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All university faculty, staff, researchers with permission to use and/or access Penn State Research Information Systems.
Introduction
Once all workflow approvals are completed, the AOR will be alerted by email to complete the final submitting approval by pressing the “Submit to OSP/ORA” button. Prior to final approval, the IAF is checked for all required data and uploads to be completed. After final approval in “Award” stage, compliance approvals may be required.
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Proposal IAF
A PDF is generated of the IAF Summary and is automatically uploaded. If the IAF has been revised a “Revised” PDF is uploaded. The Proposal IAF is now a “Pending Proposal” in SIMSreports and available for reporting immediately after submission.
Award IAF
A PDF is generated of the IAF Summary is automatically uploaded. If the IAF has been revised a “Revised” PDF is uploaded. The IAF will remain a “Pending Proposal” in SIMSreports until all compliance approvals are completed and the central processing office completes the award process at which time the IAF will be reported as an “Award” in SIMSreports.
AIAF
The submission process for an AIAF is identical to the Award IAF except that an AIAF is not reported in SIMSreports until the central processing office completes the award process.
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