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New Entertainment Policy effective 7/1/2009
entertainment_07.01.09.pdf
Express Card CAN be used for Conference Registration!
If you will use the Express Card, it can only be used to pay for registration fees and not for travel expenses such as hotel. Provide the card number and ask for a confirmation number.
Once the charge appears in ECManager, select account code: 652010 In-state conference 652910 Out-of-state conference
Deposit Stamp now resides with Vers, please stamp the back of all checks going to Central Cashier.
Grants.gov submissions to NIH: Adobe Packages required Jan. 2009
Electronic proposal submissions via Grants.gov are beginning to require Adobe form packages in place of PureEdge form packages. NIH will make the transition to Adobe forms in January 2009 for most of their electronic proposals. Keep the following in mind as you prepare for this transition:
1. As yet, the new Adobe form packages are not available. For any proposals that will have to be submitted as an Adobe package in January 2009, concentrate for now on completing the Research plan and the PDF attachment files. DO NOT use a PureEdge package that may currently be linked to your funding solicitation. Adobe packages for NIH applications should be available in December 2008.
2. Completing an Adobe form package will require a specific version of Adobe Reader (free) or the corresponding version of Adobe Acrobat Professional. Using older versions of these programs will permanently corrupt the application package and make it impossible to submit. Please see the following Grants.gov web site for the most up-to-date list of compatible versions of the Adobe software as well as for free Acrobat Reader programs to download: http://www.grants.gov/help/download_software.jsp#adobe811
You can test compatibility of existing Adobe software here: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/AdobeVersioningTestOnly.jsp
3. Don't Panic! Adobe packages look very similar to PureEdge packages. The same form pages will be included. Unlike PureEdge packages, Adobe packages should be compatible with Mac and Vista operating systems.
Grants.gov has more detailed information about the Adobe transition here: http://www.grants.gov/assets/AdobePEFAQs.pdf
There is also an animated Adobe tutorial here: http://www.grants.gov/flash/AdobeReaderApplicationTutorial_skin.swf
More details about the NIH transition are available in NIH Notice MOT-OD-08-117 here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-117.html and on the NIH Adobe Transition web site here: http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/adobe_transition.htm
Please contact Shanley Miller with any questions or comments.