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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please
review the following announcement from NIH and share broadly with those in your
unit involved in the recent submission of NIH proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bruce Morgan</span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Assistant
Vice Chancellor for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ESubmission Update to Organization
Officials [mailto:ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] <b>On Behalf Of </b>eRA
Communications Office<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 24, 2009 9:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> eRA Alert: Error Correction Window Extended for All Electronic
Applications with Submission Deadlines through May 1, 2009</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'> </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>eRA Alert: Error Correction Window
Extended for All Electronic Applications with Submission Deadlines through May
1, 2009</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333399'>April 24, 2009</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NIH
and its partners will <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>extend
the electronic application error correction window </span></strong>(the time
allowed after the submission deadline to correct errors/warnings identified by
the eRA system)<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> to five
days for those opportunities with submission dates from April 21, 2009 through
May 1, 2009</span></strong>. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Although
Grants.gov has not exceeded their 48 hour processing target for the vast
majority of application submissions, we understand that many applicants will
not have an opportunity to see the results of their submission in eRA Commons
before the normal two-day error correction window elapses. This extension
should allow applicants sufficient time to correct system identified errors or
warnings following on-time submission. </span><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Please note that the five day correction window is temporary
– we will return to the normal two-day window on Monday, May 4, 2009.</span></strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Grants.gov is
working on performance enhancing changes that should improve their system’s
ability to process applications in a timely, efficient manner. We will
continue to closely monitor the situation at Grants.gov and will make further
adjustments as necessary to protect our applicants’ ability to submit
on-time. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
more information, view Guide Notice <span class=regulartextbold1><span
style='letter-spacing:.15pt'><a
href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-087.html"><span
style='font-weight:normal'>NOT-OD-09-087</span></a></span></span><span
class=regulartextbold1><span style='letter-spacing:.15pt;font-weight:normal'>.</span></span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>eRA Communications </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Division of Communications and Outreach</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Office of Extramural Research</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>National Institutes of Health</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Help us improve our communications; send your suggestions and
feedback to </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><a href="mailto:eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov"
title="mailto:eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov">eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> or call
301-435-8185</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Questions? </span></b></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact the eRA
Commons Helpdesk; </span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/" target="_blank"
title="http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/">http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/</a>
(preferred method of contact) or 301-402-7469. <br>
</span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note:</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> This
notification was sent to multiple distribution lists; we apologize if you
receive duplicates. <br>
Follow this link to</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> <a href="https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=eraupdate&A=1"
title="https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=eraupdate&A=1">Join or Leave
the eRA Update Listserv</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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