The FAQ provides answers to the following questions:
- What qualifies as a late proposal?
- What is five days?
- Does time matter?
- How complete do you want the proposal?
- Are pre-proposals covered by the policy?
- Is a progress report considered a proposal and, therefore, subject to the five-day policy?
- Should I contact a sponsor to ask for an extension of their deadline?
- Can I submit a proposal directly to the sponsor if I can’t meet the five-day deadline?
- Can SPO grant exception to the VCRO policy?
- What is the process for seeking exception to the VCRO policy?
- Where do we email the request?
- Who can approve the late proposal to send to VCR?
- Where should we send the proposal, to SPO or VCRO?
- When we request approval for a late submission do we need to say when we are planning to submit to SPO?
- What happens if we miss the new deadline?
- If I request and exception once, will any future requests be considered?
- What if SPO has questions about a late proposal and the PI is not available?
- If I have approval for a late submission, does that guarantee my proposal will be submitted on time?
- How should the delivery box outside of SPO be used for late proposals?
