Once at an institution where I previously worked we regularly used a
commercial carrier service who provided excellent service. However, one
they sent a $2 MM dollar grant application to the wrong city and we were
going to miss the deadline.  To add to the problem, many staff members were
to be paid from the grant.  We called the sponsor and faxed them a copy of
the application which they graciously accepted.  If they had not accepted a
faxed copy in lieu of the application getting there on time, I don't know
what we would have done.

Michael

Murray State University

At 09:01 AM 11/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>On Wednesday, November 13th, I mailed a grant proposal via express mail
>from Illinois to California.  There was no set deadline for the proposal to
>be postmarked or received (thankfully).  I checked the "delivery by next
>afternoon" on the shipping slip, so it should have arrived by the end of
>the day on Thursday, November 14.
>
>When I tracked the shipment at the end of the day yesterday, it was still
>enroute.  However, it was only 2:30 p.m. California time, so I assumed it
>would be delivered later in the afternoon.  (We use this company frequently
>and have never encountered problems.) This morning (11/15), it was still
>enroute.  I just called the express mail company and they said the envelope
>had missed the plane out of Illinois on Wednesday evening and should be
>delivered this morning (11/15).
>
>If this had been a proposal to an agency with a set received deadline, I'm
>wondering what would have happened.  Would the agency still accept the
>proposal for review because we did everything we could to meet the
>deadline, or would they return it without review?
>
>I'd be interested to hear if anyone has experienced this situation, and
>what the results were.
>
>
>
>
>
>Cathy Thomas
>Assistant to the Director
>Grants and Research
>Eastern Illinois University
>Charleston, IL  61920
>Phone: 217-581-2125
>Fax:  217-581-7181
>E-mail:  xxxxxx@eiu.edu
>
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