Re: Consequences of Delinquent Reports Herbert B. Chermside 25 Jul 2000 13:50 EST
Consequences I have experienced, in increasing order of severity: 1) Incremental payments on award withheld until report received. 2) PI gets no continuation. 3) PI gets no further funding from that agency. 4) Institution gets sued for the research $ invested (industrial contractor -- agreement language signed by someone other than myself!). 5) Agency withholds all payments on ALL contracts to institution until report is received (Yes, it really happened -- PI could not comprehend that a contract is different from a grant, and the requirement for quarterly reports really meant four times a year, by the specified date! When the dean's contract was affected, the PI got a lesson!) But the most telling consequence should be: Publish or Perish! In these days of computers, editing a report into a paper, or vice-versa, is so simple that two birds can be killed with one click of the mouse! Chuck At 12:57 PM 7/25/00 -0500, you wrote: >Okay, so just what *are* all the consequences of delinquent reports to >sponsors? > >I have a few ideas (triggering an audit; bad relations with sponsor etc), >but I'm writing an article for our research newsletter and would love to >hear from the group (Your institution will not be named in the article). >Please reply either to the list or to me on the side (xxxxxx@iit.edu). >Horror stories welcome! >Thanks. >-Glenn >======================= >Glenn Krell >Director, Research Proposal Development >Illinois Institute of Technology >3300 South Federal Street, M/B 301 >Chicago, Illinois 60616 >312-567-7141 (voice) >312-567-7517 (fax) >email: xxxxxx@iit.edu > > >====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 11th & Marshall Streets Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================