A Framework for an IT-based risk management for the third-party funding process in universities (TRINITY)

Abstract

For the current needs in research management at universities with a high volume of third-party funding, current systems offer solutions that focus exclusively on specific areas and no longer do justice to the current complexity. For example, ERP systems provide functions for budget and personnel, research information systems for marketing, and document management systems provide functions for administration. What all systems have in common is that they do not holistically map the third-party funding process and do not take into account the multitude of risks associated with soliciting and implementing projects. This paper focuses on the design of a framework for IT-based support of risk management in the third-party funding process (TRINITY). We model the generic workflow and identify relevant risks, from which we derive requirements for an IT-based risk management system to be created. Based on this, we design a framework that maps the generic process of risk management in the third-party funding area.