To receive a Full Review, the final proposal and approved PAF must be received by ORSP at least 32 business hours before the Submission Deadline listed on the PAF. Proposals received fewer than 32 business hours but at least 15 business hours before the deadline receive a Limited Review. Proposals received fewer than 15 business … Read more
The University of Michigan’s proposal submission deadline policy sets deadlines for the review of proposals submitted to external sponsors. The timing of when the final proposal and approved Proposal Approval Form, or PAF, arrive in the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects determines whether the proposal receives a Full Review, Limited Review, or is considered … Read more
Post a comment to both the Pre-Award Officer assigned to the PAF and to [email protected] (First Name: Pre-Award Triage, Last Name: ORSP). The eRPM system automatically turns down a PAF 18 months after submission to the sponsor. The PAF cannot be restored until an official award document has been received.
If there’s no officer assigned to the PAF yet, questions can be sent to [email protected] or Post a Comment in eRPM to First Name: Pre-Award Triage, Last Name: ORSP. The contact email on sponsor forms should be [email protected] with rare exceptions.
ORSP developed a decision making tool to help answer this question. If the purpose of the PAF seems to fall in a gray area, note in PAF 6.2.3 “Instructions to ORSP” that the Decision Making Tool was used. This will help ORSP staff to fine tune the PAF Question 1.2 webpage and Decision Making Tool.