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.
To ensure CITI trainings are populated in MyFunding, please confirm that your CITI profile uses your Pitt email address as either the primary or secondary email address on your account.
Updates have been made in MyFunding so that all Funding Proposal (FP) records that are associated with a proposal or award being processed by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) can be related (connected) to each other.
Funding Proposals
When preparing system-to system administrative supplements in MyFunding, Opportunity IDs (Figure 1) may include multiple application packages (Figure 2). Therefore, carefully review each package description and select the appropriate package to ensure all required forms and components are included in the submission.
Figure 1. Opportunity ID
To copy a Funding Proposal in MyFunding, select the ‘Copy’ activity on the left-hand side of the Workspace (Figure 1).
Deliverables can be managed on an Active Award in MyFunding with the ‘Manage Deliverables’ activity (Figure 1).
Figure 1.
To add a deliverable:
In response to user feedback, two Award Modification Request (AMR) notifications have been updated to include the “Assigner” (the user who assigns the “Submitter,” i.e., the departmental research administrator submitting the request).
For any new AMRs created in MyFunding after April 15, 2026, the ‘Assigner’ will receive the following notifications:
