The Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, Leslie Mangold, is pleased to provide the following pre-award services to faculty and staff seeking external funding. Please see the Meet Our Staff tab for contact information and additional background about Leslie.
Please see this Grant Proposal Flowchart (PDF) for a brief breakdown of the grant submission process and who to work with on your proposal.
Assist in disseminating funding news
- Disseminate updates on federal budgets, funding priorities and agency guidelines
- Disseminate philanthropy news relevant to the liberal arts
Assist in identifying funding opportunities
Funding is available for research, instruction, or public service projects from sources including federal and non-federal.
- Disseminate updates on general funding sources relevant to liberal arts faculty and staff
- Train faculty and staff in setting up specific search profiles for several funding search engines, such as InfoEdPlus, GRC and Foundation Directory Online
- Perform ad-hoc searches for funding of specific projects upon requests
Assist with development of research/grant proposal or contract
- Review sponsor guidelines and identify key issues
- Help prepare budget and review budget justification
- Help prepare and negotiate Memorandum of Understandings (MOU), teaming agreements, contracts, confidentiality agreements, and other types of contractual arrangements
- Contacts potential sponsors, as needed, to obtain forms not already on file in ORSP or for guidance and clarification regarding the submission of a proposal;
- Acts as negotiator and liaison between the PI/PD and the funding agency on issues that arise prior to funding
- Assist with cost share commitments
- Assist with sponsor forms and electronic submission systems
- Assure the proposal meets all sponsor guidelines and format requirements
- Provide institutional support letter
Provide researchers with templates and samples upon request, such as:
- Letter of Intent (LOI)
- Sample Budget Justification
- Facilities and Resources
- Data management plan
Process proposal submissions
- Facilitate routing and obtain appropriate approval signatures
- Provide institutional approval of proposals
- Proposal submission
Facilitate post-submission activities
- Assist with sponsor requests for re-budgets, just in time information, etc.
- Facilitate research compliance (e.g., FCOI, RCR, IACUC, IRB) in collaboration with other administrative units such as IRB and IACUC committees
- Coordinate post-award services with other campus units (e.g. business office, departmental fiscal associates, institutional research, human resources)
Frequently required forms and institutional data
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