Re: A Plea for Your Experience in Enforcing Grant Submission Deadline s Mary Watson 01 Mar 2004 15:02 EST
See my responses below within the body of your message Director Grants and Contracts Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 Phone: 229-333-7837 FAX: 229-245-3853 Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. (Amelia Earhart) -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf Of McCann, John Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:15 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] A Plea for Your Experience in Enforcing Grant Submission Deadline s Our business office is currently in the process of developing a policy to enforce lead time requirements for approval signatures which would - in effect - lengthen our internal grants approval process and impose a grants submission deadline. I think such deadlines are unenforcable and undesirable. The job of our grants office is to facilitate grants submission, not impose barriers - and PIs have major time investments in grant proposals. While we specify that PIs should allow at least seven working days for internal reviews - and we yelp at late submissions - we always submit viable proposals. I know that the list has discussed this subject in the past, and I've found those e-mails, but I'd really appreciate a large number of you briefly answering these three questions and providing the names of your institutions: 1. Does your institution enforce grants submissions deadlines? WE HAVE A 5-DAY LEAD TIME REQUESTED OF ALL - WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE ADHERENCE TO THIS POLICY. WE FAIL MISERABLY. 2. Why or why not? ESSENTIALLY WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO HELP NOT HINDER AND WE ARE TOO SOFT!!!!! WE CAVE IN EASILY AND usually justify it by notifying the PI that the University retains the right to refuse the proposal if funded if it does not meet University requirements/standards/mission, or we can remove it from a competition after full review is completed and deficiences are noted of a nature that would make it impossible for the University to accept funds for such a project. This seems reasonable and appears to work. Of course, all of the reasons (University requirements/standards/mission) but the mission, are somewhat vague and open to interpretation! Are you getting a picture here? Thought you might. We make, and take, lots of wiggle room. Thank you........ John McCann, M.P.A., Ph.D. Academic Grants Manager Office of the Academic Vice President and Provost The Evergreen State College 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW Olympia, WA 98505 E-mail: xxxxxx@evergreen.edu Phone: 360-867-6045 Fax: 360-867-6745 ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================