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Email Notifications from Grants.gov and NIH

You are responsible for tracking your submission through Grants.gov to eRA Commons. You will receive many courtesy email notifications throughout the submission process, but email can be unreliable and should not be used as your primary way to track your application. It is best to proactively check your application status in Grants.gov and eRA Commons rather than relying on email. 

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Grants.gov

Grants.gov emails are sent to the email address on file with Grants.gov for the submitting AOR

Subject Line of EmailSentSent to the following person(s)Content of email
GRANT00772078 Grants.gov Submission ReceiptWhen application has been received by Grants.gov and is being validatedAuthorized Organization Representative (AOR)

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GRANT00772078 Grants.gov Submission Validation Receipt for ApplicationWhen Grants.gov has validated the application and is preparing it for retrieval by the Grantor agencyAOR

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GRANT00772146 Grants.gov Rejection Notice for ApplicationWhen the application is not validated because of errors (e.g., schema error, virus, application sent after the closing date)AOR

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GRANT00772076 Grants.gov Grantor Agency Retrieval Receipt for ApplicationWhen the application has been retrieved by the Grantor agencyAOR

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GRANT00772076 Grants.gov Agency Tracking Number Assignment for ApplicationWhen the application has been reviewed by the Grantor agency and assigned an Agency Tracking NumberAOR

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NIH

NIH emails are sent to the three email addresses listed on the SF424 (R&R) cover form (field #5 person to be contacted, field #14 PD/PI, and field #19 AOR)

Subject Line of EmailSentSent to the following person(s)Content of email
<Grants.gov Tracking #>/<PI name>: Check Assembled Application in eRA CommonsAfter successful processing of a Grants.gov submission with no warnings or errorsSO, PD/PI, Person to be ContactedText
<Grants.gov Tracking #>/<PI name>: Check Assembled Application in eRA Commons – Warnings OnlyAfter successful processing of a Grants.gov submission with at least one warning but no errorsSO, PD/PI, Person to be ContactedText
<Grants.gov Tracking #>/<PI name>: ACTION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SUBMISSION - Application Errors and WarningsAfter processing of a Grants.gov submission, if at least one error has been generatedSO, PD/PI, Person to be ContactedText
<Grants.gov Tracking #>/<PI name>: ACTION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SUBMISSION - Missing or Invalid eRA Commons UsernameAfter processing of a Grants.gov submission, if the Commons account was missing or invalidSO, PD/PI, Person to be ContactedText
<Grants.gov Tracking #>/<PI name>: ACTION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SUBMISSION - System Issue OccurredAfter processing of a Grants.gov submission, if a system error has occurredSO, PD/PI, Person to be Contacted, cc to the eRA Service DeskText
eRA Commons: SO has rejected electronic application - PI: [PI Last Name, First Name]If the SO rejects the application.SO who refused application; PD/PI on the applicationText
eRA Commons: NIH has auto verified electronic application AN # [Accession num]; PI: [PI Last Name, PI First Name]; Title: [Project Title]Two business days after an error-free application is assembled in eRA CommonsPD/PI on the application;
SO at email address that was received on the eSubmission data stream
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