Marcia,

We just set an internal deadline for electronically submitted proposals.
You can find the document at the following web site at
http://www.nd.edu/~research/FLinst.html
To get it out to the University, our Vice President sent an e-mail blast
with a cover letter I wrote listing a myriad of reasons why we set the
internal deadline for electronicaly submitted proposals.

Ellen

At 02:31 PM 3/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anybody on this list set internal deadlines for proposals that will
>be submitted electronically?  Last week a PI walked in to our office
>with the internal processing form for a FastLane proposal 15 minutes
>before the 5:00 p.m. deadline.  While parts of his proposal had been
>online, we did not see the Project Description until the very last
>minute.
>
>What have your experiences been and how have you handled them?
>
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