This will also help faculty in departments that don't have strong staff support. GCS requirements, Dean's office requirements, Department requirements. With electronic approvals, we could move the whole packet through signature process. With a final template, GCA requirements could be provided at the proposal stage. Each level could modify the template for its area.
Flexibility is key.
Also, for items that are standard throughout the system, establish edits so that a packet can't go forward if there are omissions. Units would want confidence that units lower in the signature stream could not change content after a higher unit has signed. There was a discussion of future plans for electronic submission of federal proposals. GC-PET will be working to be sure any new system is compatible with federal requirements. Also, we don't want to end up with a system that is more difficult or time-consuming to use than a paper system, or our current system.