Tips

Due to the large number of sponsors in MyFunding, it may be necessary to conduct an advanced search \ to find a sponsor. To conduct an advanced search when developing a funding proposal, click on the box with the three ellipses (Figure 1).  A new window will open where you can search for the Sponsor’s official name (e.g., National Institutes of Health and not NIH (Figure 2).

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. To create an Amendment, the Agreement must be in ‘Active’ state and with no other pending Amendments.

On an Award in MyFunding, an optional activity called Manage Deliverables (Figure 1) is available from the menu on the left side of the WorkSpace. With this activity, a list of deliverables can be identified with a specific due date and frequency for each. Additionally, 30-, 60-, and 90-day automatic reminders for each deliverable can be set up.

MyFunding Department and School Reviewers can be found under the Reviewers tab in the funding proposal and award workspace. If the tab is not visible, click the three ellipses to expose the other tabs that may be hidden due to the size of your screen (see Figures 1 - 4).

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 current rate memo, Question 5 should be marked ‘No’, which will allow the user to enter the applicable rate to be applied and the reason why the standard rate is not being used.

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. To create an Amendment, the Agreement must be in ‘Active’ state and with no other pending Amendments.

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

Please note: The activity will only be available in the following states:

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