How to Use the Research Cores

Contacts and Resources

Need to access an FAU Core facility?

Contact the core manager here:

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• Biostatistics Collaborative Core
• Advanced Cell Imaging Core
• Clinical Research Unit
• Comparative Medicine
• Engineering and Technology Core
• MRI & Human Imaging
• Neurobehavior Core
• Water Analysis Lab

Stratocore Pasteur Platform Management System (PPMS), FAU’s research core management software runs:

• Scheduling and Ordering
• Invoicing
• Usage Tracking
• Project Management
• Incident and Maintenance Reporting

Start here

FAU Research Cores Internal Pilot (RCIP) Program

• Announcement / Guidelines
• List of Awardees

For FAU Scientific and Clinical Researchers:

Invoice approval in the Stratocore PPMS system:

Researchers and designated administrators (if applicable) will receive an invoice via email. Next steps:

• Go to the Start Page at https://ppms.us/fau/start/
• Click the relevant core facility.
• Log in with FAU credentials.
• To accept the invoice, select the following: Group Management (on the blue task bar) > Invoice Draft > Accept This Draft Invoice.

If using the cloud-based system Workday, an “internal service delivery” will come to in your Workday inbox:

• Review all information, including TAGs and attachments.
• Select “Approve” if the invoice is approved.
• If not approved, contact researchcores@fau.edu if an issue exists.

NOTE: The Workday approval process can be delegated to another approver.

To delegate the task in Workday, click here for details.

Answering budget questions for grant proposals

• For “Direct Costs,” write the quoted dollar amount from the core manager.
• To justify your budget, list items such as equipment, services and rates as “Other Direct Costs.”
• Research core rates include direct costs only. Submit any facilities and administrative costs in the indirect costs section of the grant proposal.
• For the Novelution screening question: “Does the project involve the use of a FAU Core Facility?” select each research core included in the budget.

Guidelines for publishing academic papers

• Core facility personnel provide essential services for core users. Therefore, recognizing contributions to the scientific advancement of research projects is important.
• The kind of recognition, however, may differ from project to project and depend upon the personnel’s contribution.
• When is co-authorship warranted? Are there times when an acknowledgment is more appropriate? And what if a user or collaborator refuses to acknowledge core personnel?
• For answers to these and other core-related publishing questions, visit Authorship Guidelines to learn more.

For Non-FAU Scientific Researchers:

To access the Stratocore PPMS system:

• Go to the Start Page at ppms.us/fau/start
• Click the relevant core facility.
• Log in using your PPMS credentials.

By credit card or electronic check (ACH): Visit the Research Cores’ Store at the FAU Marketplace.