You saved me a half a day!
Thank you.

Lewis, Alexandra wrote:

> We are struggling with this new system at UNF as well… we're on our
> fourth try for one proposal... and here I thought the third time was
> always the charm J
>
> I don't know how long exactly it takes to move into the Commons
> system; but be sure you've checked the little box on the search page
> that says "Show eSubmission Errors" or you won't see the proposal if
> it has an error.
>
> Took me half a day to figure out to check that little box!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Alexia Lewis
>
> Assistant Director, Pre-Award Services
>
> Division of Sponsored Research & Training
>
> University of North Florida
>
> 4567 St Johns Bluff Road South
>
> Jacksonville, FL 32224
>
> Phone: 904-620-2445
>
> Fax: 904-620-2457
>
> xxxxxx@unf.edu
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
> Behalf Of Marcia Hamm Groover
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:45 AM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NIH AREA Grant Proposal
>
> All, anyone - Another question:
>
> How soon after successful submission can the package be viewed on the
>
> NIH Commons?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marcia
>
> Cathy Kelly wrote:
>
>> I received the same warning message and did the same thing that Craig
>
>> did.
>
>> Cathy
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Reynolds, Craig A. wrote:
>
>>
>
>>> All,
>
>>>
>
>>> This solution worked. The proposal passed the Commons validation check.
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> Since the AREA guidelines direct us to enter the entire budget in Year
>
>>> 1, I have been ignoring the warning that "Direct cost requests are
>
>>> limited to $150k a year for AREA grants. Applications that exceed this
>
>>> limit may be delayed in the peer review process or rejected." Are
>
>>> others doing the same?
>
>>>
>
>>> Craig
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>
>>> From: Reynolds, Craig A. Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:33 AM
>
>>> To: 'Research Administration Discussion List'
>
>>> Subject: RE: [RESADM-L] NIH AREA Grant Proposal
>
>>>
>
>>> By the way, if it comes down to it, I am going to fudge the indirect
>
>>> cost base down to the penny so that the calculation comes out to a whole
>
>>> dollar value.
>
>>>
>
>>> Craig
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>
>>> From: Reynolds, Craig A. Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:36 AM
>
>>> To: 'Research Administration Discussion List'
>
>>> Subject: RE: [RESADM-L] NIH AREA Grant Proposal
>
>>>
>
>>> Jo,
>
>>>
>
>>> You're not alone! I have encountered the same problem with one of my
>
>>> AREA submissions (three others went through just fine), as have Bob
>
>>> Chestnut at Eastern Illinois and Liz Lieberman from Wellesley. Probably
>
>>> others as well. If anyone gets some advice from the Commons Help Desk
>
>>> that seems to work, please share with the rest of us.
>
>>>
>
>>> I'm still waiting for a call back from the Help Desk.
>
>>>
>
>>> Craig
>
>>>
>
>>> --
>
>>> Craig Reynolds / Office of Research & Sponsored Programs / Central
>
>>> Michigan University / Foust 251 / Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 / T:
>
>>> 989.774.3859 / F: 989.774.3439 / E: xxxxxx@cmich.edu
>
>>>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>
>>> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
>
>>> Behalf Of Jo Harris
>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:59 AM
>
>>> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>
>>> Subject: [RESADM-L] NIH AREA Grant Proposal
>
>>>
>
>>> 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
>
>>>
>
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