Concern/Misconception/Question |
Correct Practice |
That it is not necessary to prepare a GC-1 for an e-SNAP
submission. |
GC-1’s are necessary. The GC-1 is a form internal
to the UW that, in addition to supplying general essential
information about the application, also ensures that compliance
issues have been checked and are in accordance to what is
currently allowable.
The appropriate signatures on the GC-1 (Chair, Dean, and
IACUC, if applicable) are still required. |
| That you also need to supply the 2590 face page in order
to obtain a signature page to send to NIH. |
You do NOT have to do this . Most of
the administrators in OSP have been given signature authority,
and designated as an “SO” within the (NIH) eRA
Commons system. When one of them clicks the “Submit” button
for an e-SNAP, it is an “electronic” signature,
and is the equivalent of a hand-written signature. |
| That you need to do the rest of the 2590 and upload it. |
That is redundant. The e-SNAP format is designed to “prompt” you
to answer what the NIH officials need to know (i.e. the face
page information, the 3 SNAP questions, whether there have
been changes in human subject/animal use). The “progress” made
in the research can be uploaded from a word document. |
| What do you do if there is a subcontract involved? |
You will need to upload it in the “Other Document
File” section.** |
| In responding “yes” to the first SNAP (regarding
Other Support), the respondent provides only an explanation. |
The Other Support documentation needs to be uploaded, just
as you would do if preparing the standard 2590 form. (The same
holds true for providing a biosketch if someone new has been
mentioned in the second SNAP question.)** |
| Who should you designate as the “Administrative Official” & “Signing
Official”? |
This should be Lynne Chronister. |
| To validate or not to validate? |
Just because all of the categories listed in “Status
of Completion” state “Completed” (on the
e-SNAP Menu page) doesn’t mean that they actually are.
This is particularly true if this is the first time the PI
has submitted an e-SNAP, in which case it is very likely that
the PI’s Personal Profile information was never completed.
Please validate to discover whether there are any errors,
before routing to our office. It will save time. |
| Who, in OSP, should you route the submission to? |
Please route it to your Grant & Contract Coordinator,
not your administrator or Carol. |