1. Information Sources, Sponsors, and Proposal Development

2. Types of sponsors Federal government State and local governments
Executive Branch
Independent Federal Agencies
State and local governments
Private foundations
Associations and societies
For-profit organizations
International organizations

3. Federal Government: Executive Branch
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Department of Defense
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Army Research Office (ARO)
Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA)
Cabinet positions that report to the President

4. Federal Government: Executive Branch
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
FEMA
Department of Education
Department of the Treasury
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Violence Against Women

5. Federal Government: Executive Branch
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce
NIST
Department of Labor
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of State

6. Federal Government: Independent Agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
National Science Foundation
National Agency for International Development
Small Business Administration
Independent agencies that report to Congress

7. Types of Federal Assistance
Discretionary Awards
Mandatory Awards
Block Grants
Formula Grants

8. Modes of Support Assistance Agreements Procurement Agreements Grant
Cooperative Agreement
Procurement Agreements
Contract

9. Where to find funding opportunities
Federal Register: the daily official publication of the US government for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.
Contents
Rules and Regulations: most rules and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations
Proposed Rules
Notices: This is where grant application deadlines are presented. OE solicitations are published here.
Presidential documents: proclamations and EOs. Compiled annually and issued in Title 3 of the CFR.
Sunshine Act meetings: all notices of meetings to give the public fair warning.
Reader Aids
Corrections

10. Where to find funding opportunities
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): provides a full listing of all federal programs available to state and local governments; federally recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories of the US; domestic public, quasi- public, and private profit and non-profit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; individuals. It is a five digit number where the first two numbers represent the agency and the last 3 numbers represent the program (xx.xxx).

11. Where to find funding opportunities
Grants.gov
Conceived in the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999
A common website for federal agencies to post discretionary funding opportunities to find and apply for them. 26 federal grant making agencies participate. Since November 2003, ALL federal agencies required to post competitive grant opportunities here. Not all applications for financial assistance need to be submitted through grants.gov.

12. Where to find funding opportunities
Agency/organization websites and agency policy manuals
Foundation Center: resource for finding non-government grantmaking information
Foundation Directory Online: subscription database of more than 100k foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities
Subscription database: Community of Science, InfoED/Spin, GrantsNet (searchable database of funding opportunities in the biological and medical sciences), Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, PIVOT
FedConnect.net: free service to find funding opportunities, submit responses to funding opportunities, receive awards, and message/communicate with officers at the funding agency.
FedBiz Opps: federal contracts

13. Where to find funding opportunities
Newsletters
Personal contacts
Internal funding supplied by the institution— GURs, etc.

14. How to disseminate funding opportunities
Newsletters produced by OSP
/listserv established by OSP
Personal contacts
Faculty attending conferences and meeting with program officers

15. Proposal Development Unsolicited proposals (rolling submission dates)
PA: Program Announcement—NIH
FOA: Funding Opportunity Announcement—NIH
RFA: Request for Application
BAA: Broad Agency Announcement (DOD)
Solicited Proposals (targeted submission dates)
RFP: Request for Proposals
RFQ: Request for Quotation (contract)
RFB: Request for Bid (contract)

16. Reading the RFP Limitations or restrictions
number of applications per PI
number of applications per institution
performance period
Budget
F&A rate cap
allowable costs
unallowable costs
submission deadline
Content requirements of the application package
Formatting requirements of the application package
Submission system (grants.gov, FastLane, ed, mailed, sponsor online system, etc.)
Other application guidelines not included directly in the solicitation

17. Parts of an application
Abstract
Project Narrative
References Cited
CVs
Current and Pending Support
Budget
Budget Justification
Resources
Letters of Support/Commitment
Subaward documents
Compliance documents

18. Characteristics of a successful proposal
Meets stated needs of sponsor
Follows directions/guidelines
Directed to reviewers
Persuades/justifies the need for the work
Documents achievable deliverables
Narrative written clearly and concisely
Budget consistent with work and well justified

19. Budget Preparation
Budget is the financial expression of the proposal and it needs to be accurate and reasonable to the proposed scope of work.
Types of Budgets
NIH Modular
SF424 R&R non-construction budget
DOE EERE Budget Justification workbook
NSF budget pages
Other sponsor-specific budgets
Non-sponsor specific budgets

20. Budget Requirements Reasonable Allowable Justifiable
Supports mission of the project
Allowable
Expenses are project related
Compliant with university, sponsor and UG
Cost principles
Justifiable
Reasonable basis of costs
Compliant

21. Budget Components Salary & Wages (includes fringe benefits)
Actual with escalation (if allowable)
Effort commitment
Supplies & Equipment
Contractual/consortium
Travel
Participant Support
Facilities and Administration
Cost share

22. Cost Share Mandatory Voluntary, committed Voluntary, uncommitted
Required by sponsor in solicitation
Voluntary, committed
Offered, budgeted and quantified in proposal
Voluntary, uncommitted
Offered but not budgeted or quanified

23. Budgeting Pitfalls Does not reflect actual work plan
Animals, Participant incentive
Supplies not included
Non-compliance
Results:
Proposal rejection
Rebudget and audit scrutiny

24. Take Home Message
Read the Solicitation!

25. Questions & Follow up