College Research Office Approval Proposal Approval Process Administrative

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 Electronic Sponsor

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 PAR Make Sure: ü Administrative Unit to Administer Award = Dept ü Research Admin Coord = Dept Admin working on the proposal, usually not Business Officer ü Start date/end date ü F&A/fringe rates ü Complete budget information ü Compliance questions answered ü If applying for a subcontract, need Prime sponsor ü Complete sponsor and sponsor contact info; particularly with subcontracts. ü 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 $100 K Must clear all proposals to Presidential Foundations Visit their website at http: //college. usc. edu/research/ra/extramural/d evelopment_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: ØCost Share is required by sponsor ØCash contributions from the College ØReduced 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 Pure. Edge. • 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