I just got the same message also on two files I tried to validate this morning - and I am using v1.5 of the Grant template. I did not get this message on the v1.3 templates I pre-filled and submitted last Friday. Must be something going on with the newer versions, just wonder if it was intentional on the feds part, or not! Conrad, Susan wrote: > I experienced exactly the same thing with a couple of submissions this > morning. Just got done with a live chat with FederalReporting.gov and > their suggestion, which works, was to use 'NA' in the field. We are > using v1.4 of the Grant template. > > Susan F. Conrad, Ph.D., CRA > Associate Director, Grants and Contracts > Office of Sponsored Programs > The Ohio State University > 1960 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1016 > Phone 614-292-8906/Fax 614-292-4315 > xxxxxx@osu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Cindy Fuqua > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:12 AM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- validation error message > > Hi all, > > I just submitted a validation request (Excel spreadsheet) on > Federalreporting.gov and got the following error: 1st Quarterly > Report.xls: failed on validation as follows > 1, Error Code: VALUE_REQUIRED, Error Message: Infrastructure Purpose and > Rationale is required. This field was left blank (not applicable) on all > the reports I submitted yesterday and I did not get an error message > upon validation. Has anyone else experienced this? > > Cindy Fuqua > Manager, Administrative Post-Award > Office of Sponsored Research and Program Development > The Rockefeller University > 1230 York Avenue, Box 82 > New York, NY 10065 > p: 212-327-8055 > f: 212-327-8400 > e: xxxxxx@rockefeller.edu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Lesley Zajac > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:48 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded > Sept 38-30? > > I would say it is not fully created until it is actually filled > > Lesley S. Zajac > Director, Research Administration > Jaeb Center for Health Research > 15310 Amberly Drive, Ste 350 > Tampa, FL 33647 > Tel: 813.975.8690 > Fax: 813.975.8761 > email: xxxxxx@jaeb.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Carolyn Elliott-Farino > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:33 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded > Sept 38-30? > > Thanks. One more question, that I thought I had resolved: I was > interpreting job creation to be when a person was actually hired, but we > have a PI who says her grant has created x of this, y of that, etc., and > they haven't all been hired. Technically, the jobs have been created; > they > just haven't been filled yet. How are you handling this? Once the job is > actually filled are you calling it created/retained? I still think > that's > the correct way to go. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf > Of Lesley Zajac > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:56 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded > Sept 38-30? > > I had an ARRA awarded on 9/30/09 and I sent in a report showing zero > expenditures, zero vendors, zero subcontracts etc., but with all the > other information filled in. It passed validation, and I have not had > any communication other than the confirmation. > > Lesley S. Zajac > Director, Research Administration > Jaeb Center for Health Research > 15310 Amberly Drive, Ste 350 > Tampa, FL 33647 > Tel: 813.975.8690 > Fax: 813.975.8761 > email: xxxxxx@jaeb.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Carolyn Elliott-Farino > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:42 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded > Sept 38-30? > > I thought this was a very straightforward no, because we have had no > expenditures on a couple of supplements awarded last week, but NIH is > probably going to want to account for money obligated by the 30th, so > now > I'm not sure. We can put zeros for jobs created/retained, $0 spent, but > fill in all the other information, which we'll have to do for the > January > report. Needless to say, I'd much prefer not to worry about these late > arrivals for this report. Are you including grants awarded last week, > even > the week before that, if there haven't been any expenditures? Although > the > agency may send us an award notice, it takes us a couple of days to set > up > the grant account, and then a few days for the PI to get rolling. > > Is the cut-off date indeed Sept. 30 for grants awarded? > > Thanking you in advance for your wisdom. > > Carolyn > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== > -- Shannon C. 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