At Univ. Calif. San Diego, we do both.  We have developed an
"Electronic Proposal Repository Service" that is required for Health
Sciences proposals. Follow this link for a description of how it works:

http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/How_To/0,1260,21009,00.html?coming_from=Content

For proposals reviewed by the main Office of Contract and Grant
Administration, we can also accept email attachments.   -Jean

At 12:22 PM 1/16/2008, you wrote:
>Does your institution have a system for PIs to transfer .xfd files
>to your office for proposal review?  How do you deal with storing
>large data files in the process of handling Grants.gov
>proposals?  Do you have a secure area where PIs can upload the file,
>or do they send .xfd files to administrators as email attachments?
>
>Marcia Day
>Grant and Contract Administrator
>Office of Grant and Contract Administration
>University of Massachusetts
>70 Butterfield Terrace
>Amherst MA 01003-9272
>
>(413) 545-0674  FAX (413) 577-1595
>http://www.umass.edu/research/ogca/proceds.htm
>
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