I have always had the feeling that in many institutions the departmental
and divisional approvals that are required prior to sending proposals to
sponsored projects are almost automatic...i.e people signing anything.
This isn't good in terms of oversight.  However, my questions, which may
be the questions your faculty is asking, is WHY do you need so much time?
and WHAT are you checking on?

Charlie

> This is for those departmental research administrators out there...How do
> you deal with policy changes within your research unit?  Our faculty have
> all operated independently for submitting their grants and contracts to
> OSP,
> meaning, we don¹t require the Dean¹s office to sign off on their
> applications.  What this means is that OSP is getting backdoor awards and
> faculty are wondering why they haven¹t gotten their money.
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> We¹ve just created an Office for Research and Graduate Studies within our
> college.  The new Associate Dean and myself, agree that we should require
> faculty to have our approval before any application can be routed to OSP.
> For federal awards, we are asking to see the budget, the budget
> justification and the abstract 5-7 days before the application is sent to
> OSP. Given that OSPs deadline is 3-4 days, I don¹t see that this is a
> problem.  However, this is going over like a lead balloon!
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> Furthermore, we have many clinical faculty who are contacted directly by
> the
> sponsor.  The PI submits a Scope of Work and the sponsor comes back with a
> contract.  They then send it to OSP and the project has to be
> renegotiated.
> How do we deal with this?
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> Any suggestions?
>
> Reg
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> Regina Maldve, Ph.D.
> Sr. Grants and Contracts Specialist
> UT-College of Pharmacy
> PHR 3.206A
> (512) 232-7511
> xxxxxx@mail.utexas.edu
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