eRA Service Advisory
April 26, 2007
- Issue: Scheduled Downtime on April 27
- Affected Applications: eRA Commons
- Questions: Contact the eRA Commons
Helpdesk
- Web: http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/
(Preferred method of contact)
Toll-free: 1-866-504-9552
Phone : 1-301-402-7469
TTY : 1-301-451-5939
Hours : Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
What is the issue?
- The eRA Commons will be unavailable from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET on
Friday, April 27. The planned downtime is part of an eRA system
deployment.
How are you affected?
- You will not have access to the eRA Commons during this deployment
period.
What is being done?
- eRA will be deploying a number of system enhancements and defect fixes,
including:
General Changes
- Adding feature "Delegate Status" so a Principal Investigator (PI)
may delegate to anyone holding a current Commons account with the Assistant
(ASST) role the ability to view the status of an application as if they had the
Signing Official (SO) role for that PI's applications.
- Will disallow no-cost extension for supplement grants.
- Status will now display Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number.
- Fixing PI search query for SO. Appropriate hit list will be returned when
searching on the PI name.
Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process
(eSNAP)
- Changes in eSNAP are being made to reflect all assurances included in NIH
applications and progress reports.
- Will allow users to save and complete an eSNAP in a single action.
- Allows Administrative Official (AO) or SO to Add/Change Research
Accomplishment File or Other File in eSNAP.
- Will enable eSNAP reset, which will return control of the eSNAP to the PI
and remove it from the Grant Folder.
- Will send the NIH program official and grants management specialist an
email notification when an eSNAP is submitted.
- Note: This release introduces a new defect. A language
inconsistency exists between what is shown on the screen and what is displayed
in the report for the following question: "Will there be, in the next
budget period, a significant change in the level of effort for the PI or other
personnel designated on the Notice of Grant Award from what was approved for
this project?" The report will be modified to reflect the same language as
the screen in the next release.
Internet Assisted Review (IAR)
- Various changes and enhancements to assist NIH staff in facilitating
reviews.
National Institutes of Health
OER-ORIS Communications Office:
Email: OD ORIS Communications Office (NIH/OD) <mailto:oris@od.nih.gov>
Phone: 1-301-435-8185
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