More importantly, was this reported to NIH Help Desk?

When you resubmitted, was this after deleting the periods in the
institution name?  Did this work?

Charlie Hathaway wrote:
> I'm reluctant to say this...but I don't believe it.  Maybe the NIH has
> started enforcing this now...because I know we have submitted narratives
> that had 4-5 sentences.  BUT...wouldn't this mean that a computer is
> READING the narrative PDF???  Does Commons work that way?
>
> Could you tell us the exact text of the error?
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
>> Thus far, we have submitted 63 Challenge Grant applications to NIH.  Just
>> wanted to let everyone know about a new error that we have discovered.
>> For the 2-3 sentence Project Narrative, if you have any initials with
>> periods in the 3 sentences, you will get an error requiring resubmission.
>> The periods are counted and even though we only had 3 sentences, the PI
>> had referenced the institutional name that included 2 initials/periods.
>>
>> Melinda T. Cotten       |       Executive Director
>> PHONE: 713.792.3220   FAX: 713.794.4535
>> OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS- Unit 176
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
>>
>>
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