What are the benefits of electronic submission?
• Facilitates efficiencies to shorten the cycle from application receipt to award • Provides clear, color grant image • Creates a comprehensive repository of data that can be mined by knowledge management and other portfolio tools • Improves data quality (e.g., enforcement of business validations) • Saves >200,000,000 pieces of paper/year (estimated) and countless hours of human effort • Reduces scanning, printing and data-entry costs
