eSubmission News and Updates
NIH eSubmission Items of Interest — August 18, 2006
IMPORTANT: NIH eSubmission SYSTEM ISSUE - 08/18/2006
Applications Affected:
- Submitted between July 18 and August 18, 2006
- Using “VERSION-2-FORMS”
- Applications without a Human Subject attachment
- Pay special attention to:
- PAR-06-249, receipt date 08/09/06
- PAR-06-250, receipt date 08/09/06
- PAR-06-475, receipt date 08/18/06
- RFA-HD-06-019, receipt date 08/21/06
What is the issue:
Due to an eRA system error, some of the attachments included in the PHS 398
Research Plan form are dropped during the assembly of the application image
in eRA Commons when no Human Subject attachment is present. This issue would
not have been caught by the any of the eRA system validations. Unless you
and your PIs closely reviewed your application image, you may not have noticed
attachments missing from your application. Please take a few moments to check
the integrity of your assembled applications.
This issue will be addressed in a software release that will be deployed
this weekend (8/18-8/20).
What to do:
Contact the eRA Commons help desk immediately to document that you have been
affected by this system issue.
eRA Commons Help Desk
Phone: 301-402-7469, 1-866-504-9552
Web: http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/
If your application status is “Pending Verification” (i.e., within
the two weekday viewing window), reject the application submission immediately
and wait until Monday, August 21 to submit a changed/corrected application.
Don’t forget to mention the system issue in your cover letter and carefully
review your application image after resubmitting.
If your application status is “Submission Complete” or a grant
number is assigned (i.e. after the two weekday viewing window), the application
has already moved forward to Receipt and Referral. You will need to work directly
with your Scientific Review Administrator (SRA) for appropriate instructions
on how to get the additional information added to your application submission.
One more time for the road….Carefully check your assembled application
images!!!
