Required Steps

The department has two requirements that must be met by all faculty members developing a grant proposal:

1. Complete the Intent to Submit form by the specified deadline.
This form serves to:

• Notify the department head, research directors, grant accountant, and your  program director of your intent to submit a grant for a particular due date.
• Collect preliminary information about your project's budget needs and your plans to use research services for the proposal’s development.
• Identify high volume grant submission periods for the department, triggering the need for backup resources.

• Review budget and justifications, sponsor requirements, cost-sharing arrangements, subcontracts, page limits.
• For grants.gov and other electronic submissions, convert files for electronic submission.
• Route proposal and collect signatures from department heads and deans of all named investigators on the project.
• Deliver required number of copies of the full proposal to Sponsored Projects Administration. 
• Administrative review by SPA, which requires five working days for grants.gov submissions. 

3. If any of the standard deadlines for steps 1 and 2 cannot be met, follow the procedures for a "Rapid Response Proposal."