Information-Reminder – Deadlines for Fully Routed and Approved Electronic Internal Approval Forms (eIAFs); December 31, 2015

Reminder:

The College has recently had a number of late electronic internal approval forms (eIAFs) in the last few months. I just wanted to send a friendly reminder that all electronic internal approval forms for proposals must be fully routed and approved no later than 3 working days before the stated submission deadline.  This deadline still applies even when a proposal can be submitted directly by the PI to the sponsor. Furthermore, working with your College Grants Officer before submitting any proposal ensures that budgets are correct and application packages are compliant with requirements. It is within OSPA’s authority to reject an award made to a proposal that was not properly routed through the University’s approval process and the Interim VP for Research has given every indication she will back them up should they make such a decision. Remember that you do not need to have a finalized budget or a completed proposal in order to start the eIAF; most of the time you just need the guidelines, a preliminary budget, a budget narrative, and hopefully a brief abstract or summary of the proposal to get one circulating.