Roles & Responsibilities

The PI requests that OSRG prepare the External Funding Routing Form and provides the data required for its preparation;
The PI reviews and endorses the External Funding Routing Form and is responsible for its accuracy and completeness;
The PI is responsible for routing the form in a timely manner to obtain appropriate endorsements;
In cases where the project involves the use of regulated research resources (e.g., human subjects, vertebrate animals, recombinant DNA, radioisotopes), the PI must so indicate;
See Regulatory Compliance;

The chair approves the proposal with particular attention to accuracy of contract salaries, appropriateness of committed effort, adequacy of the budget relative to the scope of work, appropriateness of the budget justification, and availability of departmental resources. If the chair does not approve the budget, he or she must return it to the PI for resolution;
The chair is the first level of approval for proposed cost sharing. In cases where the cost sharing involves resources not under the chair's authority, the chair approves and forwards the request to the appropriate administrator, usually the dean of the University or school. If the chair does not approve the cost-sharing request, he or she must return the application to the PI for resolution. See Cost Sharing;
The chair must approve and recommend to the dean any required or voluntary under-recovery of F&A. See Under-recovery of F&A Costs.

The dean approves the proposal with particular attention to commitment of University or school resources. If the dean does not approve the proposal, he or she must return it to the chair and PI for resolution;
The dean approves proposed cost sharing by the University or school. In cases where the cost sharing involves resources not under the dean's authority, the dean approves and forwards the request to the person with authority to make such commitments. If the dean does not approve the cost-sharing request, he or she returns the application to the chair and PI for resolution. See Cost Sharing;
The dean may approve under-recovery of F&A costs where required by the sponsor. See Under-recovery of F&A Costs.

OSRG prepares the External Funding Routing Form at the request of the PI and relies upon the PI for data required for its preparation;
OSRG is responsible for final review and acceptance of the External Funding Routing Form;
In cases where the form indicates the use of regulated research resources (e.g., human subjects, vertebrate animals, recombinant DNA, radioisotopes), OSRG routes the External Funding Routing Form and a copy of the proposal to the Office of Research Compliance;
OSRG is responsible for coordinating intergovernmental review of proposals subject to Executive Order 12372.

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