Re: signature authority Herbert B. Chermside 15 Sep 2003 09:33 EST

Similar at VCU.  Cost sharing commitment accompanies proposal and is signed
off internally at the same time by two levels of academic management.

Chuck

At 09:47 AM 9/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>This is your procedure even if you have cost sharing involved?
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>Lola Saya
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>Research & proposals for same are academic in nature... Our office reports
>to the adademic side of the house... Our routing is PI - Chair - Dean -
>Office of Sponsored Programs... Authorizing official is me, or in my
>absence, senior staff are delegated this authority... There is no need for
>VP level sign-off & absolutely no reason for any sign-off by financial
>people (and sole "sign-off" by the financial VP would be unthinkable)...
>Unless a sign-off has some purpose, it's just a time-wasting exercise ... I
>hold with the philosophy that decisions should be made at the lowest level
>possible by the person most compitent to make the decision...
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>Anyhoo, that's my 2 cents worth.....
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>For university research administrators--are there any universities out
>there that ask the VP for Finance to sign off on federal grant and contract
>proposals/awards without also obtaining a signature from the Academic
>Affairs side of things?
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>If so, any problems with this?
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>Thanks!
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>Pam Miller
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>Pamela F. Miller, Ph.D.
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