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About the Dean's Approval Form
All 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. Under all other circumstances, proposals will be reviewed jointly by OSP and FAS RAS following department submission to OSP.
To help FAS investigators and their administrators with the review process, a summary checklist called the Dean's Approval Form (DAF) is attached to the front of all proposals submitted for review. This form is for internal use and is not submitted to the sponsor. The DAF asks for summary proposal information and also provides a convenient way to confirm that certain special issues relating to proposal submission have been anticipated and addressed.
For help with filling out a DAF, we have assembled a set of Guidelines for Completing the Dean's Approval Form. If you need additional assistance, please feel free to contact Pamela Baker-Webber (bakerwebber@fas.harvard.edu , 5-9840) or Dean Gallant (drg@fas.harvard.edu, 5-2628).
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.
