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Merit/Mission Review

Financial (Budget) Review

Compliance Review

Limited Submission Programs

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Merit/Mission Review

Reviewing a proposal’s merit and appropriateness to institutional mission are the responsibility of department chairs, deans, and institute directors.

Financial (Budget) Review

Departments, colleges, and Sponsored Programs Administration all play a role in reviewing and approving proposal budgets. Budgets are checked for conformity with sponsor requirements and the appropriate use of UNH rates and costing standards. They are also reviewed for commitment of UNH resources, whether those resources are the time and effort of the investigator or other forms of cost sharing.

Compliance Review

The penalties for violating the regulatory requirements placed on recipients of federal awards can be severe; so, proposals are reviewed for compliance issues, including the protection of human subjects and the care and use of laboratory animals.  A portion of the Yellow-Sheet is set aside for facilitating the review of Special Considerations bearing on compliance.

Limited Submission Programs

Some sponsors limit the number of proposals that may be submitted by an institution to a particular competition. UNH proposals to these programs are coordinated by the Office of Research Development and Communications.  See Limited Submission Programs for more information about these programs and the UNH process for selection of applicants.

Your GCA will not submit a proposal to a limited submission program unless it has been cleared by the Office of Research Development and Communications.