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Effective January 25, 2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are requiring the use of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Pending (Other) Support documents, Per NIH Notice NOT-OD-26-018.

To align with the Clinical Trials Office, we have added additional questions to the General Proposal Information SmartForm in MyFunding.  When choosing a ‘Primary Purpose’ for the project, follow-up questions regarding clinical trials will be displayed.

If 'Clinical Trial' is selected as the primary purpose (Figure 1) of the project, the Clinical Trial phase and the Clinical Study Registry (CSR) Number will be required (Figure 2).

MyFunding will undergo scheduled downtime on Thursday, September 4th, 2025, from 7:00 - 10:00pm EST for a System-to-System SF-424 upgrade.

If the downtime lasts longer than the expected time, we will issue a follow-up notification. Otherwise, MyFunding will be available on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 10:00pm EST.

In response to user feedback, the PERIS™ Team has added a notification to the ‘Continuation Completed’ (Figure 1) activity on Continuations.

The notification will be sent to the Department Administrator and Editors listed on the record when the activity is completed.

Figure1. Email Notification 

In response to user feedback, the PERIS™ Team has implemented two updates to email notifications.

MyFunding Access Request Form’ (Figure 1), a Qualtrics web form, has been created to request specific access to MyFunding (Approver access, Research Administrator access, or Organizational Reader access).  Once completed, this electronic access form automatically creates a PERIS™ help ticket. The form can be found here:  My Funding Access Request Form.

The FY2026 proposed fringe benefit rates are now reflected in MyFunding for newly created funding proposals. For existing budgets, you may need to remove and re-add personnel for updated rates to populate.

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has made updates to MyRA to obtain important information for processing agreements as quickly as possible.  

Updates include:

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has updated the Corporate Research Agreement (CRA) form in MyFunding.

An enhancement has been made to the MyFunding Budget Periods and Key Dates SmartForm.  The calculation for the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) internal deadlines now correctly incorporates Pitt holidays into the dates excluded from the OSP 4 business days submission deadline. (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Budget Periods and Key Dates