The Final Research Performance Progress Report (F-RPPR) will replace the Final Progress Report (FPR) for grants closeout, effective January 1, 2017. The F-RPPR will be available for use in eRA Commons on January 1, 2017.
NOTE: For small businesses, the new F-RPPR will be in effect at least 2 months later, due to the unique final reporting requirements that they face under the SBIR/STTR policy directive.
What This Means for You
The issue affecting user connections to eRA Commons, ASSIST, iEdison and related services has been resolved.
Original message sent Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 10:51 a.m. ET.
The eRA Service Desk has received reports that users of eRA Commons, ASSIST, iEdison and other related services are inadvertently being logged off or unable to log in. The problem has been identified as an NIH wide issue.
We will provide more information when it is available.
We are sorry for any inconvenience it may cause.
The issue keeping users from adding publications for Trainees in xTRACT has been resolved.
Original message sent Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 4:22 p.m. ET
Users are unable to add publications for Trainees in xTRACT currently, because of an issue with PubMed searches. Most users add their citations by searching for them in PubMed first.
The issue is being addressed and should be resolved shortly. We will update you as soon as we are informed it has been fixed.
We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Just a reminder that on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, eRA is updating access to all its publicly-accessible websites to use ‘https only’ secure connections per federal mandate (OMB M-15-13, dated June 8, 2015).
What This Means for You
You may need to update your web browser to continue using eRA modules:
Just a reminder that on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, eRA is updating access to all its publicly-accessible websites to use ‘https only’ secure connections per federal mandate (OMB M-15-13, dated June 8, 2015). Please update your browsers to continue using eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR and iEdison.
NOTE: This update will not impact System-to-System connections or security certificates.
Several iEdison enhancements will be implemented on Monday, November 14th, 2016. These are in response to user requests for more flexible options to create and download reports of an institution’s Edison data; and to better enable recipients to verify alignment between Bayh-Dole and other Award compliance requirements and a recipient institution’s own records.
The Generate Patent Report screen has been redesigned with the following new features.
And not “FRIPPER!” It just starts the earworm of the theme song from ‘Flipper’ burrowing into my mind...
If you were lucky enough to attend the NIH Regional Seminar conference in Chicago last month, you may have heard Scarlett Gibb, Customer Relationship Manager for eRA Commons, discussing the new Final RPPR.
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