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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://osp.pitt.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="538" height="55" style="width:5.6041in;height:.5729in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9991D.34C41FB0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Roboto">As a reminder, the </span>
</u></b><a href="https://www.osp.pitt.edu/news/alert-changed-scheduled-extended-myfunding-downtime-72123-73023"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto">MyFunding upgrade</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-family:Roboto"> will take place from Friday, July 21
at 5:30pm through Sunday, July 30.</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Roboto"> The site will be available for all users again on Monday, July 31 at 8:30am.<b> MyFunding will be down and inaccessible during this period.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Please plan to complete proposal submissions, award activations, award modifications, and any other MyFunding requests
<b><u>prior</u></b> to this downtime. Because MyFunding is the University’s legal file of record for sponsored program transactions, OSP must limit processing any requests that would normally be done through MyFunding to only those that are urgent and necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Proposals due during the MyFunding downtime:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">All proposals with sponsor deadlines falling between July 22 – July 30 should be routed to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) for review and submission, including PI certification, by
<b>Tuesday, July 18</b>.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">Proposal Submission Exception: If an investigator requires more time to finish the technical (science) portions of the proposal, OSP will accept Funding Proposals (FPs) that have
<u>completed and finalized administrative components</u> (budget, compliance, and PI certification) with incomplete technical/scientific pieces (ex: specific aims, research plan) prior to the MyFunding downtime. OSP can then submit the final proposal through
the sponsor’s system (ex: research.gov) during the MyFunding downtime. <i>If you require this exception, please alert OSP at
</i></span><a href="mailto:osp@pitt.edu"><i><span style="font-family:Roboto">osp@pitt.edu</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:Roboto"> by July 18 with the FP number and the details of the situation so that a plan can be established to submit the proposal.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">System-to-System proposal submissions will not be available during the downtime.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Urgent sponsor-initiated requests:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">Urgent sponsor-initiated requests received during the downtime
<u>and</u> due during the downtime will continue to be processed. Requests for OSP to process these items via email should be submitted to both Dr. Jennifer Woodward, Vice Chancellor for Sponsored Programs and Research Operations, at
</span><a href="mailto:jew7@pitt.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto">jew7@pitt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> and Laura Kingsley, OSP Director, at
</span><a href="mailto:laura.kingsley@pitt.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto">laura.kingsley@pitt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">. The PI and any required department and school approvers should also be copied on the urgent request email.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Effort Certification Deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">Administrators should note the July 2023 </span>
<a href="https://www.controller.pitt.edu/financial-compliance-for-research/employee-compensation-confirmation-ecc/"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Effort Certification Period Deadline</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> for reporting period January
– April 2023. To ensure compliance with effort reporting requirements, awards with project start dates prior to 5/1/23 needs to be activated in MyFunding before the MyFunding downtime. Subaccount activations now are processed directly with Sponsored Projects
Accounting, and they will be unaffected during the downtime. The effort certification period will
<u>not</u> be extended due to the downtime. Please see the </span><a href="https://www.controller.pitt.edu/effortless-facts/june-2023/"><span style="font-family:Roboto">related communication</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> from Financial Compliance
for Research. <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Other OSP Internal Systems:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<a href="https://myra.pitt.edu/MyRA/sd/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity%5bOID%5b5C3E6DF4AA49DF408616C9B82E714D46%5d%5d"><span style="font-family:Roboto">MyRA</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> and
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will be unaffected during the MyFunding downtime, and requests submitted through these systems will still be processed by OSP as usual.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Please contact your OSP Specialist to discuss proposal or award activities during this downtime. If you have any questions regarding the upgrade or the PERIS™ project, please contact Natalie Kaczmarek
</span><a href="mailto:nem44@pitt.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto">nem44@pitt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> or the PERIS™ team
</span><a href="mailto:peristeam@pitt.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto">peristeam@pitt.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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