Brief description of delegated authority: permit expenditures or commitments of funds against any approved research, training, or development contract or grant when a fully executed contract is in hand or a written notice of grant award has been received or, in the absence of such documentation, when (a) the contract or grant is within the previously delegated solicitation authority and a firm commitment exists to reimburse the University for the amount of its own funds advanced, and (b) there is an essential need to advance or commit funds (which normally means...