submittor

A submittor is a person or organization that submits documents, data, or other materials to a process, system, or authority for consideration, approval, or processing. The term appears in administrative, legal, academic, and technical contexts to denote the agent responsible for initiating a submission.

Typical responsibilities include assembling required information, ensuring accuracy and completeness, meeting deadlines, and complying with guidelines. Depending on the domain, the submittor may need to obtain authorizations, provide certifications, or verify identities.

Common contexts include grant proposals submitted through a portal by an applicant; academic journal submissions by the author or corresponding author; regulatory filings to government agencies by sponsors or applicants; patent filings by inventors or patent attorneys; and data submissions to repositories or software systems by users or automated processes.

Etymology and usage: submittor is formed from submit and the agent noun suffix -or; it is less common than submitter in modern usage, and some guides prefer submitter, while submittor may appear in formal or legal documents, or in certain industries.

See also: submission, submitter, submission portal.