Five Business Day Rule

OCG has a Five Business Day Rule for all proposal submissions. According to this rule, the PI must submit their completed Proposal Submission Request Form (PSR) and separately email their proposed budget details to their assigned Proposal Analyst at least five business days prior to the sponsor deadline. They then work together to draft and finalize a budget approved by the PI and placed on OCG’s Cost Estimation Tool.

If you submit the PSR and budget details to your Proposal Analyst without at least five business days in advance of the proposal-receipt deadline, there may or may not be sufficient time to thoroughly review your proposal. Your Proposal Analyst will handle such situations on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re submitting a proposal through Grants.gov, we highly recommend submitting all remaining technical and supplementary proposal materials to your Proposal Analyst at least two business days before the deadline. It can take several hours to several days for Grants.gov and the specific agency to process and approve your proposal. Any errors that occur after a deadline, regardless of when you receive notification of an error, will prevent acceptance of your proposal.