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Deliverables can be managed on an Active Award in MyFunding with the ‘Manage Deliverables’ activity (Figure 1).

Figure 1.

To add a deliverable:

An update has resolved the previously reported eRA Commons technical issue in which users encountered warning messages when attaching SciENcv documents to grant applications (NOT-OD-26-018).

In response to user feedback, two Award Modification Request (AMR) notifications have been updated to include the “Assigner” (the user who assigns the “Submitter,” i.e., the departmental research administrator submitting the request).

For any new AMRs created in MyFunding after April 15, 2026, the ‘Assigner’ will receive the following notifications:

To create a Budget Period that is less than the standard 12-month duration, navigate to the Budget Periods and Key Dates SmartForm in MyFunding. Click the "Update Periods" option (Figure 1; a new window will open) and update the duration of any of the listed periods.  Check the box ‘Use advanced editing’, so that the period-end date options become available.  Choose a date and then click ‘OK’ (Figure 2).

To ensure that MyFunding data remain accurate, any funding proposal that stays in ‘Pending Department Submission’ status will trigger an automated notification every 7 days to both the Department Administrator and the Principal Investigator. At each notification, the funding proposal status should be reviewed and updated when possible.

Questions have been updated and added to MyFunding on proposals and awards for the Clinical Trials Office. Please review the help text (Figure 1) for process and more information.  If you have any questions, please contact the Clinical Trials Office.

Figure 1.  Updated Help Text

Cost Share and Subaward budgets are the only budgets in MyFunding that can be deleted if created in error or are no longer needed (see Figures 1 and 2). All other budgets in MyFunding (including subaccount budgets) cannot be deleted. However, these budgets can be excluded from a proposal budget by selecting ‘No’ to question 7 on the General Budget Information SmartForm (see Figure 3).

Figure 1. Cost Share Budget Workspace

MyFunding automatically imports the most recent annual Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure date from MyDislcosures into the Personnel Compliance tab (Figure 1). If the date is missing, it is most likely due to one of the following reasons:

To help ensure that MyFunding data remains accurate, any funding proposal that stays in ‘Pending Sponsor Review’ status for more than one (1) year will trigger an automated notification (Figure 1). A follow-up reminder will be sent every 90 days thereafter to both the Department Administrator and the Principal Investigator. At each notification, the funding proposal status should be reviewed and updated when possible. 

A new question, How did the PI learn about the sponsor’s solicitation being applied for?, has been added to MyFunding on the Submission Information page (Figure 1). To answer this question, research administrators should connect with the principal investigator (PI) to find out how they became aware of the funding opportunity.