Delegations - eRA Commons

Delegations. Organizational institutions and users of the Commons system can grant other institutional Commons users the authority to enter and process ... Youarehere: Revised11/16/2021 Ifyouarehavingtroubleviewinganyoftheinformationcontainedinthishelptopic,itcanalsobefoundintheeRA CommonsUserGuidelocatedonlineathttps://era.nih.gov/docs/Commons_UserGuide.pdf.UsetheTableofContentsofthePDFsearchfunctiontofindaspecifictopic.   Delegations OrganizationalinstitutionsandusersoftheCommonssystemcangrantotherinstitutionalCommonsuserstheauthoritytoenterandprocessgrantinformation,updatePPFinformation,submitRPPRinformation,workwithspecificmodules,andensurethatNIHhasassociated(i.e.,linked)theproperNIHsupport.Thismethodofassigning(andrevoking)authoritytootherCommonsuserstoperformspecificfunctionsiscalledDelegation. CommonsuserscandelegatespecificauthoritiestootherCommonsusersfortheirownaccountssuchaswhenaPIdelegatestheProgressReportauthoritytoanotherPIoraSponsordelegatestoanassistant.Additionally,administrativeuserssuchasSOcandelegatecertainauthoritiesonbehalfofanotherCommonsuser.Forexample,anSOcangrantanASSTusertheSponsorauthorityonbehalfofaCommonsSponsoruser. ListedbelowisatableofthetypesofdelegationauthoritiesinCommons,alongwithwhocangrantthatauthorityandwhomcanreceiveit. DelegationAuthorities AuthorityType DelegatedBy DelegatedTo Description ProgressReport SO,AA,AO(onbehalfofPI) PI EnablesthedelegatedPItoworkonprogress reportsforanotherPI-IncludesInterimandFinalRPPRandHSSrequests Progress Report PI ActiveuserwithintheInstitution EnablestheauthorizedusertoworkonprogressreportsforthePI-IncludesInterimandFinalRPPRandHSSrequests.ThisdoesnotincludetheabilitytosubmittheFinalorInterimRPPR—onlytheSOcansubmit,unlesstheydelegatethatauthoritytothePI. Sponsor SO,AA(onbehalfofSPONSOR) ASST AllowstheASSTtoaccessthexTrainmodule Status PI ASST AllowstheASSTtoworkwiththeStatusmodule.IfauserneedsaccesstoedittheFinalorInterimRPPR,thentheuseralsoneedsaccesstotheStatusmodule. PPF Allusers ActiveuserwithintheInstitution Enablesanotheruserinthesameinstitutiontoeditsomeoneelse'spersonalprofile Submit SO PI EnablesthePItosubmitRPPRandMYPRreports--nowneededforPIiftheyaretosubmitInterimandFinalRPPR xTrain PI,SPONSOR ASST EnablestheASSTtoworkwiththexTrainmoduleandxTRACT Delegationsarenotpermanentandcanberevokedatanytime. SeeAlso DelegateonBehalfofAnotherUser DelegatingInstitutionalSubmitProgress ReportAuthority DirectDelegations   AreyouhavingtroublewitheRA Commons? TheeRA ServiceDeskistheretohelp.Pleasevisittheirwebpagetosubmitasupportticket.Wasthisinformationhelpful? Dohaveanycommentsorsuggestionsabouttheinformationprovidedwithinthistopic? SendyourcommentsabouttheCommonsOnlineHelpto.