Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that the Company’s ecrt®
effort reporting solution has been selected as a University Business
Readers’
Choice Top Product. Huron’s ecrt solution facilitates compliant
research effort reporting required of institutions that receive funding
from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“We are honored to receive this award for one of our software solutions
for the second year in a row,” said Peter
Eschenbach, managing director and Technology
solutions leader, Huron
Education. “For nearly a decade, Huron’s ecrt software has been
helping clients streamline and improve effort reporting processes. The
‘Top Product’ recognition from University Business and the
education community at large demonstrates that we are helping our
clients apply technology to meaningfully address this critical research
administration function.”
The second annual University Business Readers’ Choice Top
Products award recognizes products that have made a positive impact at
colleges and universities this year. The products were selected by the
editors of University Business from nominations submitted by the
readership of the magazine, and were based on both the quantity of
nominations and the quality of reader nominations. The complete list of
products is available online and in the January issue of University
Business magazine.
“This acknowledgment is a tribute to the collaborative approach we have
taken in the development of this product,” said Greg
Bedell, managing director, Huron
Education. “We are thrilled to be recognized by our users with this
award and look forward to continuing to help organizations improve their
management of sponsored research.”
About Huron’s Research Software Solutions
Huron’s
research software solutions include a comprehensive portfolio of
applications designed to make the management of sponsored research
easier and more compliant with governing regulations. With particular
focus on improving the business processes that support growing research
enterprises, our solution consists of ecrt®
effort reporting software; efacs®
software for facilities and administrative (F&A) cost rate management;
and Click®
Portal solutions for grants management, conflict of interest, human
and animal research oversight, clinical trials, and other research
areas. Huron
Education’s professionals have worked with more than 90 of the top
100 research universities in the U.S. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/ResearchSoftware
or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large
amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from
distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise
in administration, management, finance, operations, strategy and
technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 90 of the top 100 research universities, more than
400 corporate general counsel, and more than 385 hospitals and academic
medical centers. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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