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It is currently taking a little longer to receive approval for Action Fund commitments. Hence, it is important that you submit your Action Fund requests a minimum of 10 days prior to the date the proposal is due at the agency where the proposal is being sent. This time frame is the one delineated in the Action Fund Policies document that has been in effect and posted on OBR's web site since April 2004. To review the OBR submission guidelines please access the full article link below. The full Action Fund policy is available on the OBR website at the link provided below.
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It is currently taking a little longer to receive approval for Action Fund commitments. Hence, it is important that you submit your Action Fund requests a minimum of 10 days prior to the date the proposal is due at the agency where the proposal is being sent. This time frame is the one delineated in the Action Fund Policies document that has been in effect and posted on OBR's web site since April 2004. To review the OBR submission guidelines please access the full article link below. The full Action Fund policy is available on the OBR website at the link provided below.
II. Timely Submission of Requests
A. Requests must be made in advance of submission to the external competition and must be submitted by the university's designated Research Officer or their designee using the Action Fund electronic submission system.
The Action Fund was designed to increase Ohio universities' external funding through the State's partnership in providing matching funds in the project. In order for the State's participation to positively influence the external funder's decision, Action Fund commitments must be received by the institution prior to the institution's submission of the proposal to the external funding agency by that agency's posted deadline.
All requests for required-match, peer reviewed grants shall be received by the Board of Regents no later than 10 working days before the sponsoring agency's published deadline for receipt of proposals.
Proposals will be accepted up to three working days before the agencies' deadlines in extraordinary circumstances. Requests received after that time shall not be considered. Requests for non-peered reviewed grants or those not requiring a match by the institution shall be received at least three weeks before the sponsoring agency's published deadline."
While "extraordinary circumstances" will be liberally interpreted and the Board of Regents will attempt to facilitate such quick reviews when necessary, the Board cannot guarantee that a proposal received with less than 10 working days review time will make it though the review process to receive a commitment prior to the external agency deadline. The submitting institution must accept the risk that an Action Fund proposal may not be able to be processed with such short notice.
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