{"id":3783,"date":"2026-07-04T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=3783"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:45:33","slug":"late-submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/preproposal-considerations\/proposal-submission-timelines\/late-submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Late submission guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4880\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4880<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:NAU-OSP@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> NAU-OSP&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Late submission guidelines<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>June 2024<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) requires that a complete sponsored project proposal package be received at least four (4) business days (six (6) days if sub-awardees are included) prior to the OSP submission deadline to allow reviews for compliance with sponsor and University requirements and on-time submission to the sponsor (please refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/pre-proposal-considerations\/proposal-submission-timelines\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3614\">Proposal Submission Timelines<\/a>). In addition, if your proposal includes additional sign-off for cost-share, in-direct cost rates, institutional review boards, intellectual property, or tribal consultation, you are requested to adhere to the 6-day advance review guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When any documents required for a complete sponsored project proposal package is provided late to the OSP, an approved waiver is required in order to proceed with this review and submission to the sponsor. By submitting this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.service-now.com\/hr?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=fbdf8b58db93e4d02603266e1396193c&amp;sysparm_category=b0e5a94fdb15e81044a28f381396197c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">late submission waiver<\/a>, the requester acknowledges that despite best efforts, OSP may be unable to conduct a review of the proposal package per best practice guidelines which may affect the submission and ultimate outcome of the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Pre-Award Administrators (PRAs) in the OSP are not able to start a review of late proposal documents until a late submission waiver has been filed by the Principal Investigator (PI) and approved by OSP leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The staff in the OSP are here to serve and support your and NAU\u2019s best interest in advancing research. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with every PI. 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