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College Research Office Approval. Proposal Approval Process Administrative Shell College Compliance Review Filling Out The PAR Cost Share Special Circumstances Updates. Proposal Approval Process . PI / Department. College Research Office. Paper. 24-hours. Dept of Contracts & Grants.
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College Research Office Approval • Proposal Approval Process • Administrative Shell • College Compliance Review • Filling Out The PAR • Cost Share • Special Circumstances • Updates
Proposal Approval Process PI / Department College Research Office Paper 24-hours Dept of Contracts & Grants Sponsor Electronic
The Admin Shell • PAR = Proposal Approval Record • Face page/cover page • Summary/Abstract • Budget with justification • Separate College budget if non-College lead (collaborative with other schools) • Program Announcement or website
The College Compliance Review • Verify completeness of PAR • All required fields are completed • Data on PAR matches proposal • Review of Program Announcement • Eligibility of PIs and co-PIs • Check accuracy of budget and budget justifications, subcontract budgets • Inst Base Salary; includes Core, Admin Stipend, Faculty/Clinical Supplement, Sabbatical, Paid Leave • Confirm issues of cost share, course buy outs, equipment, space needs and other special circumstances. • Clearance with Office of Corp. & Foundation Relations
Filling Out Your PARMake Sure: • Administrative Unit to Administer Award = Dept • Research Admin Coord = Dept Admin working on the proposal, usually not Business Officer • Start date/end date • F&A/fringe rates • Complete budget information • Compliance questions answered • If applying for a subcontract, need Prime sponsor • Complete sponsor and sponsor contact info; particularly with subcontracts. • PI’s full contact info, email, phone
Corporate & Foundation Proposals • Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations must clear any proposals to corporations or foundations over $100K • Must clear all proposals to Presidential Foundations • Visit their website at http://college.usc.edu/research/ra/extramural/development_office.html • Contact at (213) 740-4990
Cost Share Matching funds, third party funds, significant in-kind effort, reduced F&A rate, reduced Fringe Benefit rate, etc. Contact Vice Dean Byrd ASAP if: • Cost Share is required by sponsor • Cash contributions from the College • Reduced F&A rate not required by agency
Special Circumstances • Cost share • Assistance with large interdisciplinary proposals • Non-tenure track faculty as PIs; except Research Faculty • Rush proposals, same day processing, etc. • Interdisciplinary proposals requiring various signatures • Letters of support • New faculty / Grant transfers Let Us Know
Announcements • NIH uses Adobe. NO more PureEdge. • NIH has limited resubmissions to 1 • NIH Salary Cap $196,700 • NSF has eliminated Summer effort rule • College Research Office emails • Email workshop ideas
HELP? College Research Office (213) 740-2531 research@college.usc.edu