http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
What is the purpose?
When additional information is requested by a grantor agency from grant applicants, Just-in-Time (JIT) provides a tool for this purpose. JIT allows applicants and signing officials to submit certain elements of a competing grant application at a later date in the application process – after the peer review and as the application is being considered for funding. This includes information on Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of the use of human subjects approval, verification of IACUC's approval of the proposed use of live vertebrate animals, etc. The application must meet certain business criteria and have achieved a certain score to be considered. Applicants should only submit JIT information when it is requested by the grantor agency.
What are the features?
- Enables supporting documents to be uploaded, as requested, to support the grant application.
- Submitted information becomes available for viewing in the Status tab under Other Relevant Documents.
What are the benefits?
- Allows the potential grantor agency to request additional information as needed.
- Ensures timely submission of information requested by the grantor agency.
Who can use JIT?
- Principal Investigators (PI) are able to upload and save JIT information
- Signing Officials (SO) have the authority to submit JIT information (Sponsored Projects)
Also at: http://era.nih.gov/commons/faq_commons.cfm
Just-in-Time FAQ's
- How do I know when I should submit Just-in-Time information?
Applicants should not submit any JIT information until it is requested by the grantor agency. NIH issues just-in-time emails for all applications that receive an overall impact score of 40 or less. - Why does the Just-in-Time (JIT) link appear in eRA Commons's Status section when I have not been asked to submit the information?
The Just-in-Time link appears for all grant applications within 24 hours after the score is released to ensure its availability should the grantor agency request the Just-in-Time information. Applicants should not see this link as an indicator of the need to submit JIT information and should rely on a specific request from agency staff.
There is a JIT link: http://era.nih.gov/erahelp/commons/default.htm#cshid=1033 that might also be useful.
That has been revised as of: 1-13-2014