Assistance with Grant Proposals and Contracts

The Office of Research and Graduate Education is here to help faculty develop successful applications. If you plan to submit a grant or contract proposal, please notify the pre-award team of your plans to submit a research proposal as early as possible. Provide a funding agency and funding announcement information. They will…

• Review funder guidelines, check for eligibility and limited submission restrictions, and discuss the agency submission process.
• Determine if you need approval from UGA’s Corporate and Foundation Relations and will seek clearance if so (applies to some private foundations and corporations).
• Make arrangements for budget meetings and discuss required proposal components. Office of Research and Graduate Education personnel will assist with the completion of application forms and will enter your proposal into the eResearch Portal, UGA’s electronic research administration system.

Sponsored Projects Administration requires that complete proposals be submitted to their office at least five (5) days business days in advance of the sponsor’s deadline. Therefore, all proposal components must be submitted to the College’s Office of Research and Graduate Education no later than ten (10) business days prior to the due date. This will allow sufficient time for internal review, processing, and obtaining required pre-submission approvals from the PI, Co-PI(s), department head(s), and dean(s)/director(s).

Be sure to inform your department head or center director early of your intent to submit, update them on the progress, and alert them to potential impacts to the department.

Caution: The closer we receive a proposal to the deadline, the less we are able to assist you. This may jeopardize the outcome, as there may not be time to fix potentially fatal errors, or the proposal may not be submitted by the agency deadline.

Additional information on the grant proposal process from finding the right funding opportunity to writing, budgeting, and submitting your proposal as well as managing your award is available through the Office of Research and Graduate Education.

Office of Research and Graduate Education personnel work with other UGA administrative and fiscal units including the Office of the Vice President for Research for grant and contract submission and management. Contact Grace Thornton Burger for information on conducting research in the Clarke County School District. Information needed to complete an Institutional Review Board application to conduct research using human subjects can be found at the Human Research Protection Program.