The OSP will then route your proposal through the Accounting and Reporting Department. Your funding request must then go to the authorized University official for signature. If the deadline is extremely short, call us so we can be expecting it and can alert the offices in order to process your request as quickly as possible. The OSP will verify your proposal with all agency guidelines to assure compliance, will check for all approvals that may be needed from the Human Subjects Committee, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, the Accounting and Reporting Department for any matching fund approvals, University Advancement if you are submitting to a foundation, and all other aspects that affect your proposal. The proposal will be returned to you after the required signatures are secured for a final review by the principal investigator.
Most agencies provide a final checklist to aid in the submission process.
This checklist should be followed closely. The OSP welcomes and encourages your draft proposal and draft budgets. The OSP staff will be happy to review your drafts and assist with the preliminary approvals so your proposal can move quickly once it reaches the final stage. If possible, talk with a program officer in the funding agency about your idea. Read their guidelines thoroughly and follow them to the letter.