We have changed our procedure and no longer require the chair's signature
(but, like Heather, the chairs do sign off on all grant proposals).
Instead, I email the chair with the title of the project and the names of
the researchers upon receipt of a new application.  This way the chair is
notified in time to request a look at the application and/or to send in any
objections.  The application isn't slowed down by waiting for what was often
a "rubber stamped" approval.  The chair is also copied on approval letters.

More work for me but the researchers are happier and the chairs haven't
objected.

Catherine Anson, MA, CIM
The Graduate School
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Boulevard
University Heights, OH  44118-4581

TEL: 216-397-4520
FAX: 216-397-3009
xxxxxx@jcu.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@jcu.edu>
http://www.jcu.edu/research

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