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1. What is shared credit?
2. How is shared credit tracked?
3. What is eRouting?

1. What is shared credit?

Shared credit is a system used to recognize, document, and report individual contributions to sponsored projects involving two or more individuals who manage administrative responsibilities and complete project aims.

Shared credit includes two components:

• Fiscal management: Assigned to the principal investigator(s) responsible for overseeing project spending.
• Academic credit: Assigned to the principal investigator(s) and other investigators who contribute to the project’s scholarly, scientific, or creative progress. 

Refer to the shared credit website for definitions and examples.

2. How is shared credit tracked?

The Division of Sponsored Programs’ eRouting Form tracks shared credit.

At the proposal stage, participating principal investigators determine the distribution of shared credit, identify project participants, and document their contributions in the credit section of the eRouting Form.

3. What is eRouting?

eRouting is a workflow-based system that sends grant applications, contracts, and related sponsored project information through departmental, collegiate, and central administrative offices for review and approval before submission to an external funding source.

Refer to the Division of Sponsored Programs website for more information.