Helpful Tips

MyFunding Department and School Reviewers

To ensure CITI trainings are populated in MyFunding, please confirm that your CITI profile uses your Pitt email address as either the primary or secondary email address on your account. 

When developing a budget in the MyFunding module that does not use the F&A rates found in the

You may need to create an Amendment for an Agreement in MyRA for a variety of reasons - time extension, change in materials/data, change in PI, etc.

Individuals listed as Department Administrator, Editor, or Principal Investigator on the funding proposal can execute the ‘Withdraw Proposal’ activity (Figure 1). 

Only individuals affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh can be listed as a Principal Investigator (PI) on an agreement in MyRA.

As a reminder, you do not need to wait until a contracting party is added to MyRA to complete and submit Agreements.

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

If you are a Mac/iOS user experiencing issues logging into MyFunding or MyRA (such as a continuous loop of log-on screens, etc.), try using Firefox or Chrome to access these sites.  If the login issues continue, pleas

Departments are required to update the status of their proposals in MyFunding when proposals are submitted by the Department directly to the sponsor.

The PERIS™ Team continues to receive a large number of requests to add new sponsors to MyFunding with incomplete details.

As a reminder, contacting the correct person in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will ensure that questions related to MyFunding are handled quickly and efficiently. 

The Department Administrator listed on funding proposals and awards can be updated by using the ‘Manage Access’ activity (see Figures 1 & 2).

In response to the new U.S.

As a reminder, when you receive a request for clarification from the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) for a MyRA agreement, please use ‘Submit Changes’ (Figure 1) as soon as the requested information has been provid