Submit a Final Review

When an award or an award modification enters the Final Review state, as the assigned approver, you receive an e-mail notification and the project appears in your inbox. You must review the project and do one or more of the following:

• Make corrections

• Request changes

• Request a designated review

• Withdraw the project

• Activate the award (or approve the award modification)

If necessary, you can assign a different approver using the Assign Award Approver activity in the workspace.

To submit a final review

1. Log on as the assigned approver.

2. Open the project by clicking its name in the e-mail notification or from My Inbox.

3. From the workspace, click Edit Award or Edit Award Modification.

Open

4. Examine all the project pages and verify everything is correct, including attached documents.

5. Make any corrections you can do yourself.

6. When done, click Save, and then click Exit to return to the workspace.

7. To ask the specialist to make corrections:

   1. From the workspace, click Request Changes.

   2. In the Request Changes form, type instructions, and click OK.

The project enters the Final Review-Response Pending state and appears in the assigned specialist’s inbox.

8. If you think a designated review is needed:

   1. Click Request Designated Review.

   2. In the Request Designated Review form, type instructions for the specialist that will help them assign an appropriate reviewer.

   3. Attach supporting documents if applicable.

   4. When done, click OK.

The project enters the Designated Review Requested state and appears in the specialist’s inbox.

8. If you determine the project should no longer be pursued, or must be started over, click Withdraw, complete the resulting form, then click OK.

The project enters the Withdrawn state and can no longer be edited or acted upon.

8. If you determine the project is acceptable and needs no further changes, on the workspace click Activate for an award, or Approve for an award modification.

9. Complete the resulting form if applicable, then click OK.

The award transitions to the Active state, or the award modification transitions to the Pending Approval state, and you are returned to the workspace.