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If you cannot find a user in eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM), you can create an account for that user. If a person has logged into eRPM before, they will have the PI & Project Team role. If you need to add a person who has never logged in before, you can create an account for U-M users (a person with a uniqname and UMICH password).
Important
eResearch
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If an Export Control Officer determines that an Export Control Agreement (ECA) is needed, they can create the Unfunded Agreement (UFA) by clicking Create New UFA in the Export Control Officer’s Home workspace. Once the UFA has been created, additional activities are available in the UFA workspace to facilitate negotiation and activation of the agreement. Changes can also be made after the agreement has been activated.
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The Edit Award Worksheet activity allows ORSP to edit/update an Award. You can sequentially edit each section of the Award using the Continue button, or click a Forms menu link to edit a specific section of the award. You must click Save to save any changes you have made.
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A subcontract (SUBK) is required when U-M pays an external organization to work on part of a sponsored project awarded to U-M.
Important Information and Tips
Export Control Home Workspace Tabs
Several factors, including State and action required, determine on which tabs projects will display in the Export Control Home workspace (My Home). This document provides a description of the various tabs.
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This document explains how to finalize for submission to sponsor in eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM).
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You can find projects for Proposal Approval Forms (PAFs) (and Awards, ACRs, SUBKs, and UFAs) using either:
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Some PDF documents contain images, headers or digital signatures that may not be fully integrated into the document. These types of PDFs can cause problems in the SF424 documents when running hide/show errors or when trying to validate the application. Additionally, it may prevent the NIH’s eRA Commons from being able to correctly open the files.
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If a Sponsor agreement/contract with a confidentiality clause is received, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Letter should be created. A FOIA Letter can be created and submitted to the FOIA Office by an ORSP Project Representative (ORSP-PR), ORSP Staff, or by the Innovation Partnerships, and it can be created in an Unfunded Agreement (UFA) or Award (AWD) workspace. An Award project can have multiple FOIAs created for it. UFAs can only have one letter per project.
The Create FOIA Letter activity is available from the:
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The eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system upgrade to vendor framework version 9.0, effective January 11, 2021, brings a number of user interface changes and navigation improvements to the smartforms for all projects, including Proposal Approval Form (PAF) Worksheet, Award (AWD), Subcontracts (SUBK), Unfunded Agreement (UFA), Agreement Acceptance Request (AAR), and Grants.gov (SF-424) applications.