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Helpful Tips

11/01/2023

To exclude indirect costs on travel, select ‘No’ to ‘Travel’ in question 6 on the General Budget Information SmartForm. Using the Travel Grid in MyFunding is not recommended (Figure 1).

10/25/2023

The University has seen a significant increase in the federal government’s issuance of

05/23/2023

As a reminder, uploading the R&R Subaward Budget V3.0 Form in the MyFunding ‘SF424 Subaward Import’ SmartForm will result in an error.

05/10/2023

As a reminder, uploading the R&R Subaward Budget V3.0 Form in the MyFunding ‘SF424 Subaward Import’ SmartForm will result in an error.

03/29/2023

As a reminder, the following tips can be used to ensure the ‘PI Certification request’ is sent correctly.

03/21/2023

Only individuals who have ‘edit rights’ on a MyFunding record can provide record access to other users.

03/01/2023

MyFunding Department and School Reviewers can be found under the Reviewers tab in the funding proposal and award workspace.

08/09/2022

As a reminder of the SF-424 update on January 26, 2022, please continue to use one of the following tips for including the Research and Related (R&R) Subaw

07/11/2022

The PERIS™ Team has been receiving Conflict of Interest-related emails that are more appropriately addressed by the Pitt Conflict of Interest Division.

05/04/2022

As a reminder, it is important to include the length of the budget period when inputting the budget allocations in Awards.

04/27/2022

When a Sponsor or Subrecipient is not listed in MyFunding, contact the PERISTM Team at peristeam@pitt.edu to have the organization added to the solution for selection.

12/03/2021

As a follow-up to the below notice about the Upcoming SF424 Upgrade in MyFunding, proposals that do not require Forms-G can continue to be submitted system-to-system (i.e., via Grants.Gov) in MyFunding.

11/18/2021

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

11/10/2021

As a reminder, do not reply directly to MyFunding email notifications sent from peris@pitt.edu (see Figure 1). These messages are sent from an unmonitored account. Figure 1.

11/03/2021

As a reminder, only one ‘TBA/TBH’ can be listed per period on the Personnel Effort SmartForm in MyFunding.