We had the same problem. Our PI filled his information in this section
by mistake (this was his first Grants.gov application) and when we tried
to delete it -- all the fields became required. I offered the two
solutions -- starting over or filling in n/a in all the fields and
uploading a "blank" biosketch.

He didn't want to submit his proposal with the n/a fields (which I
agreed with), so we started over. Thank goodness he had listened to us
and started his proposal early.

I felt terrible having to tell him we couldn't correct what was really a
very simple mistake.

Bob Beattie wrote:
> Janet's suggestion is a possible "kludge" for the Grants.gov giant bug
> in the system, but when I have suggested this, the Research staff have
> said that the PI did not want such a sloppy looking form. If anyone
> does this, the attached "biosketch" page should explain what is being
> done, or the agency might think you forgot something. I have suggested
> that you just state the problem and what you did.
>
> Still, isn't it pretty sad that we have to do all this or a new form
> to make up for an error that General Dynamics IT should just fix.
>
> I strongly urge everyone who uses Grants.gov to submit a An Applicant
> Enhancement Form.
> get it here
> http://www07.grants.gov/agencies/applicant_user_feedback.jsp
>
> Use some text like below for Item 1
> " This is a request that you fix a SERIOUS ERROR in the Key Person
> form. Allow for the removal of Key Persons, including just one such
> person. Or allow for the removal of an accidental picking of Role on
> Project. There should be an option for an empty field for this
> element. Otherwise, once a role is picked it cannot be removed. Then,
> the entire form must be redone."
>
> Item 2: "Fixing this serious error by GDIT will keep users from
> redoing a whole form." Same for Item 3.
>
> If a couple hundred users send in such forms, I would like to know how
> they can avoid fixing. Thanks
>
> Bob
> ------------------------------
> Robert Beattie
> UMich e-Business Point of Contact
> UMich Grants.gov Liaison
> Managing Senior Project Representative for Electronic Research
> Administration
> Division of Research Development and Administration
> University of Michigan
> xxxxxx@umich.edu (734) 936-1283
>
> On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Janet Bowne wrote:
>
> I have had this happen on a couple of proposals and rather than start
> all over, I entered N/A in all the yellow fields, added “other” for
> the project role w/ N/A in the next box that comes up as mandatory,
> and attached a blank pdf for the biosketch.
>
> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tsai, Martina
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:26 PM
> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject: [RESADM-L] How to get rid of the required yellow fields for
> NIH application/ Senior/Key Person page
>
> Dear all,
>
> Do you know how to get rid of the following yellow fields? There is no
> reset button, and I checked all the fields, and click on delete and
> also backspace in each fields. However, I was not able to clear out
> the yellow fields. The file was like this, as shown below, when I get
> it from the PI. Any suggestions before I start a new package? Any tips
> you may provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> <image001.jpg>
> Thank you.
> Martina
>
> Martina Tsai, CRA
> Sponsored Projects Services (SPS)
> University at Buffalo
> 402 Crofts Hall
> Buffalo, New York 14260-7016
> xxxxxx@buffalo.edu (Best way to reach me)
> www.research.buffalo.edu/sps
> Phone: 716.645.4421 (NEW)
> Fax: 716.645.2760
>
>
>
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Grants & Contracts Development Specialist
Research & Sponsored Programs
Illinois State University
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