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Office of Sponsored Programs

Proposal Process

Notification of Intent

The initial step to applying for a sponsored program is to contact your department’s pre award administrator.

PI Responsibilities	Pre Award Responsibilities
Confirm your status as PI Find the funding opportunity Send Pre Award solicitation/RFP Work with Pre Award Administrator to review solicitation / RFP Notify Pre Award Administrator of your preparation timeline Notify appropriate department/college Review for limited submission restrictions	Work with PI to review solicitation/RFP Review for limited submission restrictions

In order to best serve our researchers and ensure that proposal deadlines are met, we advise that you build in additional processing time when scheduling your proposal development and submission dates.

OSP strongly recommends that PI’s have the final proposal in complete form,  ready for submission to the sponsor and delivered to OSP at least four (4) business days prior to the deadline (this includes the signed and completed Proposal Internal Approval Form).

This will provide extra time for the anticipated delays in the submission process and also allow time to make corrections and re-submissions if required.