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"columns is-multiline\"><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2023_RR27030-v5-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column is-half-desktop is-half-tablet is-full-mobile column-align-center\"><div class=\"content-container\"><h2 class=\"story-title\">Questions and Answers<\/h2>\n<p>Questions and answers about the PERA system, including questions of interest to Business Offices can be found through the link below. <\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pera.research.purdue.edu\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Questions and Answers<span class=\"read-more-button-icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":29062,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22742","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22742"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29452,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22742\/revisions\/29452"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/treasurer\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}