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.
A new data field has been added in MyRA for outgoing subaward requests (SWD) to align with federal subaward reporting requirements.
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).
