November 1, 2009
The feedback after eRA’s infrastructure upgrade in late May has been that after that bumpy road, the journey is much improved. Performance of eRA applications, even during heavy ARRA loads, is markedly enhanced. During this busy time, eRA marked a milestone – eRA Commons recorded five million log-ins for fiscal year 2009 to date, a 35 … Continue reading “Commons Hits 5 Million Mark in Log-ins”
June 1, 2009
We have had an eventful two weeks at NIH following eRA’s major infrastructure upgrade, which took place May 22-26. Foremost, we want to thank you for your patience and help in identifying some of the issues that arose. We have seen an extraordinary willingness on the part of our users to be supportive of our efforts.
May 1, 2009
With an eye to improving system performance and creating a more stable environment, NIH’s electronic Research Administration (eRA) has planned a major infrastructure upgrade for the end of May around the Memorial Day weekend. Months of meticulous planning will culminate in a switchover to new database servers, a new operating environment, and new storage area networks. Due to the complexity of this major infrastructure upgrade, all eRA systems–including eRA Commons and the eSubmission system–will be unavailable from May 22 through May 26 as eRA implements the cutover.
November 1, 2008
The past year brought major changes in grants processing and administration at NIH that was made possible by new electronic systems support.
October 1, 2008
A CD encryption process will not only make encrypted reviewer CDs as secure as before, but will greatly reduce the effort required by the reviewers to access the data within.
July 1, 2008
A new feature of the NIH electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons lets users electronically prepare and submit key documents required for Kirschstein-NRSA research training grants.
April 1, 2008
A recent OMB decision allows NIH to continue using eRA systems and servicing our partner agencies.
March 1, 2008
The NIH continues to work closely with Grants.gov to be able to receive all grant applications electronically. Currently, about 80 percent of NIH grant applications are submitted electronically. The Grants.gov move from PureEdge to Adobe forms continues to impact the transition dates for the remaining grant programs.
March 1, 2008
As of February, eRA keeps all versions (e.g., 01, A1, A2) of an application active and provides an internal “MAA” flag for each application in an active cluster.
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