Approval/Sign-off

Use this screen to approve or disapprove a non-competing application.

This screen opens when you click the Approval Signed or Unsigned button on a grant in a portfolio screen.

Approve/Disapprove Grant

Figure 1: Approve/Disapprove Grant

 

Actions

Depending on the status of the grant, either the Sign-Off button or the Unsign button will be available to you in the Action column of this screen. Use these buttons to perform the following actions:

Sign-Off

  1. Click this button to approve the grant.
  2. A message appears, warning you that signing of on the grant will lock the checklist. Click Yes if you want to proceed.
  3. The Sign-off button is immediately replaced by an Unsign button. You can click Unsign to reverse your action.

Unsign

  1. Click this button to disapprove this grant (or to reverse a previous approval).
  2. The Unsign button is immediately replaced by a Sign-off button. You can click Sign-off to reverse your action.

Optionally, enter notes about this action;

Sign off note

After you sign-off or unsign a grant, you can click this link to add a sign-off note.

A dialog box opens: Enter your comments and click OK; your sign-off note will be added to the Program notebook.

NOTE: You cannot approve a grant until all checklist items have been completed.