eSubmission News and Updates
NIH eSubmission Items of Interest — November 27, 2006
Hot off the Wires…Special Electronic Submission Edition of the Extramural Nexus
I hope all of you already subscribe to the NIH Extramural Nexus, but just in case you missed it, check out this special edition …
The November 2006 issue of the NIH Extramural Nexus, a special issue focused on Electronic Submission of R01 Grant Applications, is now available at the following URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/partners/1106Nexus.htm
November 2006 Contents:
- News From the Director of OER: NIH Will Begin Accepting R01 Grant Applications Electronically on February 5, 2007
- Electronic Submission of R01 Grant Applications: The Process
- NIH Will NOT Penalize You for Grants.gov or eRA Commons System Issues
- Unsolicited Applications: Use "Parent" Announcements
- NIH Training: Preparing for NIH Electronic Grant Application
- NIH On-Time Submission Flexibility during the eSubmission Learning Curve
- Options for Macintosh Users
- Electronic Submission Questions: Who, What, Where
- Multiple PI Option Available February
- Most Popular Pages on the Electronic Submission Web Site
- NIH Guide Notices
- Feedback
- Print Version
When Bad Things Happen to Good Systems
Yes, sometimes bad things happen and electronic systems have
problems. The bottom line is NIH has contingency plans in place to make sure
applicants are not penalized when system issues prevent application submission.
Last week Grants.gov experienced a system issue that affected the ability
to process system-to-system transactions both from applicants to Grants.gov
and from Grants.gov to agencies. From the morning of Wednesday, November 22
through the afternoon of Friday, November 24, NIH was unable to pull and process
applications queued to Grants.gov. Applicants that rely on system-to-system
solutions were unable to submit. We invoked our contingency plans and receipt
deadlines that fell within the downtime were extended to the next business
day for system-to-system users. Although form-based application submissions
made it to Grants.gov during this period and received their on-time timestamp,
those applications were not processed by NIH within the one business day target
and applicants experienced a delay in response from NIH.
This is not the first time Grants.gov or eRA Commons has experienced a system
issue and I’m sure it won’t be the last time either…though
I hope they are few and far between.
Sheri
NIH Electronic Submission Team
