Life Sciences Financial Services
Quick Links
LSFS Office Contact: (847) 491-4215 or email life-sciences@northwestern.edu.
Office Hours: Monday- Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- iBuy: Northwestern’s online marketplace of preferred vendors. Requires security forms. iBuy should be used before using the LSFS Purchase Order System.
- Life Sciences Purchase Order Request System
- Finance Facilities and Research Administration: Information and Training Guides on Northwestern Financial Systems.
- NUPortal: The dashboard used to access financial system applications.
- Northwestern Procurement and Payment Services: General information and guidelines on purchasing at Northwestern.
Purchasing
LSFS Office staff officially makes all purchases. Students, staff, faculty, and post-docs can only request a purchase through iBuyNU or the LSFS Purchase System (PO system) and are not authorized to order directly from the company.
- Financial Systems Training
- NU PO Terms & Conditions
- Ordering: Orders are not faxed by the LSFS office, but rather they are automatically faxed by Purchasing upon approval of the order.
- Lab Supply Stockroom (On Campus): Follow the instructions in the Lab Supply Stockroom link.
- Order Lab Gas & Dry Ice Lab gas will require a chart-string # to proceed with a purchase.
- Tax Exempt Status Information
Payroll
- Time & Leave Entry: Kronos Java|Non-Java (Human Resources)
- Employee Tax Information (Human Resources)
- E-Verify/I-9 (Human Resources)
- Personal Data Form (Human Resources)
- Work-Study Authorization (Financial Aid)
- Work-Study Program (Financial Aid)