Default Field Label
Description
Academic Level
Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Investigator's level of salary award or similar, from a defined list based on the selected Employment Type
Campus
May default from the Personnel record but can be changed
Campus location for the person
Chargeable Rate
Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Consultancy rate charged for the investigator, if relevant
For the Costing and Pricing Tool, this may be populated with a rate entered in an RPR eForm (Linked Personnel RIC or New Staff RIC), or the highest out of the individual and institution consultancy rates.
Must be greater or equal to the highest of the individual or institution consultancy rate. Cannot be negative.
Current?
Yes by default
Indicates if the investigator is currently involved with the project
If the investigator is no longer involved with the project, slide this to No.
For this module, a person can be a primary contact even if they are non-current.
Days on this Project
Number of days the investigator is allocated to the project per month
This field works with the Days on other Project field. The total values of both fields cannot exceed 31 days as this is the maximum possible number of days per month.
This label may be change
to "Hours on this Project" if the Costing and Pricing
Tool is used, to work with project costing.
Days on other Project
Number of days the investigator is allocated to other projects per month
This field works with the Days on this Project field. The total values of both fields cannot exceed 31 days as this is the maximum possible number of days per month.
This label may be change
to "Hours on other Projects" if the Costing and Pricing
Tool is used, to work with project costing.
Employment Type
Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Investigator's type of employment, from a defined list
Examples: Casual or Continuing
Ext. Org. Code
Only editable once the Person Code is selected and saved; use either this field or the Organisation Name only field
Lookup to search for and select an external organisation from the list of existing organisations if the person is external
For an existing external person, this is populated with data from the Personnel module. These details can be changed.
Once you select an organisation from the lookup, the Organisation Name Only field becomes read only.
External Salary Package
Read-only; Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Outsourced salary package, such as NHMRC, based on applicable funding rules, populated from an eForm
Salary rates for external salary packages are defined in Projects > Salary and Indexation > Salary
Rates.
External Salary Package per Annum
Read-only; Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Annual salary for the selected external salary package and level for the person, populated from an eForm
FTE/EFTS on this Project
Time spent on this project
The value in this field and the below FTE/EFTS on other Projects field must total 1.0.
Example: If the person will spend one day a week on the project, enter 0.2.
FTE/EFTS on other Project
Time spent on other projects
The value in this field and the above FTE/EFTS on this Project field must total 1.0.
Example: If the person will spend four days a week on other projects, enter 0.8
Include in Costing?
Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Indicates whether the investigator's salary is included in the project cost
Internal Weighting
Weighting for the person, as required by your institution
Involved From
Date from which the person is involved in the project
Involved To
Date to which the person is involved in the project
Gender
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Gender the person identifies with, from a defined list
Has Allowance?
Only available when the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Read only
Indicates whether the person receives one or more allowances in addition to salary
For example, an allowance may be given for a position, such as Head of Department allowance, or it may be a negotiated amount. Due to the confidential nature of this information, the allowance value cannot be stored in RME. The intention of this flag is to be used as a trigger to notify RME administrators when an investigator on a project has an allowance. They can then manually enter the allowance amount in a strictly controlled page of an eForm application. For details, refer to the RME Costing and Pricing Overview document.
Job Title
Only available when the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Employment related item used for the person for the project, from a defined list of current Employment related items for the person
This caters for situations where the Primary flag is not used to indicate a primary, current Employment record for a person who has more than one.
The list displays both the title (Employment record name) and the organisational unit name (AOU), if applicable, to aid selection. Once selected, the field displays the selected job title. AOU, Employment Type, Academic Level and Step fields are populated based on the selected Employment record, as relevant.
On-Cost Pattern
Only available when the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Read only
On-cost pattern assigned to the investigator that is linked to the Employment related item selected in the Job Title field
Order *
Mandatory
Determines the order of this person in the list of investigators
Change this number to change the position in the list. The default order is the order in which investigators were added.
Organisation Name Only
Only editable once the Person Code is selected and saved; use either this field or the Ext. Org Code field
External organisation name (text entry), if the organisation is not available from the Ext. Org. Code lookup
Person Code *
Mandatory
Lookup to search for and add an investigator
If you can't find the investigator and the Create option is available in the lookup, use this to create a new person record.
Position
Investigator's position in the project, from a defined list
Preferred First Name
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person's given name that they prefer
Preferred Full Name
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person's entire name that they prefer
When entering a new person's details, it automatically defaults to values in the Preferred Title, First Name, Middle Name and Last Name fields.
Preferred Last Name
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person's surname that they prefer
Preferred Middle Name
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person's middle name that they prefer
Preferred Title
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person's title, such as Mr, Ms, or Dr, from a defined list
Primary Investigator?
Indicates if the person is the primary investigator for the project
• Only one person can be the primary investigator.
• When adding a new investigator, to automatically populate the Investigator's Org. Unit related item with details from the Personnel record, this must be Yes.
• If you want to change the primary, edit the current primary to slide this to No, then set the new one as the primary.
Primary Contact?
Indicates if the person is the primary contact for the project
• Only one person can be the primary contact.
• For this module, a person can be a primary contact even if they are non-current.
• When adding a new investigator, to automatically populate the Investigator's Org. Unit related item with details from the Personnel record, this must be Yes.
• If you want to change the primary, edit the current primary to slide this to No, then set the new one as the primary.
Role
Person's role as investigator of the project
Step
Only shown if the Costing and Pricing Tool is used
Salary award level or similar for the selected Employment Type and Academic Level, if relevant
Type
Read only for an existing person; editable for a new person
Person type
If the new person is External, enter organisational affiliation details in either the Ext. Org. Code field or Organisation Name Only field after saving at least the Person Code.
If Internal, enter details in the Investigator's Org. Unit related item after saving.