The cover page summarizes key proposal information and provides the required institutional signatures . It may, at the sponsor's request, also include other University signatures such as the principal investigator's chair and dean.
Many sponsors provide cover pages, either pre-printed or available in electronic format .
Care should be taken to ensure that the most current version of the sponsor cover page is used. The University, represented by Research Support, is the entity which will receive and be responsible for the award. The contact for the applicant, or recipient, is the Director of Research Support , and the applicant's address and phone number are those of Research Support. Some federal cover sheets, such as the Standard Federal 424 and 1411, do not ask for the name of the principal investigator. Check with your Research Support contact .