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Frequently Asked Questions - Proposals
What information do I enter for the DUNS of a foreign institution?
The following information is taken directly from the eRA website:
“Is a DUNS number required for every subaward/consortium organization?"
Ideally yes. The 'Organization DUNS' is a required field on the 'Research & Related Budget' form, regardless of the budget "type"-project or subaward/consortium. However, at the subaward level, neither Grants.gov nor NIH currently validates on the accuracy of that field. For subaward organizations, eRA Commons only validates that the DUNS field contains a value and that the value is not the same DUNS number provided by the prime applicant. At this time the eRA Commons does not do any further validations on the accuracy of the number. So for now, if a subaward/consortium organization is unable to secure a DUNS number in time, then a value of nine zeros can be entered in the DUNS field on the subaward/consortium budget component. This requirement may change over time.”
When I open my proposal from the list, it says I am in read-only mode and cannot make any changes! How can I fix this?
A number of things tend to cause this, including opening the same proposal in multiple windows, unexpected logoffs from the system, or other users taking control of the proposal while you are working within it.
If you look at the top of the proposal window, you should see the words "Locked by" followed by a username. If that username is your own username, then you can simply click the Lock icon 
next to it, and take the lock back from yourself. If that username belongs to another user of the system, you should contact them before taking the lock back.