[BNC-all] Grants.gov adobe forms - PLEASE CIRCULATE

[Brown, Stacy L.]

Deborah,

Can you please forward this email as well as add it to the Monday Memo?
This pertains to proposals and using Grants.gov.

Thanks,
Stacy 


Stacy Brown
Purdue University
Business Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Phone: 765-494-1619
Fax: 765-496-8299

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ba-l-bounces at lists.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Dimmitt, Robert J
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:51 PM
To: bacl-l at purdue.edu; ba-l at purdue.edu
Subject: Grants.gov adobe forms - PLEASE CIRCULATE

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL FACULTY AND STAFF AS NECESSARY.

During September of this year, grants.gov underwent a major change by
starting to migrate proposal packages from the puredge forms to adobe
pdf forms.  One of the biggest benefits of this change is that it will
allow us the ability to have a platform independent submission tool.
The adobe forms can be used on both mac and pc without any special
software or additional steps.

A couple of very important things to remember:

	-  MOST IMPORTANT - when filling out the new forms, the packages
should be built and submitted using either adobe reader or acrobat 7.0.9
or 8.1.1.  Any version used outside of the two approved versions will
not be supported by grants.gov and will result in errors not allowing
the package to be submitted.  REMEMBER - ALL ACTIVITY IN CREATING AND
SUBMITTING THE PACKAGE MUST BE COMPLETED USING EITHER 7.0.9 OR 8.1.1.

	-  Free downloads of adobe 7.0.9 and 8.1.1 can be found at
http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp.

	-  Pdf packages can be built and completed using the free adobe
reader software.  There is no need to purchase the adobe acrobat
software.

	-  The transition to adobe forms is being phased in over time.
Until the transition is complete, there will be a need to maintain the
puredge software on your computer in the event that you are submitting a
puredge (.xfd) package. 

Additionally, attached to this message, is an excel spreadsheet that can
be used as a reference tool when trying to determine what computers and
operating systems are compatible with the different grants.gov
submission tools.

If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call.

Sincerely, 

Rob
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Rob Dimmitt
Assistant Director, Pre-Award
Sponsored Program Services
Purdue University
302 Wood Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108
Phone: (765) 496-9647     Fax: (765) 494-1360 
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