Announcement to Submission: Proposal Management through COERA
When you identify a proposal opportunity (RFP) for which you’d like to apply, please send the RFP information (attached files and/or links) the Pre-award Grants and Contracts Specialist, listed below:
Liz Kogan – liz.kogan@austin.utexas.edu [C&I, EDP, SPE]
Vacant – vacant [ELP, KHE]
Your specialist will briefly review the RFP to confirm your eligibility, UT’s eligibility, and the proposal deadline. As soon as possible, please fill out the COERA Proposal Submission Form (COERA PSF) and submit online at: https://goo.gl/Q7ip0c
Proposal Narrative (Statement/Scope of Work/SOW):
Budget and Budget Justification:
Contractors/Consultants/Subawards:
Subawardees
If you are collaborating with a Co-PI at another institution and we are subawarding to them, we will need the following:
- A letter of commitment signed by an authorized signer (normally someone at their Office of Sponsored Projects).
- An itemized budget including their institution’s indirect cost rate and rate agreement.
- A budget justification.
- A statement of work for their portion of the work to be performed.
Consultants
For consultants, we will need the following:
- A letter of commitment that includes their fee agreement (i.e. number of hours and rate of pay). If the consultant is providing their services at no cost to the project, a statement to that effect must be included in their letter.
- A biosketch for key personnel consultants.
Human (IRB) or Animal (IACUC) Subjects:
If your project will include human subjects or animal participants, please review the sponsor’s requirements. Most sponsors don’t require IRB or IACUC approval at the submission stage, but occasionally some do. Even if a sponsor does not require IRB approval up front, they may require information about participant consent/protection within the proposal.
Regardless, please let us know if your project will involve human subjects or animals so that we can note that information in the OSP system. Please be aware that the IRB application MUST be completed and approved before an award can be made at UT-Austin.
Additional Documents:
Occasionally the sponsor requires additional forms and documents, such as specific budget forms, current/pending support, and biosketches. Most of the time, sponsors require biosketches/CVs for PIs, Co-PIs, and other key personnel, such as consultants. Please send us the required biosketches/CVs for your research team, in the format specified by the sponsor. We will coordinate with you to fill out additional budget forms, current/pending support descriptions, other required forms, and any additional financial or proposal-specific information.
Submitting a Proposal:
The specialist is responsible for uploading the proposal files to the sponsor specific submission portal (e.g. Grants.gov/Cayuse, Fastlane, DoD, Hogg, etc.) and filling out the online application materials, if applicable. We will coordinate with you if this requires setting up a username and password for these submission portals. We will also communicate with you about any additional information we may need from you in order to fill out online application materials.
After all proposal documents have been collected and the relevant materials have been finalized, the specialist will submit the proposal to OSP for review and approval via UT’s Research Management System (RMS). We will coordinate with OSP about any changes that they require, and if additional information is needed, we will communicate with you about those items. As the deadline for your grant submission approaches, please be available via email or phone in case any other questions arise.
After OSP approves the proposal, the specialist will submit the proposal to the sponsor on the PI’s behalf via the sponsor-specific submission portal, or via email/mail, if applicable. Upon submission, we will notify you via email and follow up periodically on the status of the proposal.
Note: We have specific instruction documents for NIH, NSF, and IES proposals, respectively, which outline sponsor requirements.