Helpful Tips

Funding proposals that have more than one Principal Investigator (PI) require a PI Certification from each PI. A ‘PI Certification Request’ is sent to all individuals with the role of PI/PD when the below steps are completed.

MyFunding is the University’s legal file of record for sponsored projects. As a result, deleting files from proposal and award records in MyFunding is typically not allowed.

Many federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have multiple centers, institutes, and divisions that fall under their umbrella.

Indirect costs (also known as IDC, F&A costs, or overhead costs) are those costs associated with the conduct of sponsored projects that are incurred for common or joint objectives and therefore are not readily identifiable with a specific project

Changing the Specialist on a MyFunding award record has many ramifications that may negatively impact an award record or notification if done incorrectly.

When a sponsored project is finished (the Principal Investigator has completed the project), the award record must be updated in MyFunding to ‘Complete’ (Close) the record.

When the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) creates a new award in MyFunding, the department number indicated in the funding proposal is automatically mapped to the newly established award.

As a reminder from the tip that was released on April 11, 2019, all award-related documents shou

Prior to the rollout of MyFunding, MyRA was the University’s electronic system primarily used for the development, routing, and submission of non-financial agreements (i.e.

The ‘Personnel’ page of an award in MyFunding is used to capture all personnel listed on an award.

As a reminder from the tip that was released on September 19, 2018, an advance search can be conducted

In response to user feedback, the PERIS™ team is creating YouTube training videos to assist users with award actions in MyFunding. The below videos are available for immediate use: • Central Office:

Due to the conversion of records from InfoEd to PERIS™ MyFunding, converted records (

The Intellectual Property (IP) Assignment date and type can be found in two locations on an award in MyFunding.

In response to user feedback, the PERIS™ team is creating YouTube training videos to assist users with award actions in MyFunding. The below videos are available for immediate use: • Requesting a