The College of Education & Human Development is committed to providing proposal development and processing support to our faculty, staff, and students preparing sponsored project proposals, that are not being processed through a Center. To maximize the use of our resources, please contact us as soon as possible.
Pre-Award Grant Support
While each grant submission is different, below are general guidelines used for commonly asked grant support questions. Our grant specialist is here to provide support to all faculty throughout the grant process.
Pre-Award Grant Coordinator
Proposal Submission Process
Please note the following elements are required for you to be able to successfully process and submit a proposal to a funding agency:
InfoEd Training
All faculty must attend an InfoEd training session hosted by Sponsored Projects prior to getting access to create a proposal file in the InfoEd system. Sponsored Projects conducts training sessions throughout the year. For a training schedule, access this link:
or contact Erika Waday (ewaday@unr.edu) directly.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
All faculty must complete an annual conflict of interest disclosure. This can be accomplished via the InfoEd system by selecting the ‘External Interests’ box on your InfoEd home page, and following the instructions within.
Individual Registrations
A few submission systems require an individual registration prior to the submission of any proposal. For other submission systems, please verify within the solicitation announcement about any individual registration or profile required to successfully respond to a solicitation.
Notify the Pre-Award Grant Coordinator about your opportunity. The Request for Proposal (RFP) or Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) can be shared by providing a website link or attachment and some times can be in the form of an email from a sponsor or primary applicant. RFPs and FOAs are necessary in the Info Ed prior to routing for approval for new submissions, re-submissions, competing continuations, and non-competing continuations. For supplements and sub-award proposals, the correspondence from the sponsor or prime applicant are also needed in the Info Ed file each year.
This step is necessary before submission to the sponsor. Only OSPA Grant and Contract Officers can negotiate contracts and agreements. Please remember not to negotiate with a potential sponsor on a budget without prior approval from OSPA. Sponsors are less likely to make changes to budgets so close to the submission deadlines or make multiple changes and if the budget or scope do not match, the University may not be able to accept the award.
All proposals (regardless of sponsor or amount) require an InfoEd file to be created, including agencies/organizations that contact you directly stating that they would like to give you funding.
- Verify you have InfoEd access (you must have completed InfoEd training)
- Create InfoEd file and enter preliminary data
- Upload the request for proposal or notice of funding opportunity, proposal, budget, budget detail and any sponsor required attachments to the InfoEd file
- Info Ed will route the proposal for approvals and the file will automatically be submitted to OSPA for final review. The COEHD Pre-Award Grant Coordinator will contact you if there are any issues.
- Proposal Support Team will receive the file for subsequent review and processing for signatures
This step will automatically begin with the receipt of the InfoEd file at Sponsored Projects (SP).
- SP receives the approved InfoEd file and makes initial contacts with the Pre-Award Grant Coordinator
- SP reviews all file documents for University and Sponsor compliance
- SP will submit any questions or clarifications needed to the Pre-Award Grant Coordinator
- Once approved by SP, the PI will be asked for permission to submit the proposal to the sponsor
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Commonly Used Application Information
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Other External Resources
Grants.gov