NIH eRA COMMONS

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NIH eRA COMMONS

• Administrator Lab
• Regional Seminar
• Albuquerque
• April 2005

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COMMONS Overview

• On-line connection to NIH for information on
  pending applications and awarded grants.
• Get timely information regarding a pending
  review, its results, summary statements, and
  award information.
• Links to NIH staff Scientific Review
  Administrator, Program Official, Grants
  Management Officer and Specialist.

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COMMONS Overview

• Registering your Institution
• Must be done by an official in the business
  office.
• Information is entered on-line and electronically
  sent to NIH
• A copy of the page is printed, signed, and faxed
  to the eRA Commons Help Desk
• Upon NIH verification, the Business Office
  official can begin creating accounts for
  Institution staff

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COMMONS Home Page

• Help Screen Links
• Forgot Password
• Commons Support Page
• eRA Contacts (HelpDesk)
• Helpful Links
• Crisp
• Grants.gov
• NIH and OER Home Pages

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COMMONS Demonstration Site

• Created to emulate the production COMMONS system
  for training and demonstrations
• Allows access to anyone who has an interest in
  the NIH eRA COMMONS, no need to be affiliated
  with a registered institution

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Institution Profile

• View-only access for all roles other than SO
• Basic Information Page
• Exercise Update Basic Information
• Assurances and Certifications Page
• Organization Hierarchy
• Institutional Usage

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Account Administration

• Create Account (AO)
• Exercise Create AO Account
• Exercise Create SO Account
• Exercise Create ASST Account
• Create Affiliation
• Maintain Account
• View, Edit, Delete
• Follow Along Exercise Create PI Salk, Check
  Status

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Account Administration

• Delegate Submit (eSNAP)
• Delegate PPF Edit (Mostly for PI)
• Change Password
• Dont change your password
• Verify NIH Support (PI Only)

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Personal Profile (PPF)

• Single Point of Ownership
• You are responsible for keeping your information
  current and correct
• Very few staff members at NIH have access to
  change information (for emergencies only)

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Personal Profile (PPF)

• Personal Information
• Exercise Update Information
• Race/Ethnicity
• Exercise Update Information
• Employments
• Exercise Add new employment
• Other Info
• Other addresses, Degrees, Publications (PI)

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Status

• Status Searches
• Exercise sample searches
• Grant Number is hyperlink to full Status
  information
• Just-In-Time
• One Time Extension
• Progress Report Face Page

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eSNAP

• electronic Streamlined Non-competing Application
  Process
• First e-submission system at NIH
• Currently available only to FDP
• Open to all this summer-organizations will be
  able to self-register

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eSNAP

• PI Upload Science, edit business and route
• ASST Can be delegated to upload science, edit
  business but can not route
• AO - edit business and route to another user
• SO edit business, route to another user and
  submit
• All can view or validate eSNAP report

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eSNAP

• eSNAP Hit List
• Shows grants routed to SO
• Hyperlink grant numbers to eSNAP Screens

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eSNAP

• Mange eSNAP page
• Status of Completion shows the completion status
  of each page of the eSNAP this is an optional
  tool and is not required to submit
• Follow along exercise complete each of the
  eSNAP pages and then save, validate and submit
  eSNAP

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eSNAP Edit Business

• Org Info (face page)
• Performance Sites
• Key Personnel

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eSNAP Edit Business Cont.

• Research Subjects
• SNAP Questions and Checklist
• Inclusion Enrollment

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eSNAP

• Other functions from Manage Page
• View eSNAP Report
• Validate
• View Routing History
• Route
• Recall
• Submit