Sponsored research implies a certain level of commitment of College and DHMC resources to a project. Primarily for that reason, the Council on Sponsored Activities has requested that all investigators file a complete copy of proposals, excluding appendices, submitted to external funding agencies with the Office of Sponsored Projects. Proposals submitted to Grants.gov should be filed through the RAPPORT system if department personnel have been trained in its use. Each proposal submitted to external funding agencies, under the auspices of Dartmouth College or DHMC, goes through a review process at the Office of Sponsored Projects. For proposals not filed through RAPPORT Grants, part of this review includes noting that the Dartmouth College Proposal Routing Form has been completed. RAPPORT routed proposals meet all internal routing requirements, so a Proposal Routing Form is not required. For more information on the use of RAPPORT Grants, visit RAPPORT Grants.
The Dartmouth College Proposal Routing Form is used to route proposals for on-campus signatures and also serves as the data entry form for the Sponsored Research database maintained by the Office of Sponsored Projects. Records maintained by the Office of Sponsored Projects are the official records of the College and are subject to review by auditors and other officials of funding agencies. Information contained on the routing form is also used to generate monthly and annual reports detailing sponsored activity at the College, and is essential for the College's long range planning efforts. Timely submission of this form facilitates these information gathering activities.
The Dartmouth College Proposal Routing Form complies with Federal and Institutional regulations regarding the Conflict of Interest policy.
By signing the Conflict of Interest statement on the routing form, the Principal Investigator certifies that all relevant individuals on the proposal have read Dartmouth's Conflict of Interest policy and have current disclosures on file with the Office of Sponsored Projects. Dartmouth's Conflict of Interest policy defines "relevant individuals" as:
"...a principal investigator and any other person at the College who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research funded by any external governmental or private organization, or proposed for such funding."
Some information requested on the routing form may not be applicable to every proposal. Questions concerning this form should be referred to the Office of Sponsored Projects.
A Proposal Routing form must be completed for all proposals submitted to external funding agencies that have not been filed via RAPPORT. The form is used to route proposals for on-campus signatures and serves as the data entry form for the sponsored research database at the College. Routing forms without the required Institutional signatures may be returned to the Principal Investigator.
The following items, as appropriate, need to be included for review if the proposal was submitted without RAPPORT:
The Dartmouth College Proposal Routing Form must be completed for all proposals submitted to external funding agencies, excluding those submitted through RAPPORT. The form is used to route proposals for on-campus signatures and also serves as the data entry form for the Sponsored Research database at the College. Please note that the information requested may not be applicable to every proposal.
The Council on Sponsored Activities has requested that all investigators file a complete copy of proposals submitted to external funding agencies with the Office of Sponsored Projects.
This includes all submissions which require the signature of an authorized Institutional official. Records maintained by Sponsored Projects are the official records of the College and are subject to review by auditors and other officials of funding agencies.
"If human and/or animal subjects are involved in the project the Office of Sponsored Projects recommend that in order to avoid delay in the agency review of the application, human and animal subjects approvals be completed prior to submission of the application. If approvals cannot be completed in time for submission deadlines, please indicate they are pending.
It is the principal investigator's responsibility to notify the agency of a change in status from pending to approval for animal use. The Office of Sponsored Projects will, however, send a letter of approval to the agency upon special request."
A Proposal Routing form must be completed for all proposals submitted to external funding agencies. The form is used to route proposals for on-campus signatures and serves as the data entry form for the sponsored research database at the College. Routing forms without the required Institutional signatures may be returned to the Principal Investigator.
The following items, as appropriate, need to be included for review :
* OSP requires a full electronic copy of the proposal as submitted to the sponsor within 10 working days after sponsor deadline. This requirement is not applicable for Grants.gov, Fastlane or NSPIRES applications. Please look at the deadline policy, updated in February 2009.
* The Office of Sponsored Projects reviewers will keep the original routing form for the Office files. The Principal Investigator is expected to forward a complete copy of the
proposal to the Office.
* Routing forms without the required Institutional signatures may be returned to the Principal Investigator.
General note on this form: A PDF copy of the form for photocopying purposes is available on this web site. An electronic version is also available. You will need a claimed NetID and password, and an ePRF user account, to use the electronic version. Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for further information.
Note to Geisel School of Medicine Departments: The Office of Sponsored Projects requires that a department chair or acting chair sign the Dartmouth College Proposal Routing Form BEFORE the institutional signature is added to the form. If the department chair or acting chair is unavailable, the following individuals may sign in lieu of the department chair or acting chair:
