Account Set-Up

Many federal agencies use Electronic Research Administration (ERA) systems for grant submission and award administration. The National Science Foundation (NSF) uses Research.gov, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) uses the eRA Commons, and most other federal agencies use Grants.gov. Please see the links below for information on creating user accounts for these systems and on using these systems at UCSB.

 

Account Set-Up

Sponsor ERA Systems Information and Guidance

Additional Resources and Special Information

NIH: Follow this link for NIH updates and policy notices - NIH Policy Notices

Proposal eRA Submission Systems Matrix

Below is the list of sponsors and the systems that should be used to submit proposals. 

Sponsor Proposal submission system notes
National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • All proposals should be submitted in Research.gov
  • In the event Research.gov is down, Cayuse should be used to submit NSF proposals.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • SPO uses Cayuse as our SSO system that submits directly to Grants.gov. this will be used for a MAJORITY of NIH proposals.
  • NIH ASSIST is recommend for all multi-component projects being submitted to NIH. Please contact your SPO team to verify this is the proper submission system.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • All NASA proposal should be submitted through NSPIRES.
Department of Defense (DOD)
  • SPO uses Cayuse as our SSO system that submits directly to Grants.gov. This will be used for all DOD proposals. 
Department of Energy (DOE)
  • DOE proposals submitted to ARPA-E and EERE solicitations are required to be submitted through eXCHANGE by the PI.
  • All other DOE proposals will be submitted through Cayuse, our SSO system that submits directly to Grants.gov.
  • Some DOE Pre-Proposals may require submission through PAMS. Please read the solicitation closely to look out for these circumstances.