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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf
> Of Bob Beattie
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:44 PM
> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov DOWN UNTIL WED, 2/10?
>
> They promised to be down for 4 days, and I guess they are sticking to
> it.  But now every submission will be a breeze!
> -----------------
> Here is a message sent by NIH.  There was also a big posting on the
> front page of Grants.gov site
>
> eRA Update: Grants.gov Downtime Planned for Feb. 6 - 9, 2010
> January 13, 2010
>
> We wanted to take this opportunity to inform you that Grants.gov will
> be offline from 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Feb. 6 until 11:59 p.m.
> (Eastern Time) on Feb. 9, in order to complete a major upgrade to the
> Grants.gov system. If you are working on an application intended for
> the Feb. 5 deadline, we encourage you, as always, to view the status
> of your on-time submission in eRACommons, which will be up and running
> normally during the Grants.gov downtime.
>
> Because of this downtime, on-time submission of any application
> intended for the Feb. 5 deadline is of the utmost importance. You will
> be able to take advantage of NIH's temporarily extended error-
> correction window to address any eRA system-identified errors/warnings
> in order to complete the submission process within five business days,
> by Feb. 12. You can find further information about the temporary
> extension of the error-correction window in the recently issued Guide
> Notice NOT-OD-10-042-"Error-Correction Window Extended for Electronic
> Applications Intended for Submission Deadlines On and Between January
> 25 and May 7, 2010."
>
> If you find that you are experiencing problems with Grants.gov or the
> eRA Commons that threaten the timely submission of your application or
> your ability to obtain the tracking number and timestamp necessary to
> verify on-time submission, please follow the directions and adhere to
> the policies outlined on the "Need Assistance?" page of the
> eSubmission Web site.
>
> eRA Communications
> Division of Communications and Outreach
> NIH Office of Extramural Research
>
> Bob
> ------------------------------
> Robert Beattie
> University of Michigan
> xxxxxx@umich.edu   (734) 936-1283
>
> On Feb 8, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Elise Mills wrote:
>
> This is indeed a surprise -
> I knew there was some scheduled maintenance going on, but not that
> it would be down until Wednesday... (& next Monday is a holiday)
>
> Website says: "Grants.gov is currently unavailable due to scheduled
> system maintenance that will improve your Grants.gov experience.
>
> The system will be back on-line by February 10 at 12:01 EST.
>
>
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