I'm just curious to know who will pay the late fee (PI?), and what dollar
amounts you will charge?

At 09:41 AM 3/12/03 -0700, you wrote:
>At Utah State University, we have instituted a new policy which requires
>all proposed applications be submitted to my office 2 full working days
>before the Sponsor due date. If they are not submitted as per the
>policy, USU will no longer be signing the applications or transmitting
>them electronically.  We have determined that there will most likely be
>some exceptions to this rule, but there will be a fee attached to the
>lateness of the proposal.  Thankfully, the Vice President for Research,
>the Research Council and our President are in full support of this.  The
>policy becomes effective as of May 1.
>
>Dennis J. Paffrath, Director
>Utah State University
>Sponsored Programs Office
>1415 Old Main Hill - Room 64
>Logan, UT  84322-1415
>
>xxxxxx@usu.edu
>(435) 797-8302
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
>Behalf Of Charlie Hathaway
>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:50 AM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Electronic proposal lead time
>
>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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Grants and Research
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL  61920
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Fax:  217-581-7181
E-mail:  xxxxxx@eiu.edu

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