Re: NEH Summer Stipend Application submission issue Dawn Underwood 28 Sep 2007 14:09 EST

Diana,

Although it is impossible to be sure from a distance, I think Kate is
right. The only software that will save the data you fill in to the form
is the writer, not the reader. If your version 8 is only the reader, it
will have to revert to the version 7 writer to save the info.

Dawn

Dawn Underwood, Director
Sponsored Programs
IRB Administrator
Erickson Hall 511
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana
Phone: 812-237-3088
Fax: 812-237-3092

>>> "Vincelli, Diana" <xxxxxx@RICHMOND.EDU> 9/28/2007 3:00 PM >>>
But the form is already a pdf - a fillable form - when you download it
from the NEH website.

You get the feeling that the folks that dream up these application
procedures and rules don't test them out first!

That can't be right. I know the folks at NEH are pretty frustrated,
because they have been fielding a lot of phone calls!

Diana Thompson Vincelli
Director of Grant Support
Office of Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations
G-14 Maryland Hall
University of Richmond, VA  23173
804.289.8005; fax 804.289-8943
xxxxxx@richmond.edu
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/grants

________________________________

From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Katie Hudson
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:56 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NEH Summer Stipend Application submission
issue

Reader won't allow you to create a pdf.  Your computer is using its
only
PDF-making software--Adobe Professional 7.0--to save the form.  You'll
need to use Adobe Acrobat or Professional 8.0 to produce a form in
8.0.
Good luck!
-Katie

At 11:44 AM 9/28/2007, you wrote:

I have Adobe 8 Reader on my computer, as well as Adobe Professional
7.0
So even if I fill in the document in 8.0, it always saves it in 7.0,
and
there is no remedy to this that my help desk knows of. I have asked
NEH
(yesterday am) if I may scan the filled in document and then up load,
but they haven't answered me yet.
Does anyone have a solution?
This is a big pain!

Diana

Diana Thompson Vincelli
Director of Grant Support
Office of Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations
G-14 Maryland Hall
University of Richmond, VA  23173
804.289.8005; fax 804.289-8943
xxxxxx@richmond.edu
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/grants

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [ mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org
<mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org> ] On
Behalf Of McWhorter,Sharon
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:50 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NEH Summer Stipend Application submission
issue

We had the same problem. Once I downloaded the 8.0 reader and then
downloaded the form with that, it went in just fine. I hope grants.gov
and NEH (and any other agencies out there!) can get on the same page
with the version they require for submissions.

Sharon McWhorter
Associate Director
Research Services and Sponsored Programs
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-2102
-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [ mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org
<mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org> ] On
Behalf Of Deborah Lundin
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:26 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NEH Summer Stipend Application submission
issue

Deb,

I just worked with one of our faculty nominees and ran into the same
issue.
All the documents (minus the Supplemental info form) were converted
using
Adobe 7, but I had to seek out a computer with Adobe 8 for the
Supplemental
info form.

My thought on the g.g use of Adobe 7.0.9 and NEH Adobe 8 is this:
since
the
form is an attachment (and not part of the shell g.g package) the form
should come through successfully.

I guess if it doesn't, NEH is more than aware that this is an issue
that
shouldn't penalize the applicant (that would be my HOPE).  I have had
several communications with NEH on this issue.

Also note that the applicants will not receive the final g.g email
that
says
that the grantor agency has assigned the proposal a tracking number
until
after October 2.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you think I can provide any
more
info:  xxxxxx@uncp.edu.

Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [ mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org
<mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org> ] On
Behalf Of
Deb Gould
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:58 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] NEH Summer Stipend Application submission issue

Hi,

Does anyone have advice on how to successfully submit the NEH Summer
Stipend application through grants.gov?  We have faculty members
trying
to submit for next week's deadline who registered for g.g individually.

One of the forms in the application package, the Supplemental
Information form for Individuals, must, according to the guidelines,
be
downloaded and saved in Adobe 8.0.  Unless that happens, according to
NEH, the form can't be saved.  We have Adobe 7.0.  While the
application
submitted today passed successfully through g.g, it was rejected by
NEH
because that pdf form was improperly saved.    If I can obtain 8.0 to
successfully save the form, will it be accepted in g.g even though
they
say 7.0.9 is their preferred version?  Neither the NEH or grants.gov
help desks would commit on this question.

I'd appreciate any advice/opinions.

Thanks!

Deb

Deborah Gould
Assistant Director for Grant Services
Sponsored Programs
SUNY New Paltz
HAB 805, 1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY  12561
tel. (845) 257-3281

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