NIH Final Invention Statements
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) require Final Invention Statements (FIS) to be routed and submitted through the Signing Official (SO) in eRA Commons. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) serves as the delegated SO for the University of Pittsburgh. Principal Investigators (PIs) should work with their departmental research administrators to ensure that any eRA Commons request is also routed to OSP in PERIS™ MyFunding.
First, the PI must complete the FIS in eRA Commons. Once ready, the department administrator must submit the request via Award Modification Request (AMR) and include copies of the FIS; otherwise, OSP will be unaware of this submission in eRA Commons. Applicable due dates should be noted in the AMR.
After OSP reviews the request in MyFunding and eRA Commons, OSP will send FIS reports to the Innovation Institute for verification with known invention disclosures. Once the FIS is confirmed by Innovation Institute, OSP will submit the FIS in eRA Commons.
Routing requests through MyFunding ensures that OSP is aware and that the request is centrally recorded as part of the related funding proposal (FP) or award (AWD) record.
All Other Final Invention Statements
The DD Form 882 Report of Inventions and Subcontracts is the standard form for reporting inventions to the federal government, but some companies may use their own forms to collect the same information.
If a sponsor asks you to submit an invention report for your project, the PI should follow the instructions provided on the invention report form to complete the form, but do not sign the form. Once ready, the department administrator must submit the request via Award Modification Request (AMR) and include copies of the FIS; otherwise, OSP will be unaware of this submission. Applicable due dates should be noted in the AMR.
OSP will review the request in MyFunding and send FIS reports to the Innovation Institute for verification with known invention disclosures. Once the FIS is confirmed by Innovation Institute, OSP will obtain signature on the form and return to department administrator via MyFunding for submission to sponsor.