Re: Internal Proposal Submission deadline survey -Reply -Reply -Reply Jennifer Morgan 26 Feb 1998 12:27 EST
It's always an option for the signatory authority to sign the application with a note to the file (and investigator) that there was insufficient time for a thorough review, and that if there are any portions of the grant which deviate from the accepted standards at the institution, the institution has the option to withdraw the application. That way, the thing gets out the door, but if some big gorilla jumps out at you when you finally do rhoroughly review it (like cost sharing or ethical problems), you've given the institution an avenue of escape. We are, after all, here for the researchers, not the other way around. -Jennifer >>> Marcia Weis <xxxxxx@PATH.UAB.EDU> 02/25/98 06:27pm >>> Bill, this is what I've been thinking about while reading these. Yes, it is frustrating when proposals come in at inconvenient times and/or the last minute. Of course, a lot could have been averted by better planning on the part of the PI. However, we are here to further the success of our investigators and our institutions. Not submitting the proposal that just could have made a difference to the career of the investigator, the status of the institution, or to the world at large because it didn't get in the appropriate number of days in advance would be a real shame . . . and we would be to blame. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Kirby [SMTP:xxxxxx@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 12:13 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list RESADM-L > Subject: Re: Internal Proposal Submission deadline survey -Reply > -Reply > > I have been following this thread with a lot of interest. Seems like > many > institutions try to enforce deadline limits, with predictable results. > I > know this will provoke a firestorm: Why is it that when every other > "business" that I can think of is trying to move toward "anytime, > anyplace" > service in order to stay competitive, some research administrators are > trying to "draw lines in the sand"? I realize proposals are not > anything > like sending flowers at the last moment, but come on folks... Is this > the > way to add value to the process? > > Bill Kirby > xxxxxx@worldnet.att.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald McCulloh <xxxxxx@WPO.IT.LUC.EDU>; Research > Administration > Discussion Group <xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us> > To: Multiple recipients of list RESADM-L <xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us> > Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 5:51 PM > Subject: Internal Proposal Submission deadline survey -Reply -Reply > > > >Lines drawn in the sand. No there's a metaphor whose time has come. > >The formal statement of a deadline policy is needed to protect staff > >from thoughtless abuse by those who make their own emergency everyone > >else's. The frequent exception is appropriate accommodation to an > >imperfect world. Too much time solving the dilemma is better spent > >elsewhere. My next line in the sand is____________________