I imagine the answers to this question will vary, depending on the size of the institution's grant and contract volume.  For my institution, we are a PUI with about $15 million annual G&C income.  Our Provost and VP of Academic Affairs is our official signatory, and we don't have different procedures for different proposal amounts.

Victoria Jensen
Interim Director, ORSP
California State University, East Bay

----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Tallman <xxxxxx@LEHIGH.EDU>
Date: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:37 am
Subject: [RESADM-L] Signature authority

> Happy Friday!
>
> We are in the process of searching for a new Vice Provost for
> Research
> and the issue of proposal/grant/contract signing is being
> discussed.
> Would the good people of RESADM-L share the protocol that your
> institutions follow with respect to who is authorized to sign
> proposals, etc. and if there
> is a dollar threshold basis to determine who can and can't sign?
>
> Ruth Tallman
> Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
> Lehigh University
> xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
> 610-758-30247
>
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