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Creating a new SAIF Application
When you first visit the SAIF Application System, you'll see a page that looks like the following:
This page lists all of your existing SAIF applications (with a link to edit each), and also provides a link to create a new SAIF application.
After you click the link, you'll be redirected to a form which allows you to create a new SAIF Application:
You must indicate:
- The PI for the application (whether yourself or the PI for a lab you belong to).
- The IACUC protocol details
- If your SAIF application will not be using an IACUC protocol, uncheck "This project uses an IACUC protocol" to skip.
Please note: The PI's who appear in this list are based upon funding access. Please contact the PBR Helpdesk (PBRHELPDESK@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) for assistance with funding access.
Once you finalize this form (by clicking "Submit"), your SAIF Application will be created in the system and automatically assigned a SAIF application number.
Managing a SAIF Application
Once you create the SAIF Application, it will appear in your main list of applications and you'll be able to "edit" it.
From the "edit" page, you can manage:
- Funding
- Users
- Supporting Documents
- Modality Forms
Funding & Users
You can add funding and users by clicking into their respective dropdown boxes and clicking on your new selections.
Please ensure you click the green "Submit" at the bottom to save your changes.
Funding and User selection is managed from the Path BioResource billing system. Please contact the PBR Helpdesk (PBRHELPDESK@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) for assistance with adding any funds/users which are not present in your list.
Supporting Documents
SAIF requires that you upload any supporting documents directly onto your application. You can do so in the "Supporting Documents" section by clicking "Browse" and selecting the file in the prompt that appears from your local file system.
Modalities
The "Modalities" section allows you to view and edit any of your existing SAIF Modality forms.
You can see the form's status ("Unused", "Pending", or "Approved") or add/amend a form with "Edit".
Once you add or change a form, it will be switched to "Pending" while the SAIF staff review it.
Amending a SAIF Application
Once your SAIF Application is created and approved, any further changes are considered "amendments" and will flip the status of your SAIF Application back to "Pending Approval by SAIF".
If you have an approved Modality form, and change funding/users/other Modality forms, your overall Application will change to "Pending" but your approved (and unchanged) forms will stay Approved.
For specific directions on amending your SAIF Application, please see the above Managing a SAIF Application section.
Contact us
Application Contact
Stephen Pickup, PhD
SAIF Technical Director
Sub Core Director, MRI/MRS
1-110 Smilow Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-746-1423
Email: pickup@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Business Office Contact
William D'Arcy
3600 Market Street, Suite 360
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-349-8423
Email: darcyw@pennmedicine.upenn.edu