Steve,

See below.

Phil

Steven Etheredge wrote:
> This is a series of questions for institutions who accept federal
> (especially NIH) awards through a separate research foundation:
>
> 1.    Do you submit NIH/Grants.gov proposals using your research
> foundation as the applicant organization rather than the university?
> Through the RF
>
> 2.    If you do, have you had problems with the NIH Commons
> verification process due to discrepancies in institutional data
> between the proposal and the Commons database (DUNS, etc)? No
>
> 3.    If you have encountered such discrepancies, how have you
> resolved them?
>
> 4.    Does your research foundation accept federal awards for more
> than one institution? Yes
> 5.    Have you encountered issues with other federal agency proposals
> through Grants.gov due to use of a research foundation as the
> applicant institution? No
>
> We have encountered several issues now that federal proposals are
> going through computer validation (ala NIH Commons) processes, rather
> than a human review where some discretion can be applied to data
> discrepancies.  The fact that NIH has declined to allow registration
> of research foundations in the Commons has lead to most of these issues.
>
> Your responses will be appreciated.
>
> Steve Etheredge
>
>
>
> R. Steven Etheredge, CRA
> Director, Pre-Award Services
> Sponsored Awards Management
> University of South Carolina
> (803) 777-4457
> (803) 777-4136 fax
> xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu>
>
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