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The PERIS™ Team continues to receive a large number of requests to add new sponsors to MyFunding with incomplete details. As a reminder, when a Sponsor is not listed in MyFunding, please provide the necessary information on the New Sponsor Request Form. 

In response to user feedback, the Personnel Compliance tab in MyFunding now shows whether an individual is involved in federally funded research (Figure 1).  This field displays as “Federally Funded: Yes” or “Federally Funded: No” based on the individual’s response in the MyDisclosures questionnaire (Figure 2).

Figure 1.  Updated Personnel Compliance tab in MyFunding

The Department Administrator listed on funding proposals and awards can be updated by using the ‘Manage Access’ activity (see Figures 1 & 2).

Only individuals listed with edit rights can manage the access of others on funding proposals or awards. The activity is available in all states (e.g., Active, Department Review, or Specialist Review).

As a reminder, when you receive a request for clarification for a MyRA agreement from the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), quickly address the request by completing the following steps (both steps are required):

To grant access to an SF-424 application, click ‘Assign Editors and Readers’ on the Workspace left side menu (Figure 1).  Assign either a Project Reader or Editor to the SF-424 application by searching for the name to add and then click ‘OK’ (Figure 2).

Figure 1: SF-424 Workspace

When submitting the request form for MyFunding or MyRA Access, two signatures are required to approve the request and to ensure the appropriate level of access is provided. The first signature is from the direct supervisor of the individual needing access (Figure 1).  

In MyRA, an agreement can be withdrawn while it is in the Pre-Submission (Draft) or Review state. The “Withdraw” activity is only available to the Principal Investigator (PI) or their proxies.

Please contact myrahelp@pitt.edu to withdraw agreements if the activity is not available to you (Figure 1) or contact your specialist to discard the agreement if already submitted.

Figure 1. Withdraw Activity on Agreement Workspace

As a reminder, you do not need to wait until a contracting party is added to MyRA to complete and submit Agreements. When you select 'Pending' for the Contracting Party (Figure 1), the agreement will automatically update when the new contracting party is available. 

Figure 1.  Contracting Party Information Workspace 

To maintain clear documentation and proper approvals, bulk record access requests for MyFunding and MyRA have been updated to follow a streamlined process.

Bulk access requests must be signed by the individual’s supervisor and authorized RC before being submitted to peristeam@pitt.edu.

Follow the below steps to submit PERIS™ system bulk access requests:

As a reminder, 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 Contract Services Team at clincorp@pitt.edu.