In accordance with Proposal Submission Deadline Policy, complete and final proposals must be received by RAS by 9am five full business days prior to the sponsor deadline day. (Calculate the RAS due date.)
Other approvals are required before and sometimes after a proposal is submitted to RAS. In addition, all key personnel must complete Research Security Training when required by the sponsor before it can route to RAS. After the proposal is certified, monitor its approval status to ensure it arrives at RAS before the due date.
Order of Certification and Routing of Proposals
- Principal Investigator, Co-investigators and, in some cases, Key Personnel complete certification process via link in KC.
- DLCI Approver for proposal's lead unit reviews and approves proposal.
- Additional DLCI approvers may be added based on key personnel. The aggregator for the proposal may add or remove additional approvers.
- Proposal may be routed for additional approvals as required by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of the Provost, or Dean's Office for units or schools reporting to them.
- RAS conducts proposal review and provides any necessary signature by MIT authorizing official. (Calculate when the proposal is due in RAS.)
- Submission to sponsor: If the proposal requires an institutional official from RAS to submit in a sponsor portal (Proposal Submission Methods), RAS will complete the submission. Otherwise, the preparing DLCI will submit. Some of the portals that require RAS to submit directly are:
- If you have questions regarding the status of submission, contact your RAS CA.
RAS approval confirms submission readiness; it does not confirm acceptance of sponsor terms and conditions. The resulting award would still be subject to full review and negotiation at award and compliance with MIT internal policies and procedures.
See Roles and Responsibilities for more detail about each role.