Re: HRSA guidelines issue Robert Beattie 22 Jan 2007 12:34 EST
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 ====================================================================== I nstructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== <knightcl.vcf> ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================