Tips

• All proposals are due in OSPA a minimum of 4 full business days prior to the submit deadline. This is to allow sufficient time for appropriate review and approval.
  
  
• All proposals must be routed with a GoldSheet prior to submission. This includes proposals that may be submitted electronically.
  
  
• Indirect costs are to be recovered on all research proposals. If a sponsor has an established policy with a reduced rate, that reduced rate can be used. Please attach copies of the sponsor guidelines to the GoldSheet and highlight the indirect cost recovery policy. Appropriate off campus rates should be documented.
  
  
• Cost share that is not mandatory is not to be included on the GoldSheet or the budget. If cost share is mandatory, please attach a copy of the sponsor guidelines to the GoldSheet and highlight the section on cost share. If your proposal involves subcontractors, please include subcontractor's signed budget pages, justification, any applicable assurances, and a letter of commitment if necessary. Appropriate cost share should be documented.
  
  
• If there are problems that you cannot resolve with a proposal and/or GoldSheet as you route it, please attach a note indicating your questions/concerns. This eliminates our office duplicating your efforts in contacting the PI.
  
  
• Please mark/flag all pages that require a signature from our office.
  
  
• All agreements that obligate the University in any way require review and approval by OSPA.