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Policy and Procedures Guide for Grant Writer's ServicesTo facilitate the effective development, writing, and timely submission of the highest qualityproposals to the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSR&P) for review and/orGrant Writer's assistance, you are requested to take the necessary steps below.[1]1. Identify a potential funding opportunity by: programs, and resources. ii. www.grants.gov – the one-stop portal to all Federal grants. If you find an opportunity of interest then proceed to the next stage but first note that many of the grant applications found at grants.gov can be downloaded to your personal computer and then viewed and completed using the free program PureEdge Viewer [2] for Windows. for funding opportunities and find collaborators. Virginia State University is an institutional member of COS. funding program database to employees of member institutions such as Virginia State University only. expertise to the Grant Writer either by a meeting or an email. The Community of Science website at www.cos.com mentioned above is one valuable and highly recommended way to publicize your research capabilities. We strongly encourage you to register and set up your personal and detailed research and/or scholarly profile on the website. C. Using any other method that allows you to match your interests and expertise with the goals of the granting agency. For example, your colleague who knows your abilities might know of a potential sponsor.
right is a link to a DOC file labeled “Grant Notice of Intent” [4]. Download this from the website or click on the latter link. Fill out a printed copy with a pen or fill out the form directly on your computer; submit either a hardcopy or an emailed electronic version to our office.
3. Submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the funding agency, if it requires or requests one. NSF’s LOI must be submitted electronically via NSF FastLane [5] therefore you must establish a FastLane account through OSR&P in order to create and edit your LOI. The actual submission of the LOI to NSF is done either by OSR&P or the Principal Investigator (PI) depending upon the rules set by the specific solicitation. See the NSF’s Grant Proposal Guide [6] for further information.
funding agency is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Go to the Forms section of the OSR&P site and download the eRA Commons Request New Account [7] form.
guidelines and deadlines along with items 6-8 below. See the Grant Proposal Development/ Pre-Award Handbook [8] for some assistance concerning this process.
agency requests cost sharing or matching. The form requires the signature of your Chairperson and Dean. This form is in Excel format and might also be useful in planning and analyzing your budget without cost sharing. as subjects for the study. C. The IACUC Forms [11]. These forms are not yet available for download but the applicant is nevertheless responsible for obtaining written approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of VSU if animals will be used in the achievement of the project’s goals. Visit www.IACUC.org for information about IACUCs. D. Evidence of approval from the appropriate official(s) of the participating entity if proposals, contracts, or grants require collaborations or partnerships with external institutions and/or agencies. This approved agreement must include the full extent of the partnership/collaboration -- example -- name of participating faculty/staff and level of effort, use of equipment, supplies, communications, travel, indirect costs, cost sharing (cash or in-kind), and the period of time. This documentation must be a part of the proposal submitted to the OSR&P for review and reaction. Non-inclusion of this information can cause the prospective principal or co-investigator valuable time in meeting the funding agency deadline for submission.
Form [12] located in the Forms section as well as all other completed-and-signed internal forms to the OSR&P for review at least 7 days before the agency deadline date. The Proposal Processing and Approval Form requires the signatures of your Chairperson and Dean. Proposals requiring external partnerships will need longer processing time, e.g. 14 days before the agency deadline. You may still submit a proposal to OSR&P during the last week before the deadline but successful submission can not be guaranteed.
anytime during the above process. If we do not know the answer, we will try and find one for you as quickly as possible. We can either meet face to face or you can submit your concerns by email, phone, or fax. We can typically meet in the OSR&P conference room at a predetermined time. [1] Note that all orange-colored words represent a link to a website or web document.
[2] http://www.grants.gov/PEViewer/ICSViewer602_grants.exe
[3] http://www.vsu.edu/pages/1089.asp [4] http://www.vsu.edu/include/Grant_Notice_Of_Intent_Form.pdf [5] http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/ [6] http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg [7] http://www.vsu.edu/Include/eRACommonsCreateNewAccount(1).doc [8] Download directly from this link or go to http://www.vsu.edu/pages/2554.asp then click on the link on the right.
[9] Download directly from this link or go to http://www.vsu.edu/pages/1089.asp then click on the “Request For Institutional Support (Cost Sharing)” link to the right.
[10] http://www.vsu.edu/Include/IRBHumanSubjectsSubmissionForm(1).doc [12] http://www.vsu.edu/Include/ProposalProcessingApprovalForm.doc |
