University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Pre-Award

People with Answers, including:

• Office of Grants and Contracts (OCG) Representatives
• CLAS Deans' Office Contacts

Grant Development Steps

Identifying Grant/Research Opportunities:

• Institutional Grants (CU & CLAS)
• External Funding

Training

Required of all Principlal Investigators BEFORE Submitting Proposals

Preparing the Grant Budget

• Budget Planning Guide
• Cost Sharing Policy (pdf)
• CLAS Policy on Course Buyouts in Proposals
• Fiscal Policy for Direct Charges to Federally Sponsored Projects (pdf)
• F&A Rates (pdf)
• F&A Waivers
• Fringe Benefit Rates
• Tuition Rates (Remission)
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Fees

Writing the Proposal

• Boilerplate Administrative Info (i.e. official address, DUNS#, EIN, etc.)
• Sponsor forms, gudiance and instructions (Links for NIH, NSF, DOE, etc.)
• NIH Forms

Internal Approvals/Routing Submissions

• Institutional Submission Deadlines (IMPORTANT!)
• Proposal Routing Form
• Proposal Routing Form Instructions

Contracts/Sub-Awards

• Contracting Process
• Subcontract Checklist
• Subrecipient Agreement Information
• Subrecipient Agreement Form
• Consortium Letter Template

Post-Award

Establishing a Pre-Award Account

Time and Effort Reporting Process (PERS) (pdf)

Guidelines for Submitting Post-Award Requests and Reports, including:

• Budget Modifications
• No-cost Extensions
• Progress and Financial Report Submissions

Compliance Issues (non-financial)

• IACUC
• HIPAA
• IRB (human subjects)
• Conflict of Interest (COI)
• Radiation/Biosafety
• Technology Transfer