Elsa was looking at version 1 instructions.

Robert Beattie wrote:
> I see nothing on Page I-38 of  Version 2A of the NIH Guide related to
> Congressional District.  This page deals with Type of Application and
> Type of Applicant.
>
>
> (This is the version "To be used with application packages indicating
> Version 2 and Version 2.a) November 13, 2006"
>
> found here
> http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/sf424_rr_guide_general_ver2.doc
>
>
>
> ----------------------------
>
> The discussion of Congressional District is on pages I-40 and I-41.   I
> will quote those pages again
> ----------------------------
> "14. Congressional District Applicant and Congressional District Project
> Congressional District – Applicant: Enter the Congressional District  in
> the format: 2 character State Abbreviation – 3 character District
> Number. Examples: CA-005 for California’s 5th district, CA-012 for
> California’s 12th district.
> If outside the U.S., enter 00-0000.
> To locate your congressional district, visit the Grants.gov web site.
>
> Congressional District – Project: Enter the Congressional District in
> the format: 2 character State Abbreviation – 3 character District
> Number. Examples: CA-005 for California’s 5th district, CA-012 for
> California’s 12th district.
> If all districts in a state are affected, enter “all” for the  district
> number. Example: MD-all for all congressional districts in  Maryland.
> If nationwide (all districts in all states), enter US-all.
> If the program/project is outside the U.S., enter 00-0000.
> To locate your congressional district, visit the Grants.gov web site.
> Attach an additional list of Project Congressional Districts on page  2
> (Item 21), if needed."
> -----------------------------
>
> I first thought that the "Project" data item referred to where the  work
> will be conducted.  However, note the wording in the newest  edition of
> the Guide, in particular the text associated with the line  starting the
> second example:
>
> "If all districts in a state are affected, enter “all” for the  district
> number. Example: MD-all for all congressional districts in  Maryland."
>
> I see the word "affected" there.  This leads me to infer that what is
> asked for is not where the project is conducted, but what districts  are
> "affected."  The "work " could not possibly be done in "all  districts
> in all states," yet that is an option - US-all.
>
> ----------
>
> It is true that the text of the ORIGINAL Guide, June 2006, does have
> this text on page I-38
>
> 14. Congressional District Applicant and Congressional District Project
> Enter your Congressional District in the Congressional District
> Applicant field. Enter the Congressional District of the primary site
> where the project will be performed in the Congressional District
> Project field.
> If the applicant organization is a foreign institution, enter all
> zeros. To locate your district visit http://congress.org/congressorg/
> dbq/officials/?lvl=L.
> ------------
>
> This is what gave me the original idea that the Project field  referred
> to "where the project will be performed."  However, as this  text has
> been substantially changed in the 2 and the 2a editions, I  suggest we
> use that text for making decisions.
>
> Most important is what the agencies want in this field.
> Where the project is managed
> Where the work of the project is done
> Where the project will have affect.
>
>
> Bob
> xxxxxx@umich.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Elsa Nadler wrote:
>
> Greetings, all,
> The Congressional district issue is as follows:
> 14a--the district (numeric) of the home institution...the applicant
> whose DUNS number and FEIN you use
> 14b--where the project will be conducted (it is NOT 'affected'
> districts but where the work will be done)
>
> Check page I-38 of the application guide
>
>
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>
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>
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