Re: false Commons error message? non-match to parent budget form Lenox, Janis 20 Feb 2009 11:47 EST
Someone has probably written the software to "match" to prior submission without accounting for nulls where there is nothing prior to match. Their programmers need to get back to work. Thanks! Janis Lenox, Director, Contracts & Grants NCIRE - The Veterans Health Research Institute San Francisco VA Medical Center 4150 Clement Street, 151 NC San Francisco, CA 94121-1545 Office: 415-750-6954, ext. 5536 Fax: 415-750-9358 Email: xxxxxx@ncire.org website: www.ncire.org Confidentiality Notice This e-mail transmission may contain confidential or legally privileged information that is intended only for the individual or entity named in the e-mail address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so that we can arrange for proper delivery, and then please delete the message from your inbox. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Jean C. Linder Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:33 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] false Commons error message? non-match to parent budget form Dear Colleagues- Last night I got a fatal error message from the eRA Commons that appears to be a mistake. The Commons help desk does not understand it either, and is continuing to research the problem, but I wondered if any of you had a similar experience, and if you found a solution. We submitted a "revision" (competing supplement) proposal via Grants.gov under RFA-AR-09-001. The instructions say to use a modular budget if you did so in the parent grant, but to use a detailed budget if that was what was submitted with the parent. Our error message was: "The parent grant for this revision uses the non-modular format; therefore, this application may include a detailed R&R budget component only." However, our last competing renewal application DID NOT USE the non-modular format. Perhaps there is a programming mistake in their validation process. I'm not sure how they would determine this anyway, as our last competing submission was done on paper PHS 398 forms, with only eSNAPs and minority supplements submitted since. Any helpful comments? Thanks. -Jean PS- My Grants.gov log-in and submission worked the first time, and all emails arrived within 20 minutes! What a shock to have the problems occur with the NIH validation! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jean C. Linder Contract & Grant Officer Univ. of California, San Diego Ofc. of Contract & Grant Admin. voice: (858) 534-0244 9500 Gilman Drive, 0934 fax: (858) 534-0280 La Jolla, CA 92093-0934 e-mail: xxxxxx@ucsd.edu OVERNIGHT MAIL DELIVERY ADDRESS: 10300 North Torrey Pines Road, Second Floor La Jolla, CA 92037 OCGA Web Site: http://ocga3.ucsd.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ====================================================================== 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") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================