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Once the final reviewer approves a funding proposal, typically a specialist in the central office Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) submits it to the sponsor.
A specialist creates a funding award when your institution WVU receives an award notification from the sponsor (or is confident it will receive one). The specialist enters all the necessary information in the award, and then initiates either:
A Designated Review. This sends the award to a designated reviewer the specialist assigns.
The Final review. This sends the award to the assigned award approver.
The designated reviewer (if one was assigned) examines the award information and either returns it to the specialist for changes, or initiates the final review.
The assigned award approver performs the final review, and either sends the award back to the specialist for changes, requests the specialist to initiate a designated review, or activates the award, which formalizes the sponsor's authorization to spend funds.
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