PrintAll requests for funding to be submitted to an external sponsor must be reviewed and approved by the following entities:
- The PI's department or center;
- the Dean of FAS or his/her designee;
- and, on behalf of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, by the Office for Sponsored Programs or, for industry sponsored agreements, the Office for Technology Development.
In certain science departments, under certain circumstances, the Laboratory Director is authorized to review and approve as the Dean's designee before the proposal is forwarded to OSP. Information about Laboratory Director approval can be found in Section VI of Managing Your Research, "The Proposal Submission Process." Under all other circumstances, proposals will be reviewed jointly by OSP and FAS RAS following department submission to OSP.
New proposals should be submitted through GMAS (Harvard’s Grants Management Application Suite) by clicking on the link to “Create an Initial Proposal” on the GMAS Home Screen. As part of the data entry, administrators will be asked a series of questions that relate to the FAS internal review process. These questions ask for summary proposal information and also help confirm that certain special issues relating to proposal submission have been anticipated and addressed.
If you do not have access to GMAS, please contact your OSP Grants and Contracts Specialist.
If you need help with proposal entry in GMAS, please feel free to contact your divisional Sponsored Research Administrators (Mandy Ellenwood for the Social Sciences or Samantha Schwartz for the Arts and Humanities) , or the FAS Sponsored Research Officer, Pamela Baker-Webber.
Proposals must be submitted to OSP at least 5 business days before they are due to any sponsor, to ensure sufficient time for review. Click here to go to the Proposal Submission Policy and download the memo from the Office of the Provost.
Links:
Log in to GMAS
If you do not have access to GMAS and are unable to reach your OSP Grants and Contracts Officer, the Dean’s Approval Form may be substituted:
Download the latest Dean's Approval Form (.doc)
Download the latest Dean's Approval Form (.pdf)
Download Guidelines for Completing the Dean's Approval Form (.pdf)
