Rebecca,

At Princeton the Director of the Office of Research and Project Admin.
(who is also Assoc. Provost) signs all grants and contracts, regardless
of size.  Those which have any cost-sharing components may be discussed
with the Provost and/or Vice Provost in advance, depending on the size
of the promised commitment.  If Univ. funds are requested by the proposing
department to meet the c/s, a review by the Academic Planning Group (Deans of
Faculty, College, Engineering, Grad. School plus the Provost, Vice-Provost,
and Chair of the Univ. Research Board) is required prior to proposal
submission.

I hope this helps.

Jan Anderson, Assoc. Dir.
Off. of Res. and Proj. Admin.
Princeton Univ.
609/258-3976