The language used by HRSA here is similar to that used by many
agencies whose staff do not understand the Grants.gov registration
process for universities. There is confusion about who registers and
who submits.  Consider that a grants officer person is reading the
text, however, instead of the PI.  The instructions are appropriate
for those people.

Some agencies, such as NIH, are using much better language that
implies that the AOR's are in the Grants Office (GO) and the PI
should consult with that office regarding submission.  Until agencies
come to understand how the university process works or the whole
registration business is "old hat" then it is important for GO staff
to make the business process at their institutions clear to their PI's.

If the e-BizPOC (or for the benefit of those who do not like acronyms
-- Electronic Business Point of Contact) is in the Grants Office
(hopefully) or some other business office, then PI's cannot be
anointed as an AOR.

I suggest that GO staff not worry about what the agencies say about
local procedures but stick to (and promulgate) their own business rules.

Bob
xxxxxx@umich.edu

On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Carole Knight wrote:

Good morning Colleagues,
I'm writing to ask if anyone else is experiencing problems with
faculty interpreting the HRSA guidelines for submitting to
grants.gov.  It seems that the guidelines imply that faculty need to
register as AOR's to submit their grants.  We have held the position
that only authorized administrators (authorized by the institution)
can be AOR's (as the title implies) and are able to sign and submit
grants through grants.gov.  The wording that is troubling on HRSA's
most recent guidelines, including Grants to Support Graduate
Psychology Education, Announcement Number HRSA-07-103, is the following:

Once the CCR Registration is complete, your organization is finished
registering. You must now register yourself with Grants.gov and
establish yourself as an AOR, an individual authorized to submit
grant applications on behalf of your organization. There are two
elements required to complete this step — both must be completed to
move onto Step 3.

1. *Obtain your username and password*

In order to safeguard the security of your electronic information,
and to submit a Federal grant application via Grants.gov, you must
first obtain a username and password from the Grants.gov Credential
Provider....

We keep telling our faculty they aren't really required to register,
but they keep doing it anyway.  And we keep denying their requests on
grants.gov.  The faculty are getting very concerned that they aren't
following the guidelines to the letter, which we always tell them to do.

Is anyone else having this difficulty?  Thanks for your help,
comments, etc.

Carole
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