Pre-Award Process Roadmap
1. Notify ORS Intentions to Submit
- PI notifies ORS intentions to submit a proposal
- ORS requests funding opportunity to review
- ORS will schedule a Pre-Award Meeting
2. Pre-Award Meeting
- ORS and PI will review funding opportunity
- Highlight due dates, project periods, budget and other parameters from sponsor
- Discuss the use of subawards/and or consultants.
- Discuss the involvement of human subjects.
- Discuss the importance of contacting the sponsor or program officer.
- Start budget with parameters of personnel, travel, other direct costs
- ORS gather contact info for applicable subawards
- ORS creates proposal checklist post-meeting to send to PI
- ORS reaches out to applicable subs / consultants and provides checklist of needs
3. Components of Application
- ORS works with PI to complete components of the application
- Budget
- Subaward packages
- Consultant items
- Bio sketches
- Items other than Specific Aims, Research Strategy, references
- Check for compliance in formatting (fonts, margins, page limits) of documents
4. Prepare Items to be Sent to OSP
- ORS assists PI in uploading all documents into Cayuse/GRAMS if applicable
- ORS will send all components to OSP for review and meet 5-day review deadline
- Make any recommended edits form OSP
- Receive final approval from OSP that application is ready to submit
5. Submission
- ORS assists PI to submit application on due date
- OSP will submit in Cayuse or other S2S system
- For non- NIH/NSF applications, the PI may need to submit in sponsor specific web portal application after OSP approves proposal
- Some sponsors may require components emailed and ORS can assist
6. Notification from Sponsor
- Sponsor requests more info to fund – ORS will assist PI to assemble and send to sponsor (JIT process for NIH)
- Items sent to OSP for review and then sent to sponsor
- If not awarded, work with PI to see how to resubmit
7. Award Made
- Sponsor funds proposal and sends notice of award to PI/HSC
- ORS will work with PI to review NOA and assist OSP in moving to Post-Award phase
- ORS will work with OSP to setup PIM and monitor project throughout life of project.
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