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Staff Researcher Costs Forecaster App

Created in collaboration UCC Finance Department using Power Apps, SharePoint and Power Automate with assistance in creation from CoPilot. The app calculates staff research costs based on user selected inputs such a role type, proposed duration of employment by month, start date, inflation and percentage full time costs.

It previews forecasted researcher staff costs instantly and outputs figures formatted for research proposals.

The app is in pilot testing phase, and will be operational over the summer initially available to UCC researchers for time saving assistance with their research proposals.