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The Financial Status Reporter (FSR) Role
The recipient official with the Financial Status Reporter
(FSR) role is the individual who electronically signs
section 13 of the Federal Financial Report (FFR or SF-
425) as the Authorized Official (AO). The official with the
FSR role is responsible for the reporting the statement of
expenditures for the award.
The SO/BO can create eRA accounts with the FSR role.
The Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) Role
Organizations submitting an application to SAMHSA for
the first time must register their Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR) in Grants.gov as they will be
required to enter their Grants.gov AOR credentials in eRA
Application Submission System and Interface for
Submission Tracking (ASSIST) to complete the
submission process. Upon clicking the Submit button in
ASSIST, the AOR credentials from Grants.gov must be
entered.
The AOR in section 21 of the SF-424 form and the
individual with the SO/BO role in eRA Commons may be
the same. However, they do not have to be the same
individual as long as the DUNS and SAM registration
match with Grants.gov and eRA Commons.
Grants.gov
Authorized
Organization
Representative
(AOR)
Financial Status
Reporter (FSR)
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