I *am* an AOR for Grants.gov; the AO designation is for NIH (my
original concern).  In my first reply I stated that I first contacted
GG and *they* suggested I also consult NIH.  Seemed sensible to
me.   I did not come on this forum for a debate, only to help someone
out with my own experience.  For my own purposes I shall of course
take no one's word but that of GG and NIH (vs. anyone's quotes from
said agencies).

At 02:01 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
>NIH doesn't decide who can submit an application via
>Grants.gov.  Grants.gov decides. And Grants.gov says you must be
>designated an "AOR" by your instituion.  You may also be an NIH AO,
>or an NIH SO, or the coach of a Little league team.  But what
>matters is that you are an AOR.
>
>I have an NIH Help Desk email that says "Spaces in pdf file names
>should be ok."   Yeee...yah.
>
>CH
>
>At 04:18 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
> >I called the Commons Help Desk again (spoke to James), presented
> an embellished question and received the following reply which I
> may very well frame and hang.  I am cutting and pasting from the
> email sent to me from the help desk.
> >
> >Carmen Silva, USF OSP
> >****************************************************
> >
> >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:49:40 -0400
> >From: "NIH Help Desk Notifications (DO NOT REPLY)"
> <xxxxxx@mail.nih.gov>
> >Subject: eRA Commons Help Desk: Ticket Closure Confirmation - # ST2140407
> >To: xxxxxx@usfca.edu
> >
> >Dear Carmen Silva,
> >
> >The eRA Commons Help Desk has completed your service ticket
> requesting the following assistance:
> >
> >customer needed to know if the application she submitted would go
> thru, because AO's cannot submit to the NIH.
> >
> >For your convenience the technician's resolution comments are
> provided below:
> >
> >informed the caller, that when submitting to NIH as far as
> progress reports, and JIT information only the SO can submit, but
> submitting grant applications she is allowed to do so.
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Help Desk:
> >Web: http://era.nih.gov
> >Email: xxxxxx@od.nih.gov
> >Phone: 301-402-7469
> >866-504-9552 (Toll Free)
> >301-451-5939 (TTY - Hearing Impaired Individuals Only)
> >
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