Tips

Only individuals affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh can be listed as a Principal Investigator (PI) on an agreement in MyRA. Individuals from another institution or outside the University cannot be listed on a MyRA agreement.

As a reminder, you do not need to wait until a contracting party is added to MyRA to complete and submit Agreements. When you select 'Pending' for the contracting party (Figure 1), the agreement will be automatically updated when the new contracting party is available.

Figure 1. Contracting Party Information Workspace

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, please contact the PERIS™ Help Desk (peristeam@pitt.edu) for further assistance.

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

Once the proposal is submitted to the sponsor, the Department should select the ‘Submit to Non-Grants Gov Sponsor’ activity and attach a copy of the submitted proposal (Figures 1 and 2).

The PERIS™ Team continues to receive a large number of requests to add new sponsors to MyFunding with incomplete details. Therefore, as a reminder, when a Sponsor is not listed in MyFunding, please provide the necessary information on the New Sponsor Request Form.

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).

Only individuals listed with edit rights can manage the access of others on funding proposals or awards. The activity is available in all states (for example Active, Department Review, or Specialist Review).

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 provided.

OSP is unable to proceed with processing, reviewing, or negotiating the agreement while it is in ‘Clarification Requested’ state.