Pre-Award
All requests for external funding must be processed through OSP. External funding includes Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements. To initiate the process, a Proposal Review and Compliance Form (PRC) with appropriate signatures (principal investigator, department chair, and academic dean), and an abstract describing the proposed activity in layman's terms must be submitted to OSP as early as possible, preferably no later than ten (10) days prior to the deadline for submission. An approval by the Designated University Official is required in order to submit any proposal off campus. OSP will obtain the signature of the Designated University Official. The PRC may be found at http://www.swosu.edu/resources/forms/osp/research/osp-pre-prcform.xls.
OSP is responsible for reviewing the proposal to ensure compliance with University, State, and Federal regulations. This includes assisting in budget preparation. Once a PRC is approved and the proposal is ready for submission, OSP will obtain the required designated university official signature, make necessary copies, and submit the proposal. Electronic submission is also the responsibility of OSP. Contact OSP early in the process for the electronic submission procedures.
Due to the new Federal guidelines requiring the use of grants.gov for Federal proposal submission, the PI is strongly encouraged to submit to OSP their completed proposal well in advance of the submission deadline as it may take up to one week to successfully submit a Federal proposal through grants.gov.
The OSP office will then track the proposal from receipt through disposition.
All “Letters of Intent” should be submitted to OSP along with a PRC and abstract.