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ORA 2024 Winter Closure Schedule & Deadlines

In accordance with Stanford University’s Winter Closure, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) will be closed starting 5:00 pm PDT, Friday, December 20, 2024, and will re-open for business at 8:00 am PDT, Monday, January 6, 2025. ORA will not be available during Winter Closure.

To ensure timely processing of proposal submissions, account set-up and invoicing, please note the following deadlines:

Proposals

Sponsor DeadlineStanford Internal Proposal Deadline. Must Be Received Before: 
Friday, December 20, 2024 through Monday, January 6, 2025Friday, December 13, 2024
Tuesday, January 7, 2025Monday, December 16, 2024
Wednesday, January 8, 2025Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Thursday, January 9, 2025Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Friday, January 10, 2025Thursday, December 19, 2024
Monday, January 13, 2025Friday, December 20, 2024

The complete proposal must be uploaded to the SeRA PDRF, fully routed and received in the OSR SeRA Intake Queue by the dates and times noted above. The University's Internal Proposal Deadline Policy will apply.

Account (Oracle PTA) Set Up

For an account (Oracle PTA) to be set up by 5:00 pm PDT, Friday, December 20, 2024, the department/PI must complete all necessary information and approvals in SeRA by 5:00 pm PDT, Friday, December 13, 2024.

Invoicing and Billing

For an invoice to be sent by 5:00 pm PDT, Friday, December 20, 2024, the account (PTA) must be set up by the deadline immediately above. If this deadline is not met, then a manual invoice may be requested only if the following criteria are met:

  1. The funding will be lost if an invoice is not issued; and
  2. The sponsor submits a written request indicating the necessity for an immediate invoice; and
  3. The sponsor or recipient must accept a PDF of the invoice and provide an email address where the invoice can be sent to.

Questions

You may send your questions about Non-School of Medicine proposals to your assigned OSR Contract & Grant Officer (CGO).  If you are based in the School of Medicine, questions about proposals should be directed to your assigned Research Management Group (RMG) Research Process Manager (RPM).

Questions about account (PTA) setup, interim financial reporting, and closeouts may be directed to your assigned OSR Research Accountant.

Questions about billing and invoicing may be directed to rfcs-receivables@lists.stanford.edu or contact your Sponsored Receivables Management (SRM accountant).

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