At-Risk Proposals

All requests for “At-Risk” proposal submission approval (within 8 business hours of deadline) must be initiated and/or endorsed by the unit chair or director and sent to George Smith, Associate Dean for Research, (smithge7@msu.edu) and copied to abr.ors@msu.edu. 

Please include the following information in your request: 

  • Principal Investigator’s name.
  • Proposal Development (PD) number.
  • Explanation detailing the extenuating circumstances for the exception.

Pre-Award