When a proposal is submitted, it will be routed through a chain of approvers before being submitted to the proposal sponsor. If you are an IPF approver and your unit is in a proposal's routing chain, you will need to approve the proposal before it can progress further through the chain.
Reviewing a Submission
If you have submissions to approve, you will see a number next to Unit Approval Inbox. Click on your Unit Approval Inbox.
Beneath the To Be Authorized tab, you will see a list of proposals in need of approval. Click on the proposal number to visit the routing status page.
The Proposal Routing Status Page
- General Information: shows basic information, such as proposal and project numbers, lead PI, sponsor, and submission deadline.
- Proposal Review: provides options to review, authorize, or reject a proposal. You can also authorize or a reject a proposal when viewing it.
- Informational Tabs: provides additional data regarding the submission, including awards and pre-award spending requests. The Compliance tab will show associated research protocols, but only after the submission has been approved.
- Routing Information: shows a list of authorizing individuals and units and where the submission is within the routing process. If a unit does not have an authorizing person, one will need to be added for that unit before a submission can advance through the routing chain. Contact your administrator to add an approver to a unit.
- Status History: shows time stamps of submission status changes.
Reviewing a Submission
To review a submission, click View IPF on the proposal routing screen.
When viewing the proposal, you can use the left-hand menu to toggle between each section and view its contents.
