Timeline for Review
Please contact our office as soon as you have a program in mind.
The Clemson University Policy states, all proposals seeking support from outside sponsors “must be in ready to submit format, approved by the applicable OSP Support Center to electronically route of approvals a minimum of two (2) business days in advance of the immediate sponsor deadline in or for OSP to guarantee on-time submission.” In order for our office to have the package ready for electronic routing, draft proposals and final budgets must be submitted to our office a minimum of five (5) business days before the sponsor’s published deadline. More complex proposal may require additional processing time. Please use the matrix below to determine a more accurate internal deadline.
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Condition |
Add 2 Additional Business Days |
Add 3 Additional Business Days |
Reason |
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Proposal involves investigators outside of the PI department, but within CAAH. |
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Additional time is needed to obtain signatures from multiple Department Chairs. |
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Proposal involves investigators outside CAAH. |
√* |
Additional time is needed to obtain signatures across colleges. Additional 3 days is a minimum estimate. |
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Proposal budget includes Cost Share or Match. |
√* |
Cost Share or Match requires additional processing time and additional required approvals. |
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Proposal is to be submitted via Grants.gov. |
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Additional time is required to complete Grants.gov package manually or via InfoEd PD. When submitting System-to-System (PD), we will submit at least 1 day prior to the deadline. |
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Proposal is to be submitted via Fastlane. |
√ |
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Additional time is required to upload documents into Fastlane by or on behalf of the PI. |
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Clemson University is a sub-awardee to another lead institution. |
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√* |
Most lead institutions require final sub-award documentation at least one full business day before the sponsor’s published deadline. |
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Proposal includes sub-awardee institutions (with CU as lead institution). |
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√ |
Additional processing time is needed to incorporate sub-award information into the proposal and for communication with sub-awardees in the event that all necessary documentation is not present. |
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Sponsor requires hard copy submission (of any or all documents) via Fed Ex or UPS. |
√ |
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Proposals submitted via Fed Ex or UPS must be shipped the day before the published deadline in order to arrive on time. |
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Sponsor requires hard copy submission (of any or all documents) via US Mail. |
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√* |
Proposals submitted via US Mail must be shipped several days before the published deadline in order to arrive on time. |
* May require more than 3 business days of additional processing time.
