| Research Administration Process | ORS |
PI |
DEPT |
| Identification of Funding Opportunities | ----- |
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| Search for opportunities | X |
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| Distribute opportunity information | X |
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| Store application forms and retrieve as necessary | X |
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| Proposal Preparation | |||
| Develop and revise technical narrative | X |
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| Develop and revise budget | X |
X |
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| Provide guidance to PI on proposal preparation (See Note 1) | X |
X |
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| Proposal Review and Approval | |||
| Review and approve before sending to ORS | X |
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| Provide institutional review of proposal | X |
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| Make revisions and corrections to proposal after institutional review | X |
X |
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| Provide institutional approval of proposal | X |
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| Record proposal information for tracking | X |
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| Proposal Submission | |||
| Mail proposals to sponsors | X |
X |
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| Assist PI in electronic submission of proposals to sponsors | X |
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| Award Acceptance | |||
| Receive notification of grant or contract award | X |
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| Send notification to department and other administrative offices | X |
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| Negotiate terms and conditions with sponsor | X |
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| Review and approve terms and conditions | X |
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| Award Management | |||
| Maintain official award documents for sponsored projects | X |
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| Interpret regulations, policies and procedures | X |
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| Setup account(s) in financial accounting system | X |
X |
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| Comply with circulars and sponsor conditions for compliance at the transaction level | X |
X |
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| Ensure expenditures/cost transfers have been posted to accounts | X |
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| Resolve issues related to unreconciled accounts | X |
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| Prepare and submit invoices to sponsors | X |
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| Ensure that all financial reports have been submitted to sponsor | X |
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| Ensure that all technical reports have been submitted to sponsor | X |
X |
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| Ensure that all final invention/patent reports have been submitted to sponsor | X |
X |
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| Ensure that all property reports have been submitted to sponsor | X |
X |
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| Inactivate award account(s) in financial accounting system | X |
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