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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Discussion of
Research Administrators' Issues [mailto:RAMTALK@listserv.arizona.edu] <b><span
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RAMTALK@listserv.arizona.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> eRA Update: Grants.gov
Downtime Planned for Feb. 6 - 9, 2010</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> ESubmission Update to
Organization Officials [mailto:ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>eRA Communications Office<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 13, 2010
3:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> eRA Update: Grants.gov
Downtime Planned for Feb. 6 - 9, 2010</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>eRA Update: Grants.gov Downtime Planned for Feb. 6 - 9, 2010</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>January 13, 2010</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We wanted to take this opportunity to inform you that <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Grants.gov will be offline</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>from 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Feb. 6 until 11:59
p.m. (Eastern Time) on Feb. 9</span></b>, in order to complete a major upgrade
to the Grants.gov system. If you are working on an application intended for the
Feb. 5 deadline, we encourage you, as always, to view the status of your
on-time submission in eRA Commons, which will be up and running normally during
the Grants.gov downtime.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Because of this downtime, on-time submission of any
application intended for the Feb. 5 deadline is of the utmost importance. You
will be able to take advantage of NIH’s temporarily extended
error-correction window to address any eRA system-identified errors/warnings in
order to complete the submission process within five business days, by Feb. 12.
You can find further information about the temporary extension of the
error-correction window in the recently issued Guide Notice <font color=black><span
style='color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt'>NOT-OD</span></font></span></font><b><font
size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:
.1pt;font-weight:bold'>-</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt'>10-042</span></font><b><font
size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:
.1pt;font-weight:bold'>—</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“<span class=addtitle2><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:.15pt'><a
href="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-042.html"
title="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-042.html"><span
style='text-decoration:none'><span
title="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-042.html"><span
title="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-042.html">Error-Correction
Window Extended for Electronic Applications Intended for Submission Deadlines
On and Between January 25 and May 7, </span><span style='text-decoration:none'>2</span></span><span
style='text-decoration:none'>0</span></span><span style='text-decoration:none'>1</span><span
style='text-decoration:none'><span
title="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-042.html">0</span></span></a>.”</span></font></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:.15pt'>If you find
that you are experiencing problems with </span></font></span><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:.15pt'>Grants.gov
or the eRA Commons that threaten the timely submission of your application or
your ability to obtain the tracking number and timestamp necessary to verify on-time
submission, please follow the directions and adhere to the policies outlined on
the <a href="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><font color=black
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>“</span></span></span></font><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>Need Assistance?</span></span></span><font
color=black title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
title="http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/app_help.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>”</span></span></span></font></a>
page of the eSubmission Web site.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>eRA Communications
</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Division of
Communications and Outreach</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>NIH Office of
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00007F'><a
href="http://itservicedesk.nih.gov/eRA/"
title="http://itservicedesk.nih.gov/eRA/">http://itservicedesk.nih.gov/eRA/</a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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href="mailto:helpdesk@od.nih.gov" title="mailto:helpdesk@od.nih.gov">helpdesk@od.nih.gov</a>.</span></font>
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