IPF Approvers (Deans, Chairs, Directors, or their designees) are notified via an automatic email when a proposal record requires authorization. Units within an institution must authorize in the routing order specified on the proposal record.
Only one authorization is required at each level. After all units have authorized, the proposal record is assigned to the Central Admin Office for review.
Authorizing or Rejecting a Proposal
- Review the proposal.
- At the bottom of the proposal menu, click Authorize Proposal or Reject Proposal on the Proposal Routing Status screen.
- Enter any comments you have regarding the proposal. This field is required. Your comments will be visible to the Research Team, proposal reviewers, and the Central Admin Office.
- Click Submit Authorization or Submit Rejection to acknowledge the authorization statement.
When you reject a proposal, it receives the status Reopened, and the Research team and creator will be able to edit it and resubmit it for routing.
If you authorize the proposal, the next Approver will receive an email notifying them that they need to review the proposal.