Re: NIH AREA Grant Proposal Lembke, Judith 22 Feb 2006 11:20 EST
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") ======================================================================