Fibi Training Resources

Proposal building video covers:

• Customizing your Fibi dashboard
• Creating a new proposal
• Finding a proposal
• Personnel: adding JHU employees to a PD
• Certifications
• Budget: Creating a new budget
• Attachments: uploading, editing and deleting

The Fibi communication video covers:

• Submitting for JHU approvals
• Recalling a PD from approvals
• Service Requests: adding a new sponsor (example)
• Comments: communicating with others through Fibi
• Support: Ask a question through Fibi

The Medusa and reporting video covers:

• Seeing relationships between PD, IP, and award records

The troubleshooting video covers:

• Frozen Fibi (Firefox)
• Frozen Fibi (Chrome)
• Unlock: unlock you own lock
• Unlock: unlock another user’s lock

Printable guides are available for general Fibi tutorials, including:

• Customizing your Fibi dashboard
• Help for technical or functional issues with Fibi
• How to create a Service Request
• How to find linked records – Medusa
• How to run Other Support reports in Fibi
• How to run reports in Fibi
• Help if searches seem not to work
• Unlocking a PD in Fibi

Printable Fibi Proposal Development guides include snapshots on:

• Adding Key Personnel to a Fibi proposal
• Adding permissions (aka roles) to a PD
• Adding attachments to a PD
• Building a budget in Fibi
• Sending PI certifications in Fibi
• Changing the Lead Unit on a PD
• Copying a proposal
• Deactivate (delete) a PD
• Adding comments to a PD
• Department checklists
• Finding proposals in Fibi
• How to start a proposal record
• Viewing and/or printing the PD Summary
• How to complete PI certifications and questionnaires in Fibi
• Printing questionnaires and certifications for PI and Key Personnel
• How to complete compliance questionnaires or print blank versions
• Recalling a PD in Fibi
• Adding personnel and/or organizations to the Fibi Rolodex (if needed)

Snapshot guides for:

• Continuation/Progress Report/Modification of a Grant or Subgrant

And prior approval actions, including:

• No-Cost Extensions
• Carryover requests
• Adding a foreign component
• PI change requests
• Other types of prior approvals

Snapshot guides for School of Medicine (only) Contract Agreements, including:

• Contract Modifications
• Materials Transfer Agreements
• Unfunded Collaborations

Snapshot guides for SPSS-related requests, including:

• Requesting a new sponsor
• Submitting a pre-award request

ORIS has several draft user guides available by Fibi role:

• Department Administrators Fibi User Guide
• Fibi Validations Guide
• Central Office Research Administrators Guide (ORA and JHURA staff)

ORIS has created two full-length Fibi training videos for a more in depth review.

The Fibi Introductory Seminar video is an hour and twelve minutes long, focusing on:

1. Fibi introduction
2. Proposal Development
3. Creating Service Requests

This is the same video demonstration used for the live ORIS Introductory Seminars in MyLearning.

For a shorter overview, there is also the Fibi Quick Tour video that introduces basic functionality of proposal preparation. Please note that the Quick Tour video does not have sound, but does include written instructions throughout.

Please consult the ORIS FAQs page for a current list of questions and answers about Fibi.

Additional reference/glossary guides can be found below:

• Activity Type
• Icons
• Proposal and Service Request Type Guide
• Reports
• Roles and Rights
• Service Request Reference Guide
• Useful Links to Bookmark
• Validations – Errors and Warnings
• Widgets