ACTIVITIES AT CRBCM

We promised to submit an RFA at NIH yesterday, little did we know how tricky the process is.   The process is so tricky you wonder if it is designed to discourage the novice. We failed in our attempt.  But we are a Coalition fighting for a just cause, we do not give-up.  We are going back right at it as sunrise comes tomorrow because we have to keep fighting until the resistances are brought down, until they hear our voice and/or until the enemy becomes irrelevant!
The process of filling up the the application is full of exasperating moments made for you to quit. We understood quickly that after filling up one answer, you have to give time to the computer to process the full file with the new information and save the document!  Literally, after each input you got to save the full file otherwise you lose it all every 2-3 minutes!  For the makers of the Internet, the government has ZERO for computer "practicality and easiness" of their program.  The RED TAPE is in full display.  You need numbers to make Albert Einstein think again!    You need EIN, DUNS,NUNS,SAMS AND CAGE,ERA commons, and the surprise wait for you when you want to submit, there and you will MPIN.  Why all these and why wait until the end at submission, just to frustrate the hell out of you: "you are not the AOR".  The all purpose is to frustrate applicants.  And get this, when we called them, they do not have either your DUNS which they gave you, and that you need to access the SAMS. And they try to help you but can't because you do not have the same "options on the screen".   Your screen offer you less options then theirs!  The government does not give you the options to register by your self for the MPIN. They select who they give it to!  So we could not file.  Tommorrow, we are back at it!  try it but take some Xanax first!
ONE THING THEY HAVE TO REALIZE, WE WILL NOT QUIT THE FIGHT!