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Guidelines for Completing the Dean's Approval Form
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. All other departments must submit proposals to FAS RAS for review and approval.
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 Dawn Elliott Patton (depatton@fas.harvard.edu, 5-9840) or Dean Gallant (drg@fas.harvard.edu, 5-2628).
Proposals must be submitted to FAS RAS and OSP at least 5 days before they are due to a federal sponsor, or 3 days before a non-federal sponsor, in order to ensure sufficient time for review.
Changes to the Dean's Approval Form
The major change to the DAF since January 2008 is that the new fringe rates for FY2009 have been approved by DHHS. These rates are listed on the revised Dean's Approval Form (and include, for exempt and non-exempt personnel, the vacation assessment).
There are several other minor changes or clarifications, all highlighted in the Guidelines.
