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We made it to February. January was a tough month of bad weather made even worse by being 31 days long. But now the semester is in full swing! We trust InfoReady is helping you make the most efficient use of your time and energy.
This month's newsletter is packed with important product information, lots of webinars and a fun "game break" at the end. Need information we didn't cover in this issue? You can always reach out to your account manager or email us at info@inforeadycorp.com. We're ready to help.
The New InfoReady Homepage & Federal Accessibility Guidelines
New federal web accessibility guidelines for public institutions take effect April 24, 2026, requiring state and local government websites and mobile apps to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. For over a year, InfoReady has dedicated part of every release to enhancing accessibility across the platform, helping our partners stay compliant. A key result of this work is the new InfoReady homepage experience, designed to better support these updated requirements.
Read the blog post to see what’s changing and how it can help your team prepare.
New Tool Spotlight: Simplify Your Nominations Process
Running nomination-based programs often means tracking emails, chasing missing information, and cleaning up inconsistent submissions. The new InfoReady Nominations Tool helps administrators collect complete, structured nominations in one streamlined workflow without inbox overload. Designed for awards, honors, and recognition programs, the tool ensures accurate person data and reduces follow-up work for your team. The Nominations Tool can be added to your existing InfoReady license. See the flyer for more information and pricing.
Download the Nominations Tool information sheet to learn more.
PEER SPOTLIGHT: Inside the Research Office
February 26 |1:00pm ET |60 minutes
Hear how Virginia Tech, Medical University of South Carolina, and University of Nevada Las Vegas use InfoReady to replace manual processes with scalable, transparent progresses, freeing up time for strategic work.
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TRAINING: Migrating Opportunities to Form Designer Template - Advanced Tips & Tricks
March 6 |1:00pm ET |60 minutes
InfoReady will be retiring the Funding and General templates on 7/1/26.
Join this webinar for an in-depth look at all the tools and features the Form Designer Template provides, including conditional logic and hiding fields from reviewers.
This session is geared toward Administrators that have started transitioning some of their programs or processes but need to create more advanced forms or want to do a deep dive on their options.
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WHAT'S NEW: First Quarter 2026
March 17 |1:00pm ET |60 minutes
InfoReady will be retiring the Funding and General templates on 7/1/26.
Join this webinar for an in-depth look at all the tools and features the Form Designer Template provides, including conditional logic and hiding fields from reviewers.
This session is geared toward Administrators that have started transitioning some of their programs or processes but need to create more advanced forms or want to do a deep dive on their options.
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JOINT PEER SPOTLIGHT: Where Tech Meets Talent
March 19 |1:00pm ET |60 minutes
Join us for a joint NORDP-InfoReady webinar with Brian Evans, PhD, Assistant Director, Strategic Research Initiatives at University of Memphis.
Brian will discuss the rapid growth research development at University of Memphis and how technology like InfoReady has enabled that growth.
Webinar will be hosted by Max Dynerman of InfoReady.
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Product News: In this Release
Retiring the General & Funding Templates
With the new year comes the time to move on to new things. Like moving existing competitions and opportunities from the General and Funding templates to the Form Designer template.
Form Designer is rich in features and functionality, so we want everyone to have access to all it offers. In fact, the product feedback we've received from admins over the years about the Funding and General templates was used to create Form Designer. With that in mind, we will be retiring the Funding and General templates at the end of June 2026.
Between now and July 1, 2026:
- We encourage you to only use the Form Designer to create new competitions and opportunities.
- Proactively, please begin migrating any competitions currently using the Funding or General templates to Form Designer, especially any you typically only use during the summer and fall semesters.
After July 1, attempting to create a new opportunity from one previously built on the General or Funding templates will automatically take admins through the upgrade process prior to launching. This includes draft opportunities, copying previously launched opportunities, and saved custom templates.
Have questions or need some guidance? Sign up for our webinar, Migrating to Form Designer, on Tuesday, 2/10 at 1pm ET. Sign up here.
Important: You will continue to be able to manage any previously launched opportunities built on the Funding or General template for the duration of those opportunities, including access to Progress Reports.
For complete information on the upgrade process, see Transferring Existing Opportunities to the Form Designer Template on the InfoReady Support Portal.
Accessibility
- We continue to make accessibility improvements across the platform. We are working diligently to ensure your InfoReady tenant meets the new requirements coming in April 2026.
- If you spot a specific accessibility issue at any time, please submit a ticket to the support team.
- We have updated the VPAT, which can always be found by clicking the “Accessibility” link in the lower right corner of your InfoReady site.
As always the full Release Notes are published on morning of release. Bookmark Release Notes on our Support Portal to read current and previous release notes.
Just for Fun: Mini Computer Games for Mini Breaks
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Here's a surprisingly large collection of very short, mini games to play when you need a break. Or need to know how fast you can click on one spot. Minitap.app
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