"The Commons account provided in the Credential for the PD/PI is either not affiliated with the applicant organization or does not hold the PI role. Check with your Commons Account Administrator to make sure your account affiliation and roles are set-up correctly." 1 2 DUNS numbers: The DUNS number provided on any forms must have valid characters (9 or 13 numbers with or without dashes). If the DUNS number provided has invalid characters than 9 or 13 numbers) after stripping of dashes, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The DUNs number for <insert form name > is not in the format of DUNS or DUNS+4 number (DUNS should be 9 or 13 digits; no letters or special characters).” 3 Submit required documentation for the FOA. [Note: We recommend you use the latest package from Grants.gov, which will have the latest forms and templates required.] If you do not submit the documentation required for the FOA, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The format of the application does not the format of the FOA. Please contact the eRA for assistance.” 3 4 Check the “Changed/Corrected Application” box in the SF424 form after making changes/corrections to resubmit an application. Refer to for more information on resubmission criteria. If you change/correct an error in your application, any subsequent submissions for the same FOA will result in an error, and the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “This application has been identified as a duplicate of a previous submission. The ‘Type of Submission’ should be set to Changed/Corrected if you are addressing errors/warnings.” 4 5 Applications cannot be larger than 1.2GB If the application exceeds 1.2GB, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The application did not follow the agency-specific size of 1.2 GB. Please resize the application to be no larger than 1.2GB before submitting.” 5 6 The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number must exist. If you enter an FOA number that does not exist, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The Funding Opportunity Announcement number does not 6 7 All documents and attachments must be in PDF format. If you submit attachments which are not in PDF format, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons:
The maximum percentage of the budget that will be on infrastructure development for any budget period is 14.2% ($26,280/$184,303 – Year 1). SAMPLE OF COMPLETED SF-424A SECTION A – BUDGET SUMMARY Grant Program Function or Activity (a) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (b) Estimated Unobligated New or Revised Budget Federal (c) Non-Federal (d) Federal (e) (f) Total (g) 1. Title of FOA 93.243 $184,303 $184,303 2. 3. 4. 5. Totals $184,303 $184,303 Standard Form 424A SECTION B – BUDGET CATEGORIES 6. Object Class Categories GRANT PROGRAM FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY Total (5) (1) Title of FOA (2) (3) (4) a. Personnel $52,765 $52,765 b. Fringe Benefits $15,644 $15,644 c. Travel $2,444 $2,444 d. Equipment $0 $0 e. Supplies $3,796 $3,796 f. Contractual $86,998 $86,998
g. Construction $0 $0 h. Other $15,815 $15,815 i. Total Direct Charges (sum 6a-6h) $177,462 $177,462 j. Indirect Charges $6,841 $5,6,841 k. TOTALS (sum of 6i and 6j) $184,303 $184,303 7. Program Income Standard Form 424A SECTION C – NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES (a) Grant Program (b) Applicant (c) State (d) Sources (e) TOTALS 8. Title of FOA 9. 10. 11. 12. (sum of lines 8-11) $ $ $ $ SECTION D – FORECASTED CASH 13. Federal Totals for 1st Year $184,303 1st Quarter $46,075 2nd Quarter $46,076 3rd Quarter $46.076 4th Quarter $46,076 14. Non-Federal