Re: Grants.gov issues and problems Robert Beattie 08 Nov 2005 10:03 EST
Note that the Grants.gov Director said at the September FDP meeting that they would be offering a temporary Citrix solution by December 1, 2005. This is being done with help from NIH eRA staff. Moreover, she said that PureEdge would have a native Mac (and other non- windows) solution by November of 2006. Too bad that is a month after the Big R01 deadline. Also, are you really planning to have PI "submit applications from their own computers?" Perhaps you might want to have the grants office staff submit the applications. Nevertheless, the PI's and their support staff will need to be able to download the application files with PureEdge in order to complete them. Bob xxxxxx@umich.edu On Nov 8, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Jon Hart wrote: Our biggest problem is that 50% of our investigators use the MAC platform, and grants.gov (specifically the PureEdge software) is designed to be used with a Windows PC. The MAC "fix" doesn't really work, and we are looking into buying a Citrix server (approx. $40K), buying everyone a PC, and other ways to allow MAC users to submit applications from their own computers. Major, major problem for us. Joni. Jon Hart, M.P.A., C.I.P. Senior Director Office of Sponsored Programs Administration Human Subjects Protections Program The Rockefeller University email: xxxxxx@mail.rockefeller.edu Tel: (212) 327-8054; fax: (212) 327-8400 -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of Rochelle R Athey Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:04 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov issues and problems Dear all: The State of Texas has been offered the opportunity to meet with GAO to discuss implementation issues related to PL106-107 and the Governor's Office graciously invited UT Austin to participate in the opportunity to share information with GAO. This is a great opportunity to be heard by an organization that might be able to help us with Grants.gov implementation. I have collected information about Grants.gov issues from the FDP website and NCURA (and I have scoured resadm-l archives). Nevertheless, I would like to obtain more data from you, the people who most often work with Grants.gov and ponder its usefulness or lack thereof. Do any of you have a summary list of Grants.gov problems available? I have already noted in my written materials for GAO that there are issues with bandwidth, difficulties with the SF424 R&R, CCR registration problems, and communication problems between federal agencies and Grants.gov on what is needed to move forward on the project. What else should I communicate? GAO seems particularly interested in the following problems (not exclusively focused on Grants.gov): the proliferation of agency electronic systems, system-to-system interfaces with Grants.gov, and lack of coordination among federal agencies re information to be submitted. Please forward comments and concerns to me prior to November 11th so I can include them in the discussion with GAO. Thanks in advance for your help! Rochelle R. Athey The University of Texas at Austin Associate Director, Sponsored Projects PO Box 7726 Austin, TX 78713-7726 512-471-6448 512-471-6564 fax ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================