Added fields to track GLP and transgenic organism proposals.
February 10, 2010
Changed security rules to allow view access to all proposals in any college to administrators with college-level view access.
August 14, 2009
Fixed bug in contact update routine
May 12, 2009
Added Nonprofit and local government sponsors to question about tentative funding agreements
April 24, 2009
Added Deadline Date field to display of proposals in process
Fixed bug in generation of “cloned” proposals
March 12, 2009
Added fields to track proposed Federal stimulus funding and CFDA number
February 23, 2009
Modified documents routines to accept .docx and .xlsx files
June 6, 2008
Fixed bug in email notifications that truncated hyphenated names
May 22, 2008
Added flag for Limited Submission projects, fixed bug in edit permission logic
February 19, 2008
Improved saving and display procedures
Added direct and prime sponsors to notification and action emails
Modified keyword prompt
Replaced “Continuation” type with “NIH Progress Report”
October 15, 2007
Revised queries in “Select Proposal” function to improve performance when searching by investigator name.
April 5, 2007
Revised validation to accept proposals with requested amount of 0, after warning user. Blank amounts still not accepted.
November 30, 2006
Extended “To do list” function (View Proposals In Process) to users with edit/view access.
July 17, 2006
Improved validation for regulatory compliance questions
November 4, 2005
Added links to investigator Conflict of Interest Disclosures, with security features limiting access to authorized personnel.
Added question asking whether sub-accounts are needed for project.
Added one-button-click option for adding NCSU as a location on proposals.
Added validation step that prevents Sponsored Programs approval if the record does not have a valid sponsor selected.
Increased size of RFP field to 100 characters (scrolls on screen).
Improved background processing on sponsored program table.
Improved date validation.
Added warnings if compliance approval dates are too old (more than one year before proposal deadline).
October 31, 2005
Added field for Lab Safety Plan date (required if there is a Lab Safety Plan Number in the proposal) and link to the NCSU Health and Safety Lab Safery Plan page.
Revised routing logic to include associated departments when centers are included in the routing chain.
Revised routing order to have all centers associated with a proposal approve before any departments approve.
August 11, 2005
Moved Financial OUC field to Online Routing screen, and made it
read-only on main screen.
May 13, 2005
Added support for .xfd format files to document upload.
Added Pre-Awards to list of proposals shown for creating renewals, supplements and other proposals.
February 24, 2005
Fixed bug which inserted extra proposals in “to-do” lists (View Proposals in Process menu option).
February 21, 2005
Revised error message for users whose Unity ID is not found in the PINS database.
Installed processing improvements for handling proposals in Sponsored Programs.
February 15, 2005
Added “Expand Investigator List” button to select and clone forms.
February 14, 2005
Added “Expand Investigator List” button to main form.
January 12, 2005
Changed screen prompt for greater clarity.
Revised internal pointers to accommodate Documentum server upgrade.
December 28, 2004
Changed personnel listing routine to list only those investigators that a user has access rights for (either edit or approval rights), except when choosing co-investigators for a proposal.
December 21, 2004
Removed “Adopt” option from individual approvals–still available for department, college and Sponsored Programs approvals.
December 7, 2004
Fixed bugs in proposal clone function.
Added additional validation to uploaded document function.
Installed final list of document types for paperless proposal processing.
Added listing of user name and date/time saved to document list.
November 24, 2004
Added pending approval information to Approval list, and reformatted it on View Proposals in Process list.
Added another color code to Sponsored Programs approval lists.
Added “Adopt” feature to approval lists, to allow offices toorganize their work more easily (see PINS Tips for more information)
November 19, 2004
Added the ability for lead college to note in PINS record whether the physical proposal will be signed in the college office or in SPARCS–also to designate proposals with a “Rush” flag for PINS (see PINS Tips for more information)
Added OUC (four-digit) as column to Approve Proposals and View Proposals in Process screens
Color-coded approval list at Sponsored Programs approval step to convey signature/rush information
November 15, 2004
Fixed bug in proposal clone function
Added additional information to proposal list returned by “View Your
Proposals in Process” menu item
November 12, 2004
Added function to delete files in Supporting Documentation list
Added function to change document type (Abstract, Budget Justification, etc.) in Supporting Documentation list
Added main menu item to retrieve list of all in-process proposals for which the user has approval premission, regardless of the proposal’s state in the approval process (see PINS Tips for more detail)
November 3, 2004
Improved data validation before entering Online Routing system
October 27, 2004
Changed Select Proposal and Approve Proposal lists so that most recent proposals appear at top of list
October 26, 2004
Revised proposal “clone” feature to show unfunded proposals which have had any submission within the past year (previously, unfunded proposals were shown for one year after their first submission)
Added project begin and end dates to PINS cover sheet
October 25, 2004
Revised proposal validation so that proposals cannot be routed until PI certifies that all investigators have current COI disclosures on file
Added procedure to read information about current projects from RADAR database and import fields into PINS–this will allow continuation, supplement, revision and renewal proposals to be generated with less typing and using information verified by Sponsored Programs
September 10, 2004
Added PINS cover sheet, which can be printed from the main form after routing is initiated, or from the Online Routing form
August 18, 2004
Added buttons to online routing page that allow the user to 1)return to examine the proposal being approved, or 2)return to the list of proposals available for approval, without going through the PINS main menu
Fixed bug that denied edit permission to users with center permissions before proposal routing was initiated
Revised email routine to eliminate duplicate approval notification to colleges
August 17, 2004
Added email notification to college research offices when routing is initiated on a proposal
August 12, 2004
Added field for OUC of administering financial unit, if different from PI’s home department
Added field to designate on or off campus work
Revised default values of several fields to improve data accuracy
Revised some internal parsing routines to handle more varied input
August 5, 2004
Revised validation for cost-sharing information to eliminate illegal characters
July 16, 2004
Revised document handling routines to provide greater system stability
June 24, 2004
Revised routing table setup to prevent mis-identification of centers as departments
June 18, 2004
Revised program to prevent unintentional duplication of proposal records
Refined rights assignments to allow view access to records which have been routed completely through the system
Fixed bug which prevented cost-sharing line items from being edited in Netscape Navigator
Revised button text on cost sharing screen for clarity
June 9, 2004
Revised sorting for name pull-downs to include first names and initials
Added validations for F&A Rate when saving/updating
Revised URLs for New PI and New Sponsor requests
Revised emails to place PI name in subject line for higher-level approvals
Revised routing rules to identify Other Administrative Units correctly as departments or centers
