Absolutely!!  I had a boss who sent out all his applications at least a week and a half before the deadlines. He told me he didn't trust couriers.  I now realize that he also didn't trust himself or those around him to prepare a polished mistake-free proposal following a last minute frantic all-nighter.   He got grants.

Charlie Hathaway

At 10:51 AM 11/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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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