Online Grant Information System (OGIS)
The Online Grant Information System (OGIS) serves as both an approval and monitoring mechanism for the college, ensuring that institutional commitment for new and continuing grants has been reviewed and approved. Please read the following information before accessing the OGIS link.
Application Template To ensure you have all the required information before initiating an Approval Request, access this Application Approval Request Template which indicates the information and fields which must be completed for submission.   Submitting an Institutional Application Approval Request You need to submit an Institutional Application Approval Request a minimum of 7 days prior to the date the grant proposal or application is due to the external funding organization, using the OGIS. This will ensure there is adequate time to work its way through the approval chain.  You will receive a routing number (via email) that is generated by using this process. The OGIS will also require you to submit an electronic copy of the proposed budget. Please send an electronic copy of the full proposal to sjreaves@lcsc.edu or sdholmes@lcsc.edu.   Please Note: Because your OGIS session may time-out if left idle for more than 5 minutes, please have the required information ready prior to submission, and that you will have enough time to complete the Approval Request without interruption. Click here to initiate: Grant Application Approval Request. The Institutional Approval Request Process: Submitters – Your Approval Request will sequentially go through the below electronic approvals. (You will receive an email each time it is approved.) Approvers – Please note that if an approver has reviewed and approved one time but is in the approval pipeline twice (say, as Department Head and Dean), the second approval box automatically blacks out.
	Chain of Approvers Division/Department Head Information Technology (IT) Office of Grants & Contracts Appropriate Dean Provost Budget Office VP of Finance and Administration
Each of the above offices reviews the request and the project’s impact on that particular area. If there is a potential issue, the authorizing agent for that office notates the issue in the Comments section and requests the Principal Investigator to address the concern before approval is given and the request is forwarded on. An email will be sent to you is a comment is made, as well as information you when you have received the final approval. Once you’ve received final approval, Chet Herbst (the institution’s Authorizing Official), will need to sign your proposal application before submission to the external funder. Please note that completing the Institutional Application Approval Request DOES NOT automatically submit your application to the external funder. Submitting to the external funder is a separate step you can either do on your own if you're familiar with the process, or in collaboration with the Grants Office.