How to submit an Authority To Submit (ATS) form

The Authority To Submit (ATS) facilitates written confirmation of Faculty support for a research grant to be submitted from relevant delegates who have authority for financial and other resource allocation. An ATS is required for all research grants that a University of Sydney staff member is named on. This includes applications that will not be administered by the University of Sydney (non-lead applications), as well as applications that will be administered by the University of Sydney (lead applications).  The ATS, with all required approvals, must be completed before the application can be submitted to the funder.

A digital version of the old ATS form is implemented in ServiceNow with an automated workflow to collect approvals and document the process under an overarching Funding submission record. This article aims to assist researchers in submitting the form. 

Note: the digital ATS will only be required for the grant opportunities listed below. For all other opportunities, the paper-based form (pdf) will be required.

UniBuy user guides

See below for a complete list of UniBuy user guides in the Services Portal, sorted by subcategories. There are also the UniBuy pages on the staff intranet.

A Guide to the Affiliate Management Dashboard

This system is currently in place for the following Faculties and University Schools.

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning

University of Sydney Law School

For all other Faculties and Schools, please refer to the help article, How to apply for Affiliation with the University of Sydney

This help article will provide you with guidance of how to use the Affiliate Management Dashboard. Your access to the dashboard will vary depending on whether you hold the role of:- 

  • Administrator 
  • Nominator
  • Endorser
  • Approver 

Please refer to the sections below to learn about the functionality of the dashboard, and how to progress through the Affiliate Approval Workflow.  

Guide to writing job profiles

See guidance on how to complete each section of the job profile (JP) template when creating a new job profile.

What HR services are available?

Phase 1 of the HR Foundation Program has focused on the foundational technology and redesign of key processes, represented in the following table. Future phases of the program will address additional service and process areas as we continue to evolve our contemporary HR service for the University.

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