We were having this same problem as well. But, through trial and error
(when calls to the NIH Commons Help Desk proved unhelpful), the
following is what worked for us:
- On the modular budget page, include any cents in your indirect costs
calculation (i.e. direct costs of 136,528 x 45% = 61,437.60).
- On the 424 face page, round down. (i.e. total costs of 150,000 +
indirect costs of 61,437 = 211,437).
We had success yesterday afternoon when applying this method.
Good luck!
Judy Lembke
Assistant Director of Grants Administration
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Marquette University
p: 414-288-0294
f: 414-288-1578
xxxxxx@marquette.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
Behalf Of Brian Turner
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:19 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NIH AREA Grant Proposal
Same problem here. No one at NIH seems to know how to fix the problem.
We cannot validate at eCOMMONS, because with errors you cannot submit.
I will continue to update all with any info. I may have. I do know that
the deadline for the R01 Grants has been extended due to similar
problems.
Brian D. Turner
Assistant Administrator
Sponsored Programs Administration
P.O. Box 6156
Mississippi State, MS 39762
PH: (662) 325-7396
Fax: (662) 325-3803
xxxxxx@spa.msstate.edu
133 Etheredge Hall, Hardy Road
>>> xxxxxx@APPSTATE.EDU 02/22/06 7:59 AM >>>
Help with the following problem will be greatly appreciated! We have
been trying since Friday to submit proposals to the NIH AREA grant
program. The consistent error message says: Indirect Cost Funds
Requested for budget year 1 must equal the product of Indirect Cost
Rate
and Indirect Cost Base for the same year-Error." To complete the PHS
398 Modular Budget form, we filled in the section for Budget Period 1,
with the Direct Costs being the total modular amount requested for the
entire period of the project; and then we completed the Indirect Costs
section by multiplying our Salary & Wages indirect cost type times the
actual figure of salaries and benefits for the entire project period,
and then we rounded the resulting figure down to a whole number for
the
Indirect Funds Requested.
My calls to the eRA Commons help line resulted in a suggestion to round
the resulting number up or to use the actual cents as well as the
dollars. Neither option worked. Now the eRA people have referred me
to
the NIH help line, and I am waiting for a call back. I am probably
overlooking something very simple, but I'm becoming a bit frantic that
our faculty members' proposals may not get submitted in time. Thank
you
all!
Jo Harris
Sponsored Programs Specialist
Office of Graduate Studies & Research
Appalachian State University
287 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-2694
======================================================================
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")
======================================================================
