Eleanor, I would add one more field on my information and call it "type."
You can code new, continuation (non competing), renewal (competing),
revised, supplemental. Store this with your number you already use and you
have all the information you seek.

Celia

"Eleanor M. Cicinsky" wrote:

> We are trying to decide on a numbering system to account for proposal
> submissions.   At this time,  we count everything each year as a
> submission.   Therefore,  new proposals, continuations, renewals,
> supplements are assigned a Sponsored Projects Approval Number.   This
> number becomes a count of what is submitted each fiscal year - so by the
> end of June 2003 we would say that 523 submissions were made.   However,
> this does not break out actual "Brand New Submissions" unless we analyze
> each approval form.
>
> I'm interested in knowing how you count your submissions each year.
> For instance,  do you count a continuation as a proposal submission or
> do you carry the number from year to year and don't count it at all.
> I'm concerned that credit will not be received for the amount of work
> that goes into the continuations.    As you know,  they are not all SNAP
> procedures and I worry that credit will not be given to the amount of
> work that is done therefore affecting staff loading which of course is
> another issue apart from proposal submissions.
>
> Your suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Eleanor Cicinsky
> Temple University
>
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