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Administrative Official AO  
An Administrative Official (AO) is a Business Official (BO) within an extramural organization and may be located within the Central Research Administration Office and/or an academic department. The AO reviews grant applications for accuracy before the SO submits final applications to the NIH. Depending on an institution's workflow process, it is possible for the SO and AO to be the same person. In this case, only SO authority is necessary (as SO authority supersedes AO authority). SO and AO authorities should not be combined.


NOTE: The AO is not authorized to transmit applications to the NIH.
An Administrative Official (AO) role has the following privileges:
  • Create all accounts (except IAR, TRAINEE, and BO);
  • Update Commons accounts created by the AO;
  • View status and award information for all institution grants; and

NOTE: The AO cannot view summary statement or priority score.
  • Create affiliation of an existing PI or IAR Commons account and the institution.

NOTE: The AO cannot modify the Institution Profile.

For additional information, visit the eRA Commons Account Roles webpage.

See Also: Account Administrator Assistant Role Business Official Financial Conflict of Interest Role Principal Investigator Role Signing Official