Contract and Grant News

eRA Reminder: Do Not Bookmark eRA Commons Login Page Friday, April 26, 2013 With our latest release last week, we would like to take a moment to remind you again not to bookmark your eRA Commons login page. As we shared with you in a news message in September 2012, book marking your login page […]

eRA Alert: RPPR Errantly Made Available for Non-SNAP Eligible Awards Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Due to a technical issue, eRA Commons is currently allowing for the initiation of a Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for non-SNAP awards.  Per Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-035, the RPPR process can only be used for SNAP and Fellowship awards.  We are

eRA Enhancement: Meeting Date Available Earlier to PIs on Status Information Screen Tuesday, April 23, 2013 We are pleased to inform you that thanks to an enhancement included in last week’s system-wide software release, the review meeting date on the Status Information screen in eRA Commons is now displayed as soon as the date is

The campus has arranged with Community of Science for a special 90-day free trial of COS Pivot, which provides a searchable funding opportunities database, a faculty profiles database, and a virtual space for sharing funding opportunities with colleagues.   UCI faculty, staff, and students can access COS Pivot from on-campus computers simply by going to

FYI: Notice of NIAMS Policy for Submission of Applications Containing Clinical Trials (NOT-AR-13-015)National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Effectively immediately, NIAMS will not accept investigator-initiated R01 applications and subsequent revisions containing clinical trials.   Please note that NIH’s definition of a clinical trial is broader than most:   “A clinical trial is

eRA Information: Ext-UAT (Commons & ASSIST Demo Environments) Scheduled Downtime for Wed, Apr. 10 Friday April 5, 2013 This is to notify you that the External User Acceptance Test (Ext-UAT) environment, which includes eRA Commons and ASSIST Demo environments, will be down all day on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in preparation for the April system-wide

Dear Kuali Coeus Users, In preparation for the planned Kuali Coeus roll-out to all departments by May 31, 2013, OIT needs to migrate the current Oracle database to a more robust server.  In order to prevent lost data, KC will not be available between the hours of 8:00PM and 9:00PM on Wednesday, 04/03. Please be

Dear Colleagues:  Have you prepared a proposal and questioned whether or not you should track cost sharing as a part of the application? Here is a short 2-minute video clip that describes the difference between quantified and non-quantified cost sharing. If you have any questions about cost sharing, please feel free to contact your Contract

Dear UCI Principal Investigators and Contract and Grant Administrators: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is happy to announce that project reporting has successfully transitioned to Research.gov. This means that you will now log in to Research.gov to prepare and submit your final, annual, and interim project reports. You will also continue to use Research.gov to

eRA Reminder: eRA Commons & ASSIST Offline Overnight Saturday, March 23 Thursday, March 21, 2013   Just a reminder that eRA Commons and ASSIST will be offline overnight during the weekend of March 23-24.   We are sorry for any inconvenience.    (Original message sent Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:32AM) eRA Information: eRA Commons &