Thanks for the near consensus. My original question stemmed from
confusion about a line in an email from the DOE:

"If your university authorizes Principal Investigators (PI) to submit
applications on behalf of the university, DOE will accept this."

After everyone's comments, I'm now thinking that:

Universities submit on behalf of PIs.

but

There are some officials who actually DO THE SUBMITTING ITSELF on
behalf of the University.  And DOE may simply be acknowledging the
possibility that a University has given signature/submission
authority to the faculty.

CH

At 11:52 AM 5/5/2009, you wrote:
>I concur with everybody who has responded.  The PI is not an authorized
>official to submit an application on behalf of the university.
>
>Cheers,
>Robert
>
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>Does a principal investigator submit an application ON BEHALF OF the
>university?
>or
>Does the university submit an application ON BEHALF OF the principal
>investigator?
>
>[let's save the "on" vs "in" question for next time]
>
>thanks
>
>Charlie
>
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