I have two questions for those offices that provide budget development, proposa
l editing, typing service, xerox, mailing and all the other "hand holding" even
ts that go along with the final preparation of proposal submittals.

 1.   Who pays for the xeroxing and mailing of these proposals - the facul
ty members department, the college or the Sponsored Projects Office.  I'm parti
ciularly interested in how much Fed Exing you do and who pays for that.  Also x
erox costs tend to run high when you are making 20 or so odd copies.

 2.  If you are not doing the copying in your office, how long does it tak
e for you to receive a full copy of the final proposal and when do you get it?
Let's say the PI takes some budget pages back with him/her and finishes off the
narrative overnight - will you get a copy before it's mailed or usually several
 days (could be weeks) after it's finally at the agency.

In high anxiety,

 Eleanor Cicinsky