This was sent out on Friday: FW: NIH eRA eSubmission Items of Interest - February 5, 2010 *Follow-up Item* to the eSubmission Update to Organization Official listserv: "It's been brought to our attention that many folks have been unable to get through to the Grants.gov Contact Center to obtain a ticket number. Given these unusual circumstances, in this instance we will accept proof of an email to the Grants.gov Contact Center outlining your issue and identifying affected applications by FOA, project title and PI name in lieu of obtaining a ticket number. Grants.gov Contact Center Toll-free: 1-800-518-4726 Email: xxxxxx@grants.gov" So, I think you are ok. Make sure that all of this is documented in the cover letter as a 'reason for consideration' for the proposal being submitted after the deadline, then submit it first thing Wednesday morning. Also, if you are as compulsive as I am, you can confirm with the NIH helpdesk that this the grant will be accepted. Sherie Sherie Donahue, MS Electronic Research Specialist Office of the Vice President for Research Affairs Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA 92350 (909)651-5098 or (909)558-1000, x83911 909/558-0244 (fax) The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer. -- motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Laura Kubec Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:49 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov DOWN UNTIL WED, 2/10? I have a proposal that I tried to submit on Friday and it froze on my screen. It said "Processing, please don't close the window until you receive a confirmation". Never received a confirmation. Before 5pm I wrote to Grants.gov and also e-Commons to communicate the problem. I believe it was a system issue due to heavy volume. Received a service request tracking number. Today both Grants.gov and NIH are closed. I still need to get this submitted. Any suggestions? Laura -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Donahue, Sherie (LLU) Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:42 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov DOWN UNTIL WED, 2/10? Yes, the maintenance was scheduled for Feb. 6-9. Sherie Donahue, MS Electronic Research Specialist Office of the Vice President for Research Affairs Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA 92350 (909)651-5098 or (909)558-1000, x83911 909/558-0244 (fax) The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer. -- motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Elise Mills Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:29 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov DOWN UNTIL WED, 2/10? 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. ====================================================================== 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") ====================================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================
