A change in this year’s table of Application Deadlines has caused some confusion. Please note that the deadlines on the linked table are RECEIPT dates not POSTMARK dates. There is a footnote about postmark dates.
This change more accurately reflects how things work – it is important that applications arrive in SCVSEFA hands by the intended deadlines. (Express Mail to the P.O. Box and hand delivery to the Palo Alto address have become popular means to that end.) A postmark date matters only when an application arrives AFTER the FINAL deadline – if it was delayed in US postal mail, the application will still be processed. There is just one exception: any project involving human subjects that misses the November deadline for the last IRB review.
