The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has made updates to MyRA to obtain important information for processing agreements as quickly as possible.
Updates include:
News
Updated CRA Form in MyFunding
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has updated the Corporate Research Agreement (CRA) form in MyFunding.
Holidays included in MyFunding OSP Submission Deadline
An enhancement has been made to the MyFunding Budget Periods and Key Dates SmartForm. The calculation for the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) internal deadlines now correctly incorporates Pitt holidays into the dates excluded from the OSP 4 business days submission deadline. (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Budget Periods and Key Dates
New Organization Request Form in MyRA 6/21/24
In response to user feedback, the Contracting Party Pop-up window and new contracting party request form in MyRA have been changed.
These changes streamline the process of adding new contracting parties and also permit the continuation and submission of the MyRA agreement while the contracting party is being added.
Revised steps to add a new contracting party:
Change in MyRA Account Request Process
The process for requesting user accounts in MyRA has changed.
New Organization Request Form in MyRA
The Contracting Party Pop-up window in MyRA has changed.
When an organization is not listed in MyRA, use the link to request the addition of a new organization (see Figure 1). Please note: The manual entry option for all new agreements has been removed (see Figure 2).
Figure 1.
MyRA Subaward Conversion Record Request Form
Outgoing subawards and associated amendments are requested in MyRA and routed to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). However, to request an amendment for an outgoing subaward created in Contraxx, the subaward must first be imported into MyRA:
On the Contraxx Subaward Conversion SmartForm in question 1, select the Subaward you want to move into MyRA.
Who Should I Contact When I Have Questions Related to the MyRA Module?
Contacting the correct person in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will ensure that questions related to agreement actions in MyRA are handled quickly and efficiently.
For non-technical questions related to non-financial agreements (indicated below), contact the Clinical & Corporate Contract Services Team at clincorp@pitt.edu.
- Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs)/Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
- Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs; including repository deposit agreements)
- Data Use Agreements (DU
UPDATE - New MyFunding Award Instrument Type
The University has seen a significant increase in the federal government’s issuance of Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) over the past several years. To better track OTAs in our electronic records systems, the MyFunding award instrument type now includes Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) as an option (see Figure 1).
New MyFunding Award Instrument Type
The University has seen a significant increase in the federal government’s issuance of Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) over the past several years.