I tell researchers that electronic research administration will speed up
application review and award but those benefits will require sacrifice on the
pre-submission side.  When full implementation occurs and electronic routing
for all approvals/signatures is part of the game, 4:58 proposals will be a
thing of the past.

Charlie Hathaway

Quoting Steven Etheredge <xxxxxx@GWM.SC.EDU>:

> Dear Colleagues:
>
> While all of us have preferred lead times (in our case, 3 days) for
> receiving proposals in our office, we have been experiencing more angst
> than usual as more and more agencies have gone to electronic submission.
> (And we thought eRA would make our jobs easier!)  We are a large
> institution and will submit approximately 1,700 proposals this year.  We
> are finding that our PI's normal behavior of getting many proposals to
> us on the actual day of required electronic submission is creating
> significant issues with non-user friendly e-grant systems, such as DOE,
> along with slow agency server response on due dates.  We are being
> pushed to the limits in getting these e-proposals submitted before the
> deadline.
>
> My questions relate to whether your institution has developed
> guidelines to deal specifically with proposals that require electronic
> submission.  We are contemplating putting such a policy in place.  Your
> input will be appreciated.
>
> Steve Etheredge
> Associate Director
>
>
>
> R. Steven Etheredge, Associate Director
> Sponsored Programs & Research
> University of South Carolina
> (803) 777-7093
> (803) 777-4136 fax
> xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu
>
>
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