Tips

As a reminder of the SF-424 update on October 26, 2020, the Research & Related (R&R) Subaward Budget form with an expiration date 12/31/2022 can be imported into the MyFunding subaward budget smartform and the SF-424 application (see Figure 1).

MyFunding email notifications are sent from peris@pitt.edu (see Figure 1). Please do not reply to these emails. These messages are sent from an unmonitored account. Figure 1. To reply to your Office of Sponsored Programs specialist, use the “Email Specialist” activity in the record (see Figures 2 and 3). Figure 2.

Corrupted PDF files uploaded in MyFunding with the SF-424 can cause validation errors.

MyFunding automatically applies indirect costs on the first $25,000 for subawards. However, there are times when this does not apply, and indirect costs should be excluded. To exclude indirect costs, enter the subaward on the General Costs page in the main budget.

Only individuals listed as ‘Proposal Team Editors’ on a MyFunding proposal record can provide record access to other users.

Individuals who have ‘edit rights’ or ‘read-only rights’ on proposal records are able to search and view a list of those records in MyFunding. Filters are available in MyFunding to help narrow search results.

If edits are necessary during a funding proposal or award review, the department, school, or specialist may request changes in MyFunding.

Many federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), impose salary limitations (caps) for awards. MyFunding will pre-populate salary cap information on the Personnel Page of the Budget form (see Figure 1). When a sponsor does not have a salary cap, or the salary cap differs from what is pre-populated, the field can be edited. For example, the U.S. Department of Defense does not have a salary cap. Click the field and enter a figure that will exceed the individual’s salary (see Figure 2).

Only individuals listed as ‘Project Editors’ on the SF-424 application in MyFunding can provide access to other users.

Copying and pasting text from Microsoft Word documents can inadvertently add non-standard characters in MyFunding fields. Non-standard characters can cause errors and delay award activation. Data should be typed by hand, not copy and pasted, to ensure only standard characters are entered in MyFunding fields (see Figures 1 and 2 for examples). Figure 1. Figure 2.