At Cal Poly we only retain paper copies of proposals.  Our retention
duration is somewhat dependent on space available. We
currently retain unfunded proposals for approximately 3 years after they
have been declined.  At that point we retun them to the PI who wrote them.

Sharon

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Sharon Kuhlenschmidt
Grants Development Office
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
PHONE:  (805)756-2982
FAX:    (805)756-5466
EMAIL:  xxxxxx@calpoly.edu
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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, McCann, John wrote:

> I'm interested to know how long your SRO offices retain non-funded
> proposal copies in both paper and disk formats.  Thanks.
> John McCann, Ph.D.
> Academic Grants Program Manager
> Office of the Academic Vice President and Provost
> The Evergreen State College
> Olympia, WA  98505
> Phone: 360-866-6000 ext 6045
> Fax: 360-866-6823
> E-Mail:  xxxxxx@elwha.evergreen.edu
>
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