All proposed Sponsored Project submissions to the NIH, to other federal Sponsors and to other Sponsors requiring electronic submissions must be submitted by the Principal Investigator and/or delegate to SPA as follows:

1. Every part of the application, including a DRAFT of the Science portion, must be submitted at least seven (7) business days prior to the Sponsor’s deadline. It must be submitted in the same form (electornic or paper) that is required for submission to the Sponsore. It must include all required internal and external components.  This submission must be complete, but the research plan or science portion may be in draft form. If you are unable to submit by this deadline, you must request a waiver (see below for waiver details).

2. Science portion must be submitted at least three (3) business days prior to the Sponsor’s deadline.  The submission must be final and complete, including both internal and external components. 

WAIVERS: You must request a waiver (ie exception) from the deadline if you think you will not be able to comply. All waivers must come to SPA Director Ken Devaney at kenneth.devaney@nyumc.org. Only Ken Devaney can approve a waiver request.