Hi Diane,

We're a Mac based shop and had the Virtual PC software installed to
accommodate 2 submissions through Grants.gov.  Well let me tell you it
doesn't work. We had to got out and purchase a Dell in order to do the
submissions.  Registering was another horror show. Grants.gov is not
user friendly at least to those of us living in a Mac world.

Roberta
On Oct 26, 2004, at 7:01 AM, Marie Smith wrote:

> Hi Diane,
>
> We have submitted through Grants.gov.  The biggest draw back is that,
> unlike FASTLANE, the proposal needs to reside on one machine
> in-house.  This makes it impossible for collaborators from outside
> institutions to view the proposal on-line and see the most recent
> uploaded version.  It also makes is difficult for in-house
> collaborators and members of the admin support staff to work on the
> proposal.
>
> Marie
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:28 PM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov
>
> To the Group,
>
> I am also interested in hearing about your experience with Grants.gov!
> We haven't had the opportunity to submit a proposal with this system
> yet, but I have been hearing from PI's who are preparing proposals
> that will go through this system in the next month.
>
> I'd love to hear success/horror stories.
>
> Have you been able to use the software (PureEdge Viewer) on a Mac?
> Many of our Mac users haven't been able to use Windows-based software,
> even with Windows emulation.  I know it's supposed to work, but it
> just doesn't and creates a lot of resistance to trying anything new.
>
> Thanks!
> Diane
>
> At 10/19/2004 04:36 PM, you wrote:
>
> Has anyone submitted proposals to grants.gov?  If you are willing to
> talk about your experience please email Bill Wolfinbarger with your
> contact information, and he will get back to you offline.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Wolfinbarger
> Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance
> Oregon State University
> xxxxxx@oregonstate.edu
>
>
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