Occasionally, you must return an application to the campus preparers so they can make corrections, provide more information, or mark the proposal “ready to submit.” When you return an application, it stops routing, and becomes editable so that the eGC1 owner or preparer can make the changes you request. The system add your return comments to an email notification to the PI, Administrative Contact, Pre-Award Budget Contact, and eGC1 Preparer.

Note: Do not return an application if the only change needed is to add an ad hoc reviewer to the Approval Flow. Preparers cannot add ad hoc reviewers when the eGC1’s status is Returned or Withdrawn. Instead, you could use the Auto-Generated Document “Application Review Notice” to request the change to the Approval Flow.

To return an application

1. From the open Application, click Approve/Return in the left navigation menu.
2. Under OSP Notes, enter any comments about why you are returning the application. You must enter comments when you return an application. The system includes them in the email notification to the research team.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the window, and click Return to PI.

When you complete the return process:

• The application status changes from “In OSP” to “Returned”;
• The OSP node on the approval graph changes to pink and the application displays a pink “Returned” banner on its pages;
• The system sends an email notification to the application owners (PI, preparer, contacts) with your changes comments.

Tips

• To monitor activity on a returned application, adjust your Application tasklist to display applications with a status of “Returned.”
• E-mail Notifications: When you return an application, the system includes your comments in the email notification sent to the owners to alert them to the needed changes. Owners are the eGC1 preparer, PI, Administrative Contact, and Pre-Award Budget Contact.
• Owners may only when an eGC1 is in routing or in OSP, so do not return an eGC1 if the only change needed is to add an ad hoc reviewer to the approval flow. 
• Changes in Assignments
  • When the preparer re-completes a returned or withdrawn application, the system re-evaluates the group/team assignment.
  • The system does not change the assigned person so that the item returns to the person who last worked on it, and who can then reassign it if needed.

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• With the creation of a new Just-In-Time flag being added to the Pre-Award Notification, the Just-In-Time button in the application Sponsor Decision window has been removed.
• The FCOI Just-In-Time email notification has been updated to send upon a new JIT flag being set on a Pre-Award Notification, or, upon the creation of a Funding Action. The primary contacts on the eGC1 will now only receive the FCOI JIT email once, rather than anytime the contacts listed on the eGC1 change.

Grant Runner Applications – Print Preview of Grants.gov Forms

In order to provide OSP reviewers with an alternative way of viewing Grant Runner forms, a PDF print preview feature has been added to the upper task bar of each Grant Runner form, merging the data into the familiar Grants.Gov form. Users may find this a helpful way of viewing Grant Runner forms and eGC1 details side-by-side.

At this time, users can print the Grant Runner forms individually. ORIS is working on a feature that will allow for printing of the entire Grant Runner form set in a single PDF. That feature will be released at a later date.

Please note there is a known defect with the PDF not showing attachment names. Until this issue is resolved, users should refer to the SPAERC Grant Runner form to open and view attachments.

Auto-Generated Documents

• The eGC1 Preparer will now be included as a recipient of the following auto-generated email notifications:
  • Application Review Notice
  • Notice of Award
  • Request for Activation Notice for Fellowships

Funding Actions (FA)

• In order to apply the uniform guidance requirements with more clarity and consistency, the Sponsor Award Date on the Funding Action is now required prior to it being sent to GCA.

Pre-Award Notifications (PAN)

• A new Notification Type of “Just-In-Time” has been added to the PAN so that OSP staff can correctly identify the content of the sponsor fundable score notification received, and facilitate earlier communication of just-in-time to other compliance offices such as the Office of Animal Welfare (OAW).

Subcontracts

• A new Subcontract Title field has been added to Subcontract shell so that the OSP Subcontracts team can more easily identify particular subcontracts by name, and to facilitate future automation of federal reporting.
• The Subcontracts tasklist can be sorted and filtered by the new Subcontract Title field.
• A new Subcontract Action type of “Non-Contractual Revision” has been added to identify those SAs related to PAS/ARIBA transitions.

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• The answer to the Ready to Submit question now displays on the SPAERC control sheet and the Attachments and Routing page for all application types.
• Navigational menus/links no longer display on popup windows such as auto-generated email draft windows.
• When the parent item of an Admin Action is changed, the Action text now reflects the appropriate Admin Action number.
• The SPAERC Task list now displays values for “Yes” and “N/A” in the Paper column.
• When updating FA, AA, and SC attachments the current description will display in the description field and be editable.
• Subcontracts will now appear on the Cycle Details page after every FA they are associated with, as they do on the Cycles Details flyout.
• Auto-generated document fields in SPAERC now have single spacing between lines of text entered.
• If an application’s initial sponsor is changed from RRF or to RRF, when the eGC1 is re-submitted, it will be appropriately re-assigned.
• Now you can directly re-parent an application which is the child of another application in the same cycle.
• For Grant Runner eGC1s that are connected to SAGE Budgets, the irrelevant Approved Attachments links have been removed from the History & Comments page and the Grants.gov Tracking History section of the GR Submission & Status page for actions associated with the submission steps (Name is Grants.gov).
• The “Change Action Type” drop down menu no longer includes “Post Award Change” as an option for FAs that have a parent (eGC1). This modification will enforce the parenting rules that have been established.
• On the Admin Actions’ Auto Generated Documents page, the email instructions label was changed to “SFI Compliance Notification”.

