How to Use the Research Cores

Contacts and Resources

Need to access an 大象传媒 Core facility?

Contact the core manager here:

Research Core Management Resources

Stratocore Pasteur Platform Management System (PPMS), 大象传媒鈥檚 research core management software runs:

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

大象传媒 Research Cores Internal Pilot (RCIP) Program

  • Announcement / Guidelines
  • List of Awardees

大象传媒 Core Technology Conversations

大象传媒 hosts regular Core Technology Conversations webinars featuring the 大象传媒 core facilities to learn how an 大象传媒 core facility could support your research projects.

For 大象传媒 Scientific and Clinical Researchers:

Invoicing for Core Projects

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
  • Click the relevant core facility.
  • Log in with 大象传媒 credentials.
  • To accept the invoice, select the following: Group Management (on the blue task bar) > Invoice Draft > Accept This Draft Invoice.
Approving Invoices Using Workday:

If using the cloud-based system Workday, an 鈥渋nternal service delivery鈥 will come to in your Workday inbox:

  • Review all information, including TAGs and attachments.
  • Select 鈥淎pprove鈥 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.

Budgets for Grant Proposals:

Answering budget questions for grant proposals

  • For 鈥淒irect Costs,鈥 write the quoted dollar amount from the core manager.
  • To justify your budget, list items such as equipment, services and rates as 鈥淥ther Direct Costs.鈥
  • 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: 鈥淒oes the project involve the use of a 大象传媒 Core Facility?鈥 select each research core included in the budget.
Publishing

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鈥檚 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 to learn more.

For Non-大象传媒 Scientific Researchers:

Research Core Management Resources

To access the Stratocore PPMS system:

  • Go to the Start Page at
  • Click the relevant core facility.
  • Log in using your PPMS credentials.
Paying Invoices

By credit card or electronic check (ACH): Visit the at the 大象传媒 Marketplace.