RESEARCH NEWS 11.29.06

Grants.gov Communication #2

Grants.gov using Cayuse will be required for PIs who are submitting electronic proposals for the NIH 2/5/07 deadline. Please review the project events calendar, the preparation guidelines and the training information below:

Calendar of Project Events

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What you can do right now to prepare to use Cayuse to submit NIH applications via Grants.gov?

• Attend a Town Hall Meeting.



• For PIs only: create an account on the NIH Commons if you don't already have one. Contact Stephen Dorsey, 476-0999.



• Confirm you have Mozilla Firefox (PC and Mac) or Internet Explorer (PC only) as a web browser.



• Make sure you have the ability to download files onto your desktop. Contact your department's Computer Support Coordinator (CSC) if needed.

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Grants.gov Cayuse Training

Three types of training opportunities are offered to help you gain familiarity and experience with Grants.gov Cayuse:

• Online self-paced training is available on WebCT and can also be accessed on the project website.



• Training labs will be available for Departmental "go-to"users only throughout December and January.



• Grants.gov Cayuse Question & Answer sessions will be held weekly. The schedule will be posted in early December.

Online training will be available for Grants.gov Cayuse beginning on December 6, 2006. There will be a test site available to the campus for the training exercises. The site in which actual applications are created will be up and running on December 20, 2006.

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