All documents 6 and attachments If you submit attachments which are not in PDF format, the must be in PDF format. applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: 7 <attachment> attachment is not in PDF format. All “The attachments must be provided to the agency in PDF format with a .pdf extension. Help with PDF attachments can be found at .” All attachments 7 should comply with If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated the following formatting formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following requirement: error message from eRA Commons: 8 PDF attachments cannot be {attachment} attachment was empty. PDF attachments “The cannot be empty, password protected or encrypted. Please empty (0 bytes). submit a changed/corrected application with the correct PDF attachment. Help with PDF attachments can be found at .” All attachments 8 should comply with If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated the following formatting formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following 9 requirement: error message from eRA Commons: PDF attachments cannot <attachment> attachment contained formatting or features “The not currently supported by NIH: <condition returned>. Help with have Meta data missing, cannot be encrypted, PDF attachments can be at .” password protected or secured documents. All attachments 9 should comply with If you submit attachments that do not comply with the stated the following formatting formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following requirement: error message from eRA Commons: Size of PDF attachments <file> cannot be larger than U.S. standard letter paper 10 “Filename size of 8.5 x 11 inches. See the PDF guidelines at cannot be larger than 8.5 x 11 inches (horizontally or vertically). [Note: It is recommended that you limit the size of attachments to 35 MB.] All attachments should comply with If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated the following 0 formatting formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following requirement: error message from eRA Commons: 11 PDF attachments should <attachment> attachment filename is invalid. filenames “The may only include the following characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, have a valid file name. Valid file names must include the following UTF-8
6 7 All documents and attachments must be in PDF format. If you submit attachments which are not in PDF format, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The <attachment> attachment is not in PDF format. All attachments must be provided to the agency in PDF format with a .pdf extension. Help with PDF attachments can be found at .” 7 8 All attachments should comply with the following formatting requirement: PDF attachments cannot be empty (0 bytes). If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The {attachment} attachment was empty. PDF attachments cannot be empty, password protected or encrypted. Please submit a changed/corrected application with the correct PDF attachment. Help with PDF attachments can be found at .” 8 9 All attachments should comply with the following formatting requirement: PDF attachments cannot have Meta data missing, cannot be encrypted, password protected or secured documents. If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The <attachment> attachment contained formatting or features not currently supported by NIH: <condition returned>. Help with PDF attachments can be at .” 9 10 All attachments should comply with the following formatting requirement: Size of PDF attachments cannot be larger than 8.5 x 11 inches (horizontally or vertically). [Note: It is recommended that you limit the size of attachments to 35 MB.] If you submit attachments that do not comply with the stated formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “Filename <file> cannot be larger than U.S. standard letter paper size of 8.5 x 11 inches. See the PDF guidelines at 11 All attachments should comply with the following formatting requirement: PDF attachments should have a valid file name. Valid file names must include the following UTF-8 If you submit attachments which do not comply with the stated formatting requirement, the applicant will receive the following error message from eRA Commons: “The <attachment> attachment filename is invalid. filenames may only include the following characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, 0