Re: help with grants.gov Molly Daniel 18 Mar 2009 10:42 EST
Amen! If small universities/institutes are frustated with the grants.gov issues, consider the predicament of the many small, not-for-profit organizations, remote county or municipal entities, community partnerships, etc., who do not actually employ a single person whose sole task is grant development. I am thankful everyday for the universities and other organizations with larger grant-funded enterprises who have taken the brunt of this fiasco and raised a cry on behalf of the whole community. Bless your pea-picking hearts! If not for your comments on RESADM-L, as well as discussions at NCURA and SRA, I would not have learned how to prepare my own organization for this brave new world. I know that there are millions and millions of grant dollars at stake in your respective operations and that dozens of proposals a week (or day) go through your hands. They are critical requests. For those of us with smaller operations, the effort to prepare and submit a single federal proposal can be daunting, if not overwhelming. I wonder if the administrators of Grants.gov have considered the potential disparity created by these added technology challenges? -------------------------------- Molly Daniel Grants Specialist Planning Department Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Mattoon, IL 61938 voice 217-258-2195, fax 258-4135 email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Lemire, Francois D. Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:48 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] help with grants.gov I couldn't agree more (coming from a small university)! Francois D. Lemire Director Office of Sponsored Programs Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609-2280 Tel. 508-831-5359 Fax. 508-831-5789 Website: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/OSP/ -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Lesley Zajac Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:30 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] help with grants.gov I contacted g.g help desk to get a case number, and was told "your package is just messed up". When I asked what that meant exactly I was informed that someone other than me must have opened the package in an unsupported version of adobe and that I should download a new application, re-enter all of the information and try again. when I pointed out that I was the only person to work in the package and that we use Adobe 9.0 and 9.1 (both of which are supported) I was then told to "try and resubmit". I have resubmitted. The package has been received and is now undergoing validation. This is a small company with a VERY small research admin office and we have lots of other responsibilities besides submitting applications - pre-award, post-award, human resources, accounts payables and receivables, IRB, etc. etc. It is inconceivable to me that anyone at g.g thinks that this is an appropriate way for any of us to spend our time. Lesley S. Zajac Director, Research Administration Jaeb Center for Health Research 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 350 Tampa, FL 33647 Tel: 813.975.8690 Fax: 813.975.8761 www.jaeb.org xxxxxx@jaeb.org -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Robert R Beattie 1 Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:47 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] help with grants.gov This was the error du jour yesterday. Looks like it will be haunting us today! First option is to just resubmit. If that fails the second time, then try redoing the application from a fresh download. It is a shame that General Dynamics Information Technology cannot get this system fixed. Bob University of Michigan On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:13:17 -0400, Lesley Zajac <xxxxxx@JAEB.ORG> wrote: > I submitted my first application to g.g this morning. I received the > following errors and have no idea what they mean. I have been > following the discussions on the list and know that there are often > issues with false errors. I did not submit a modular budget, so I > don't understand the references to modular budgets. I have emailed > g.g for assistance, but hope that those of you with far more > experience with g.g can help me resolve this. > > > Error:Schema validation failed > DefaultValidationHandler found 16 problems: > 16 Errors: > 1: (line 2 column 113275) cvc-minLength-valid: Value '' with length = > '0' is not facet-valid with respect to minLength '1' for type > 'StringMin1Max255Type'. > 2: (line 2 column 113275) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'att:FileName' is not valid. > 3: (line 2 column 113364) cvc-minLength-valid: Value '' with length = > '0' is not facet-valid with respect to minLength '1' for type > 'StringMin1Max255Type'. > 4: (line 2 column 113364) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'att:MimeType' is not valid. > 5: (line 2 column 117623) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a valid > value for 'decimal'. > 6: (line 2 column 117623) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:DirectCostLessConsortiumFandA' is not valid. > 7: (line 2 column 117677) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a valid > value for 'decimal'. > 8: (line 2 column 117677) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:TotalFundsRequestedDirectCosts' is not valid. > 9: (line 2 column 117773) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a valid > value for 'decimal'. > 10: (line 2 column 117773) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:TotalFundsRequestedDirectIndirectCosts' is not > valid. > 11: (line 2 column 117955) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a > valid value for 'decimal'. > 12: (line 2 column 117955) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:CumulativeDirectCostLessConsortiumFandA' > is not valid. > 13: (line 2 column 118019) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a > valid value for 'decimal'. > 14: (line 2 column 118019) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:CumulativeTotalFundsRequestedDirectCosts' > is not valid. > 15: (line 2 column 118091) cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '' is not a > valid value for 'decimal'. > 16: (line 2 column 118091) cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element > 'PHS398_ModularBudget:CumulativeTotalFundsRequestedDirectIndirectCosts' > is not valid. > > > Lesley S. 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