** High Priority **

We at Old Dominion redesigned our routing process to eliminate the
signature of the VP for Research on Standard Proposals.  Standard being
those with "no strings' attached, no reduction in IDC requested, etc.
Standard proposals require only the signatures of PIs, Chairs, and
Deans, which are usually easier and quicker to obtain than the VP's.

Maxine Lippman
Director of Preaward Services and
  Contracting Officer
Old Dominion University Research
  Foundation
P.O. Box 6369
Norfolk, VA  23508-0369
(757) 683-5685 (voice)
(757) 683-5902 (fax)
xxxxxx@pobox.hprf.odu.edu