Tag Archives: Admin Tools

In order to use the various SPAERC Administration Tools, you will need the right ASTRA role and secondary authorization (Duo).

SPAERC Admin Tool ASTRA Roles Required
To see “SPAERC Administration” on the Administration tab fly-out OSP Administrator
Grant Runner Submission Queue Tools
  • Grant Runner Submission Queue
  • View Status History
  • Grants.gov Status Checker
  • NIH Status Checker
OSP Administrator

OR

OSP System Administrator

Editing Tools
  • List/Edit Sponsors
  • Add Sponsors
  • List/Edit OSP Administrators
  • Manage Grant Runner Form Content
  • Edit Auto Generated Document Text
  • Unapprove Application
OSP System Administrator
  • Manage Subcontractors (subrecipients)
OSP Subcontracts

Note: you must have the OSP Subcontracts ASTRA role to use this tool.  The tool still refers to subcontracts, so that term will be used in this article.

manage subcontractors administration tool

Searching

You can search for subcontractor by Name, Country, Type, Status, or any combination of values.

When you search by Name, the system will return any subcontractor whose name contains the characters you enter. For example, searching for “seatt” or “ttl” or “seattle” will find subcontractors with Seattle in their name.

manage subcontractors search criteria and results list

Country is the standard SAGE list, with the United States at the top for convenience.

Types are:

  • All Types
  • City of Seattle
  • King County
  • Local Government Other
  • State of Washington
  • State Government Other
  • U.S. Federal Government
  • Foreign Government Other
  • Tribal Entity
  • School District Other (K-12)
  • Foundation
  • Non-Profit

Status is Active or Inactive.

Editing a Subcontractor

When you select Edit next to a subcontractor’s name in the search results, the Edit Subcontractor page displays. You can update any of the displayed fields except Active.

edit subcontractor dialog

Those fields include

  • Name
  • DUNS
  • DUNS (+4)
  • EIN
  • Country
  • Subcontractor Type
  • Certification

Enter your changes and click the Save button to complete the process. The Manage Subcontractors main page will display.

Adding a New Subcontractor

When you select Add New Subcontractor from the main page, the Edit Subcontractor page displays.

Adding new dialog

For the Subcontractor Name, enter the full official one; if there is an acronym add it after the name in parentheses.

Fill in the DUNS, DUNS +4 and EIN values, and select the appropriate Country, Subcontractor Type and Certification status. These are all required fields.

By default, the Status will be Active.

Click Save to complete the process. Click Cancel to return to the Manage Subcontractors page without saving.

Deleting a Subcontractor

The Delete button only appears to the right of the subcontractor’s name on the search results list if it is not associated with any subawards in SPAERC. Selecting it will inactivate the subcontractor and refresh the results list.

Note: You must have the OSP System Administrator ASTRA role.

Use this tool to edit the hard-coded and default content in Grant Runner forms.

When the Grant Runner form set changes, you can use this tool to add new content, if needed. You can edit any existing item by clicking its Edit button to the right of the entry.

Manage Grant Runner Form Content

On the edit page, use the Text box to make your changes. Remember, changes you make here will appear in production within a very short time (10-15 minutes), so double check your changes before saving.

Edit Grant Runner Form Content

Once you save the updated values, users will need to open the affected form(s) for the system to pick up the changes.

Note: You must have the  OSP Administrator ASTRA role.

To retrieve the status of the application, first click the Select button to pick the endpoint. The Selected? checkbox to the left switch to checked. You must do this step even if there is only one endpoint.

Next, enter the full Grant Tracking Number, including “GRANT” and click Check Status.

NIH Status Checker

The results of the status check will display.

NIH Status Results

Note: You must have the OSP Administrator ASTRA role.

Use this tool to view the full status history of a Grant Runner application.

Enter the eGC1 number (without the A) in the text box and press the Enter key. The applications status history will display.

View Grant Runner Status History

By comparison, this is the status information from the GR Submission & Status page within the eGC1.

Standard status from eGC1