I think the moral of the story is: don't wait till the last minute to
mail the application and,  in addition,  send it by some courier
service.  That way, you are unlikely to have any worries.  If one can
get the proposal finished by the deadline, one can almost always
start a week earlier and get it finished a week before the deadline!
LRL

>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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