Re: Electronic proposal lead time Cathy Thomas 12 Mar 2003 14:47 EST
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 >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== >> > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > 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 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================