Research Support strives to enhance the efficiency, accuracy and excellence of PI
proposal applications. However, given an ever-increasing number of applications being
submitted, we request that PIs use GAs, Departmental or Center staff to transcribe routine-forms
and -parts of applications, so Research Support efforts can focus on addressing and solving technical uncertainties
and questions by more-experienced PIs, as well as providing assistance and instruction
for ‘first-timers’. Examples are provided below.
Department and Center Staff |
Office of Research Support Staff |
Develop proposal budgets for investigators and/or assist with proposal budget development. | Train /advise departmental staff on proposal budget development. |
Assist investigators filling in routine forms, including USCeRA, Biosketch, Current/Pending Support, and Grants.gov packages. | Check accuracy of routine forms and values (e.g. USCeRA, Biosketch, Current/Pending, Grants.gov packages. |
Serve as liaisons with subawardees during proposal development process. | Provide boilerplate information and examples for proposals. |
Manage/ monitor sponsored award budgets. | Train and advise departmental staff on sponsored award budget management issues. |
Generate and provide data for reports regarding sponsored awards/other research activities in ASPH. | |
Class presentations and workshops on grant application development and pre-submission routing procedures (as requested by faculty who are training student researchers on how to properly submit grant applications). | |
Organize and facilitate Grant Support Network | |
Provide update information to ASPH concerning sponsored award policies and procedures via emails, newsletter, and workshops. | |
Arrange pre-submission peer reviews of major grant applications, by request and approval. | |
Serve as School liaison to Sponsored Awards Management Office (SAM) to facilitate sponsored award procedures (incl. USCeRA affiliation updates). | |
Work closely with SAM to review/facilitate/ troubleshoot pre-submission routing, review and approval of grant contract applications submitted by ASPH investigators. Sign-off (approve) proposals for ASPH. |