#  eRA Information: Use of ASSIST Expanded for Submission of Administrative Supplements 

 





July 23, 2020

 

 

 On July 22, 2020, NIH released news of ASSIST being expanded for submission of administrative supplements:

 *Beginning Saturday, July 25, 2020, the use of ASSIST for the submission of administrative supplements will be expanded. This release builds on the previous enhancements to ASSIST, outlined in [ASSIST Has Been Streamlined to Support Easier Initiation and Submission of Administrative Supplements](https://era.nih.gov/news/era-enhancement-assist-has-been-streamlined-support-easier-initiation-and-submission) from April 7, 2020.*

 *As of this date, there will be three methods for initiating an administrative supplement through eRA systems:*

- *Initiate in ASSIST, enter the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for an administrative supplement and enter information manually*
- *Initiate in ASSIST and after entering the Federal ID number of the parent grant award, some of the information from the parent award is prepopulated*
- *Initiate through eRA Commons and after identifying a specific grant for administrative supplement, be directed by the system to ASSIST where some information from the parent award is prepopulated*

For more information, please visit the [eRA News webpage](https://era.nih.gov/news).