I was wondering if any one of you have had the "privilege" of
utilizing the GEPPS (Grantmaker's Electronic Proposal Processing System)
website? It is for electronic submission of CF and ACS applications. There
is no research administration portion included in the site!

 UNFORTUNATELY, if investigators are submitting proposals to the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation they must utilize this site! Here's the deal: you must
have 4.0 Acrobat OR Adobe Acrobat Exchange with Adobe Acrobat Reader!  I
don't know about you folks, but most of us at our University have 3.0
Acrobat! It gets better! Here's GEPPS "claim to fame"! And I'm quoting them
directly-- "PI submits directly to sponsor WITHOUT going through any
approval system"!  Our office is currently working with an investigator to
submit for 9/1 CF deadline; luckily, she has come to our office for
assistance. But, what about investigators who directly submit WITHOUT our
assistance? I feel this site has made our job incredibly difficult! I would
love to know how others feel.

In closing, I accidentially typed "com" instead of  "org". This will bring
an individual to a porn site! How appropriate from grant's administration to
porn. OY!

If you wish, you may e-mail me directly.

Nancy Dean
Research Administrator
University of Conneticut Health Center
xxxxxx@nso1.uchc.edu

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