What You Need to Know About Electronic R01 Submissions

The next step is to get listed with the government's Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Your institution's DUNS number is required for this part of the registration, along with a number of business and financial details including your institution's bank and bank account numbers (for electronic funds transfers). CCR spells out these requirements in an online registration handbook. CCR and Grants.gov say CCR registration takes about 2 days to process. One result of CCR registration is the assignment of a Marketing Partner ID Number or MPIN, which is needed later in the registration process. Those who have gone through CCR registration caution that once the MPIN is assigned, it is not easily retrieved from CCR, so whoever is doing the registration should immediately (and securely) record it.

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