Commit Funds for NCC Awards


Concept

In this topic, you will learn how to commit funds for Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) awards.


Steps:

  1. Click the Commit/Decommit Funds menu item to begin the process of committing funds.

    Step 1
  2. Enter the correct information into the Fiscal Year field.

     

    For this example, enter a valid value e.g. "2010".

    Step 2
  3. Enter the correct information into the CFDA/Subprogram field.

     

    For this example, enter a valid value e.g. "84.066W".

    Step 3
  4. Click the button to the right of the Action type field to display the list of action types.

    Step 4
  5. Select the Non-Competing Continuation list item for this example.

    Step 5
  6. Click the Search button to search for competitions which meet the search criteria.

    Step 6
  7. Click the Select button to mark CFDA/Subprogram 84.066W and Schedule 2.

    Step 7
  8. Click the Commit Funds button to move to the Commit Funds tab.

    Step 8
  9. The system displays the awards for the competition you selected.  The information for each award includes the start and end dates for the budget period, the requested amount, the amount to commit and the funding status (Rolled Over).

    Step 9
  10. Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and review the awards.

    Step 10
  11. Click the View ACCS option to view the ACCS for the first award listed.

    Step 11
  12. The system displays the ACCS information at the bottom of the screen.

     

    Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and view the ACCS information.

    Step 12
  13. You may repeat the process in order to review the ACCS information for each of the awards listed.

    Step 13
  14. Note:  The Grant Schedule Estimates is a link which you can click to take you to the associated schedule.

    Step 14
  15. You may review and, if necessary, update the grant schedule estimates.  After you are finished, the system will return you to the Commit Funds screen.

    Step 15
  16. Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down to the bottom of the screen.

    Step 16
  17. Click the button to the right of the Apply to All field to display the action choices which can be done to all the awards.

    Step 17
  18. If you want to mark all the awards with the same action, you can select the action and click the Apply to All button.

     

    For this example, the awards will be marked individually and this will be left as "No Action."

    Step 18
  19. Click the button to the right of the Actions field to display the list of available actions for the first award.

    Step 19
  20. Select the Commit list item for this example.

    Step 20
  21. You can repeat the process until you have marked each of the awards with the appropriate action.

    Step 21
  22. After each award has been marked, click the Continue > button to move to the Summary tab.

    Step 22
  23. Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and review the information for each award.

    Step 23
  24. Click the Submit button to submit the commitments to the system.

    Step 24
  25. The system displays a message indicating that the awards you selected were successfully committed.  The associated FMSS ID is also shown.

     

    The Funding Status updates to Pending Commitment until the transactions complete in FMSS.  You may view the FMSS Log by navigating to that menu item, refer to the topic entitled Viewing the FMSS Log.

    Step 25
  26. Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down to the bottom of the screen.

    Step 26
  27. Note:  If you want to make commitments for additional NCC awards, click the Done button and return to the search screen to repeat the process.

    Step 27
  28. Click the Go to Home button to return to the My Home Page screen.

    Step 28

Congratulations!

 

You have successfully committed funds for NCC awards.