Contracts Route– agreement received from commercial (or other) funder, or agreement to be put in place by Contracts with the funder based on Imperial College template.
Grants Route – non-commercial agreement received directly from the funder via their portal; or electronically via email; or via the Research Office; or direct from academic and department.
The college systems must be updated with the status of the proposal for departmental, faculty and college success rates within specific themes.
The PI should notify the JRO if the application was declined also, not just awarded.
Otherwise, it will remain as submitted on InfoEd for up to 9 months before the InfoEd Admin team contact the PI. This often means the stats are recorded in a different financial year.