We plan on submitting using grants.gov at this time.  If and when other
options are available we may consider using another method.  The number of
applications we submit to federal granting agencies dont warrant buying
vendor software at this time.  If we receive failures in the submission
process, we will regroup and try the other option of the vendors available.

Look at the discussion archives for this subject as well.

Lucretia Hollingshed
Preaward Specialist
Grants & Contracts Office
Mercer University
Macon, GA  31207
xxxxxx@mercer.edu

Angela Steltzer wrote:

> Hi all,
> I apologize for missing the discussion a few weeks ago on how different
> offices are handling grants.gov submissions.  It was recently brought to
> my attention that we may have some problems initially with the
> electronic submission.  From what I understand, a PI downloads the
> appropriate application, fills it out, and then somehow uploads it to
> the system again.  Is that right?  Our problem is that we don't believe
> that we (as administrators) can get into the system to review the
> proposal.  Our OSP has determined that it does not have the manpower
> (and frankly they don't) to address this issue.
> I am therefore asking all of you to please let me know how your
> institution is handling the electronic submission.  I must add that I
> had originally thought that grants.gov would be like NSF fastlane
> system, where pdf files are uploaded instead of on-screen typing.
> Thanks in advance for all of the advice.
>
>
>
> Angela Steltzer, J.D.
> Senior Research Administrator
> Department of Medicine
> Emory University
> 1364 Clifton Road, Suite H-153
> Atlanta, GA 30322
> Tel: 404-712-8763
> Fax: 404-727-3099
> xxxxxx@emoryhealthcare.org
>
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