In this topic, you will learn how to commit funds for Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) awards.
Steps:
Click the Commit/Decommit Funds menu item to begin the process of committing funds.
Step 1Enter the correct information into the Fiscal Year field.
For this example, enter a valid value e.g. "2010".
Step 2Enter the correct information into the CFDA/Subprogram field.
For this example, enter a valid value e.g. "84.066W".
Step 3Click the button to the right of the Action type field to display the list of action types.
Step 4Select the Non-Competing Continuation list item for this example.
Step 5Click the Search button to search for competitions which meet the search criteria.
Step 6Click the Select button to mark CFDA/Subprogram 84.066W and Schedule 2.
Step 7Click the Commit Funds button to move to the Commit Funds tab.
Step 8The 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 9Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and review the awards.
Step 10Click the View ACCS option to view the ACCS for the first award listed.
Step 11The system displays the ACCS information at the bottom of the screen.
Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and view the ACCS information.
Step 12You may repeat the process in order to review the ACCS information for each of the awards listed.
Step 13Note: The Grant Schedule Estimates is a link which you can click to take you to the associated schedule.
Step 14You 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 15Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down to the bottom of the screen.
Step 16Click 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 17If 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 18Click the button to the right of the Actions field to display the list of available actions for the first award.
Step 19Select the Commit list item for this example.
Step 20You can repeat the process until you have marked each of the awards with the appropriate action.
Step 21After each award has been marked, click the Continue > button to move to the Summary tab.
Step 22Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down and review the information for each award.
Step 23Click the Submit button to submit the commitments to the system.
Step 24The 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 25Click the Vertical scrollbar to scroll down to the bottom of the screen.
Step 26Note: 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 27Click the Go to Home button to return to the My Home Page screen.
Step 28Congratulations!
You have successfully committed funds for NCC awards.