Proposal Preparation and Submission

Proposal Preparation

Forms Page

Acronyms & Glossary

Frequently Required Proposal Data

Preproposals

Proposal Development Help

CSCAR Statistics and study design consultation

Proposal Writer's Guide

UM Research Resources articles

Principal Investigator Definition

Budget Planning and Preparation

Assistance & Instructions

Sample Budget Table

Cost Accounting Standards

Salaries in Sponsored Projects

Grad Student Research Assistants

Staff Benefits

Staff Benefits Table for Current Year

OMB A-21 Regulations on Direct Charging

Direct Costs other than Salaries

Training grant tuition/insurance help -- Rackham

Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Rates Table

ULAM Indirect Costs

Participant Support Costs :: NSF

Cost Sharing Requirements

Equipment in Budgets

Telephones and Office Equipment

Equipment & Facilities

Equipment in Budgets

Equipment Fabrication, indirect cost implications

Research Space Commitments

Telephones and Office Equipment

Equipment Transfer and Disposition

Students in Research

Graduate Student Research Assistants (GSRA) Costs

GSRA Handbook from Human Resources

Practicum/Internships Guidelines

Processing the Proposal

Is it a sponsored project?

Preproposals

Procedures

Signatures

Deadlines

Proposal Approval Form (PAF)

♦ ♦ Note: the PAF is prepared in the eResearch Proposal Management system. Learn more

PHS FCOI FAQs for Processing Proposals and Projects

Proposal Types/ Class Codes

Processing Grants and Contracts

Messenger Service

Wolverine Tower Expedited Mail

Submitting the Proposal

UM Assistance with FastLane

FastLane at NSF [ to NSF web site]

UM Assistance with Grants.gov

Deadlines

Other Information

Experience:

Proposal and Award Information
Database of all proposals submitted and awards made to UM researchers for sponsored projects. Awards are searchable from the web. Useful to proposal developers for finding others with experience with a particular sponsor.

eRA:

Electronic Research Administration
Links and news on Grants.gov, FastLane, NIH Commons, eResearch

Research Impacts Team

Help with partnering and other ways of meeting broader impacts requirements

Statistics, study design help: CSCAR [CSCAR website]

UM Research Resources (boilerplate for proposals)