QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
|
CONTACTS | FORMS | GUIDELINES
| PRE-AWARD ?s |
ORGANIZATIONAL AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Q.
Who is the Senior Grant Specialist for my college/campus/unit?
A.
Please visit the contact list on the Division of Sponsored
Research web site for the Senior Grant Specialist assigned to your college/campus/unit.
Q.
Who do I contact in Compliance for my questions regarding...the
Institutional Review Board (IRB), Radiation Safety, Animal Care and Use,
Biosafety or Diving Safety?
A.
Please visit Division
of Research Compliance web site for the appropriate contact person for
the following areas: Institutional Review Board (IRB), Radiation Safety,
Animal Care and Use, Biosafety or Diving Safety.
Q. Who
serves on the IRB Boards?
A. Please
visit the Institutional
Review Board Rosters website for a complete listing.
Q. Who
can help me with my Pharmaceutical questions?
A.
Please visit
the Division of Sponsored Research web site for the Senior Grant Specialist
assigned to your area.
Q. Who
will help me establish new accounts for my external award, prepare
the billing notices, financial reports, and perform the
final account close-out?
A.
Please visit the
Post Award Services website for further information.
PRE-AWARD QUESTIONS
Q. How
do I find funding?
A. You
can review SOURCES
our on-line publication of upcoming funding opportunities.....
- or search on one of three databases for funding
- or attend a workshop to learn how to look for funding
- or contact Rebecca Puig for further assistance
Q. Is
there a short course on how to write a proposal?
A. Yes,
a short
course is offered by the Foundation Center via the internet (5 minute
overview).
Q. Is
there a tutorial available on how to prepare a budget?
A. Yes,
the Foundation Center
has preprepared an excellent tutorial on Proposal
Budget Basics (5 minute tutorial).
Q. Who
can help me in developing my proposal budget here at USF?
A. Please
visit the Division of Sponsored Research website for the Senior Grant
Specialist assigned to your area.
Q.
Who can help me interpret
agency guidelines?
A.
Please
visit the Division of Sponsored Research website for the Senior Grant
Specialist assigned to your area.
Q. Who
do I contact to find out if I have met all the compliance and assurance
requirements established by the University?
A.
Please
visit the Division of Research Compliance website for further information.
Q. The
agency guidelines say they have forms on-line, but I can't find
them! Or, the guidelines say "contact your Sponsored Office of Research
for the necessary forms."
Or, the submission is entirely electronic and submitted through the Internet.
Who can help me?
A. Please
contact Rebecca Puig for assistance at (813) 974-5465 or via e-mail at
rpuig@research.usf.edu.
Q. What
forms are required by the University in order to submit my proposal for
external funding?
A. You
must submit an Internal
Form that has been signed by you, your Co-Principal Investigator,
your Chairperson, and your Dean/Director/Vice President. Once complete,
it is turned in at the time of your proposal submission to
the Division of Sponsored Research.
Q. Who
will review and sign the final proposal?
A. Your
Senior Grant Specialist will review your final proposal
submission for accuracy and will obtain the signature of the Director
of Research Proposal Services on your behalf.
Q. My
department is small, we don't have a reliable copier and no one knows
how to send an overnight letter! Who can help me send my proposal out?
A. Assisting
you in copying and sending your proposal out is just one of the many services
that the Division of Sponsored Research provides. Please contact your
Senior Grant Specialist for details.
Q. Where
can I find the Proposal Review and Certification Form (a.k.a. Internal
Form)?
A. The
Internal Form is
available on the Division of Sponsored Research's website
in Word format.
Q. Where
can I find IRB forms?
A. IRB
forms are available on-line and are organized by 01
Medical and 02 Social
and Behavioral.
Q.
Where can I find agency forms (federal/state/local/private) that
I can use Word or WordPerfect to complete?
A.
Please visit the Division of Sponsored Research's forms
website for further information.
Q. I
am working on an agency form and it asks for information on USF's Congressional
District Number, Institutional Code, Dunn and Bradstreet Number,etc.
How do I fnd this information?
A.
Please visit the Division
of Research Proposal Services's "DSR
Factsheet" website.
Q. Is
there a central location for the agency guidelines?
A. Yes,
the Division of Sponsored Research has established a website which provides
links to the various agency guidelines.
Last updated:October 12, 2001
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