Tips

Active projects and projects that closed on or after July 1, 2017 have been converted from InfoEd into MyFunding. Each converted project record in MyFunding has a specific prefix along with the InfoEd award number (I#) for easy identification. The specific prefix for converted awards is “CNVA” followed by zero and the project I# (ex: CNVA00010745).

The PERIS™ Team and Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) teamed up to develop the listing of subcodes (cost categories) in MyFunding. As a result, Pitt’s thirty-five most used subcodes are listed in the “Budget Reconciliation” page of an award and are available for use when creating a budget in MyFunding.

As a reminder from the tip that was released on January 19, 2018, Departments are required to update the status of their proposals in MyFunding when they submit the proposals directly to the sponsor. Once the proposal is submitted to the sponsor, the Department should select the “Submit to Non-Grants Gov Sponsor” activity on the left-hand toolbar and attach a copy of the submitted proposal.

As a reminder, a modular budget must be structured in a specific way in the MyFunding module in order to ensure that the modular budget is properly displayed in a grant application.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) allow members of peer review committees and advisory groups to submit under its continuous submission policy (Notice NOT-OD-17-042).

The MyFunding module of the PERIS™ portal allows users to search for and apply to funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) from a wide variety of federal sponsors. Since the number of FOAs is quite large, only the most common FOAs are pre-loaded into MyFunding, while less common FOAs are not pre-loaded and require a member of the PERIS™ team to add the FOA to MyFunding.

The PERIS™ team has a dedicated email, peristeam@pitt.edu, which is continuously monitored during normal business hours by the entire PERIS™ team. Use of this email ensures that users will receive timely assistance and allows the PERIS™ team to track all incoming requests, trends, and system issues. Sending emails directly to members of the PERIS™ team can result in delayed responses and can impact the team’s ability to track trends or widespread system issues that may require immediate action.

When developing a funding proposal in the MyFunding module, selecting a project purpose is required. The project purpose is the category that best reflects the activities described in the proposed scope of work for the project. Selecting the category that best describes the purpose of the project is important, so that the correct indirect costs for the project can be applied.

Throughout the MyFunding module, question mark icons are located next to many of the questions and represent areas where help text is available. The help text is question-specific, contains information to assist users with answering the SmartForm questions, and provides links to external resources to further assist users in understanding broad research administration concepts or to provide agency-specific guidance for specific areas of a funding proposal.

As a reminder, completing an internal detailed budget in addition to the modular budget format is not required within MyFunding.