Transcript – SAMHSA Grantee Submission of Non-Competing Continuations 

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The purpose of this recording is to guide SAMHSA grantees on how to submit a non-competing 

continuation. 

First, you will navigate to the eRA Commons webpage to initiate the continuations submission process. 

To log into eRA Commons, go to era.nih.gov and select the eRA Commons Log-in button on the 

righthand side of the screen. 

Next, you will login on the left-hand side of the screen with your username and password. 

Select Non-Research from the Menu Tab, and Manage Continuations, which will take you to the Manage 

Continuations Search screen. 

The view will differ depending on whether you are logging in with the PD (slash) PI role or the Signing 

Official role. “SO role” for short. Please note that the SO is the same as the Business Official. 

If the PD/PI signs-in they will see a pre-populated list with a row for each grant that the PD/PI is 

assigned. 

If the SO signs-in they can enter specific search criteria to find a specific grant or merely select “Search” 

which will produce a list that contains every active grant at the SO’s organization. 

Note that the list default will only include active grants unless the “Include Expired Segments” checkbox 

is checked. 

When that checkbox is selected, grants with expired project periods will be displayed in the list. 

The list contains the core grant number, federal agency name, project period start and end dates, 

budget period start and end dates, PD/PI name, continuation status for the upcoming year, project title, 

and an action column for each row of data. 

There is a filter option that can be used to narrow the results further.

In the action column, you will see a “View” button. Select the “View” button to navigate to the 

Continuations: View screen. 

On this screen you are able to see detailed information for each budget period or support year that is 

left in the project period or segment. 

For years where you have not submitted a non-competing continuation yet, you will see information 

populated for the support year, status, open date, and due date columns as well as the “Select One” 

button in the action column. 
For years where you have submitted a non-competing continuation already, then you will also see 

information populated for the application #, Grants.gov tracking number, and submitted date columns. 

When you click on “Select One”, you will see the “Initiate...” option in the dropdown. 

Note that you will only be able to initiate a new non-competing continuation when the continuation 

status is Due (i.e., within the open and due date range) or Late (i.e., after the due date, but before the 

current budget period end date). 

Also note that if you have already initiated a non-competing continuation, then the dropdown option 

will say “Edit Continuation...”. 

After you make your selection, you will be directed to the Application Submission System & Interface for 

Submission Tracking, or ASSIST, where you will complete and submit your non-competing continuation. 

The default landing page in ASSIST is the Application Information screen where you will find information 

about the application, Funding Opportunity Announcement or FOA, and System for Award Management 

or SAM registration expiration date. 

Along the top of the Application Information screen, you will see the forms that are required to be 

completed. Specific guidance on how to fill out the forms is contained in SAMHSA’s Continuation 

Guidance which is emailed directly to the BO and PD, as well as posted on the SAMHSA Continuation 

website. 

You may add optional forms to your application by selecting “Add Optional Form” on the left-hand side 

of your screen. 

As you navigate through the forms, you will see that some data fields have been pre-populated for you 

based on your prior award record. 

Some of those fields are editable and some are not. 

For example, on the SF424 Cover form, the type of application is not editable. For non-competing 

continuations, the Continuation field will be selected. 

As you move through each form and save your progress, the system will alert you to fields that are 

required to be entered. Click on the links to directly navigate to the applicable field. 

After you complete all of the forms in your application, you will need to select “Update Submission 

Status” on the left-hand side of the screen and change the status to “Ready for Submission”. 

At this point, ASSIST will run the validations to ensure that there are not any errors that have to be 

corrected before submission. 

Finally, an individual in your organization with AOR or Authorized Organization Representative 

credentials will go to the Application Information screen (i.e., the Summary tab) and submit the 

application. 

After your organization submits your application, it will be sent to Grants.gov and eRA for processing. 
After the application is successfully submitted, both the grantee and federal staff members will receive 

an email confirming receipt of the application and the continuation status for this grant will be changed 

to Submitted. 

Grantees can login to the eRA Commons, access the Non-Research/Manage Continuations tab, and 

review the status for their grants at any time.

Please contact the eRA service desk with any technical or submission questions at 

grants.nih.gov/support or 866-504-9552. 

If you have grants management or budget issues, please contact your assigned grants management 

specialist. 

Thank you for listening to this recording and have a great day!