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For information about email messages associated with approvals, review Approvals: Reviewer Notifications.

Also review the following sections in the Communications chapter:

• Application Returned Email
• Sponsor Deadline Email

SPAERC automatically generates documents which SPAERC users may customize and send. These documents are covered in Communications: Auto Generated Documents and .

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A document is either an email which the system will send or a letter created as a PDF for printing. The system captures a copy of the communication and automatically attaches it to the related item.

For many of the documents, specific data from the item pre-populates email addresses, dates, sponsor names, proposal titles, and other information. You can edit this pre-populated information.

Available Auto Generated Documents

Applications

• Application Review Notice: use this email to send review comments to the Principal Investigator, Administrative Contact, Pre-Award Budget Contact, and eGC1 Preparer.
• Application Cover Letter to Sponsor: print this PDF-formatted letter and mail it to the sponsor in support of the application. The PDF file includes the 91̽��letterhead. The eGC1 Campus Comments (entered in SAGE) display for reference at the top of the customization page. (They also appear on the Control Sheet.)

Funding Actions

• Notice of Award: use this email to send information about the award received to the Principal Investigator, Administrative Contact, Pre-Award Budget Contact, and eGC1 Preparer.
• Request for Activation Notice – fellowships: use this email to notify the PI of a fellowship award and request the PI to complete the Activation Notice.
• Research Agreement Acknowledgement: use this as a cover letter for the sponsor’s agreement sent to ensure the PI understands the terms. This is for industry sponsors.
• Sponsor Document Cover Letter: send this to the sponsor with the signed copies of the agreement.

Admin Actions

• SFI Compliance Notification: send this email to the PI about SFI disclosure for a budget extension.
• Sponsor Document Cover Letter: send this letter to the sponsor with the signed copies of the agreement.

Subawards

• Email Notification: send this email to the PI with attachments concerning the subaward.
• Notice to NIH: send this letter to NIH about the financial disclosures of the PI and the subrecipient.
• Cover Letter: send this letter to the subrecipient with the subaward agreement.
• Bilateral Modification/Amendment: send this email to the subrecipient with the appropriate attachments.
• Unilateral Modification/Amendment:  send this email to the subrecipient with the appropriate attachments.
• Bilateral Subaward: send this email to the subrecipient with the appropriate attachments.
• Unilateral Subaward: send this email to the subrecipient with the appropriate attachments.

Create an Auto Generated Document

• From within an open item, click the Auto Generated Documents tab.
• The page will open and display a list of email and/or letter choices.
• To select the email message or letter you wish to create, click its link.

The email or letter draft will display. You can edit most of the suggested content.

Note: You will need to add content wherever you see three asterisks on either side of a description, such as *** FREE TEXT ***.

Document Section Types

• Pre-populated values such as the PI’s email address or the sponsor’s name and address. You may edit them if necessary.

• • Paragraphs which may be complete as given, or may require the addition of specific information such as a date or amount of award.

For example, the Subject or Opening as shown in the following image.

• Choose One options allow you to select one section of content by clicking the radio button; you may edit the content. By default, some information is not displayed. To expand these sections, click the blue boxes.

• Choose Any options allow you to select one or more content sections by checking the box(es); after you select a section, you may edit the content.

Finalize and Send an Auto Generated Document

• After you have selected and edited the content, click the View Draft Email or View Draft PDF button to review the customized document. It will open in a separate window.
• You can close this window, make any necessary changes, and review the draft again, as needed.
• To create the final version of the document, click the Send Final Email or View Final PDF button.
  • For email messages, you will need to confirm that you want send the email and attach it to the permanent record. The system will send the email message to the recipients and a copy to your email account. The final email will display in a separate window. A confirmation message will display in the main window.
  • For letters, the final version displays as a PDF in a separate window. You may print the PDF and mail it.

View the Attached Copy of the Auto Generated Document

• For Applications, the document copy is attached in the Documents Uploaded by OSP section of the Attachments & Routing questions page. Campus user can view these attachments.
• For Funding Actions and Admin Actions, the system adds the document copy to the attachments area of the item. You may need to expand the attachments section to see the list of documents. Campus user can view these attachments in the Related Documents section of the application’s Attachments page.

Note:

• If you create another auto-generated document of the same type, the system will add it as a separate attachment.
• You cannot delete an attachment, but you can update it, depending on the item’s status

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• You can send auto-generated documents, which are partially-written emails and letters. You fill in the appropriate details and send the email or print out and send the letter. The system captures a copy of the document as an attachment on the item.
• You can send standard email messages as part of a process, such as returning an application you’re reviewing, or notifying campus about processed paper documents.
• The system automatically sends standard email messages based on the characteristics of an item.

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