Required Approvals and Communication Guidelines
 for Collaborative Projects

Purpose: To standardize and streamline requirements for approval on projects involving multiple departments Dean's offices. Click here for spreadsheet format.

Proposals

RSP will only check that the PI and PI's Dean have signed the transmittal form.

Sample situations:

• Projects involving two or more departments within one School/College
• The Dean's Office will set the requirement for signature of department chairpersons. Investigators responsible for communicating with chairs
• Projects involving two or more Schools/Colleges
• PI with single appointment & single spending edit 
• signature of PI's Dean Designee
• PI with single appointment, but multiple School/College spending edits
• signature of submitting Dean's Designee only,
  Dean's Designee responsible for communicating with other Deans
• PI or CoPI from different Dean's Offices, single spending edit
  signature of submitting Dean's Designee only,
• Dean's Designee responsible for communicating with other Deans
• PI or CoPI from different Dean's Offices, multiple School/College spending edits
• signature of submitting Dean's Designee only,
  Dean's Designee responsible for communicating with other Deans

Account in Advance of Award (88-1) - signature of submitting Dean's Designee only

• Subaccounts on 88-1 - signature of all Deans' Designees

Awards

• Subaccounts - signature of all Deans' Designees
• Budget changes - signature of PI and PI's Dean's Designee
• Supplemental funds - signature of PI and PI's Dean's Designee
• Cost-sharing - signature of all Deans' Designees
• Expanded edits - signature of all Deans' Designees
• Change of PI within School/College - signature of new PI and PI's Dean's Designee
• Transfer of grant to different School/College - signature of all Deans' Designees
• Transfer of grant to different institution - signature of PI and all Deans' Designees
• Payment issues - signature of PI's Dean's Designee