The Sponsored Research Team (SRT) is excited to provide a number of benefits to Principal Investigators (PIs) in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT).
What is our goal?
The pre-award team assists COEIT faculty with administrative and financial support from internal routing through proposal submission to sponsor. We serve as the liaison between our faculty and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). Our goal is to take as much of the administrative burden of submitting a grant proposal off our faculty so that they are able to put more effort toward the technical portion of their work.
More about the OSP
OSP is the institutional office authorized to submit proposals on behalf of the University. OSP deadline policy states: a fully completed proposal and all attachments must be sent to OSP in a “ready-to-submit” state no later than three (3) UMBC business days prior to the sponsor deadline in order to be reviewed and submitted to the sponsor. Any proposals not received in a “ready-to-submit” condition by 9:00 am on the due date to the sponsor will not be submitted by OSP and will be returned to the PI and the institutional unit.
It is important that we receive enough lead time on pre-award requests, so that we can ensure a solid proposal is going out the door while at the same time we are also meeting OSP’s internal deadline. Please submit a ticket to our pre-award team as soon as you find out about a funding opportunity that you would like to apply to 🙂 The more advanced notice we have for proposals, the more it helps our team to distribute workload so that we can ensure you have the support you need.
We work closely with:
In order to effectively carry out our responsibilities, we place a strong emphasis on forging robust collaborative relationships with a diverse array of departments that form an integral part of UMBC. These departments include:
What services do we provide?
- Create collaborative Box folder to edit and store proposal documents
- Prepare and send a one-page Executive Summary of the RFP/FOA/NOFO
- Draft initial budget and work with PI to determine the needs of the project until the budget is finalized.
- Draft the budget justification based on the final budget
- Work with the faculty through revisions and questions
- Coordinate with subaward recipients, if applicable, to receive and review all required documents.
- Enter proposal in Kuali for internal routing and review
- Upload budget and budget justification into sponsor’s platform
- Review and provide guidance and support regarding other documents required for the proposal.
- Help to ensure proposal documents are accurate and in compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations (institutional, funding agency, federal, etc.) pertinent to the specific submission.
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