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PROPOSAL PREPARATION TOOLKIT

• RAS Proposal Preparation Toolkit Introduction
• 1.a. Template: Proposal Preparation Initial Email to New PI
• 1.b. Template: Proposal Preparation Initial Email to PI
• 2. Checklist: Proposal Preparation
• 3.a. Template: SOP 1004 Blank Budget - Federal
• 3.b. Template: SOP 1004 Blank Budget - Non Federal
• 3.c. Template: SOP 1004 NIH SF424 Budget
• 4. Comprehensive F&A Rate Guidance - March 2016
• 5. Sub Commitment Form and Instructional Profile - Sep. 2015
• 6. Checklist: Entering a Proposal into EPEX
• 7. EPEX Attachments Guide
• 8. Answering EPEX Submission Questions
• 9. High Level Proposal Review
• 10. NIH Proposal Submission Confirmation Email to PI
• 11. RAS SOM Approval List - March 2017

PRE-AWARD TOOLS

• Answering EPEX Submission Questions
• Central / RAS Communication / Escalation Model
• Checklist: Internal Budget Review
• Checklist: Cayuse Proposal
• Glossary of Terms
• Guidelines for Interaction with Sponsors
• Job Aid: Process for Preparing a Proposed VA MOU
• MOU Spreadsheet 
• New NIH Biosketch in a Nutshell
• PHS Assignment Request Form
• RACI Matrix: Pre-Award Proposal Development, Review and Submission
• RAS Pre-Award Salary Contact Information New / Updated 06/07/2018
• Reference Document: Requesting Access to Faculty Cayuse Profiles
• SOM PI Policy
• Template: CDC SF424 Budget / Narrative

PROGRESS REPORTING

• Checklist: Progress Reporting & Renewals
• Checklist: Meeting with PIs about Progress Reports
• Interunit Collaboration Agreement
• Job Aid: How to Complete an Electronic Conflict of Interest (eCOI)
• Job Aid: How to Create a Proposal in EPEX
• Person Months Conversion Chart for Effort
• Progress Reporting Overview
• Progress Reporting Process Map
• Reference Document: NIH Final RPPR Instructions (for PIs)
• RPPR Example 1
• RPPR Example 2 Completed
• Template: Internal Worksheet for the SF424 Modular Budget

PRE-AWARD STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs)

Notification of Intent to Submit

• SOP 1001 Notification of Intent to Submit
• 1001 Notice of Intent to Submit a Grant or Contract Proposal Sample Form
• Checklist: 1001 Notification of Intent to Submit
• Job Aid: REDCap PRISM

Research Proposal Application Process     

• SOP 1002 Research Proposal Application Process
• Checklist: 1002 Entering Proposal into EPEX
• Job Aid: 1002 Entering a Simple Proposal
• Job Aid: 1002 Entering Supplemental Proposal
• Reference Document: Routing Proposals in EPEX Prior to a PI's Start Date
• Template: 1002 Sample Proposal
• Template: 1002 Proposal Timeline

Complex Award Management Program Projects / Multi-Fund Awards

• SOP 1003 Complex Award Management
• Job Aid: 1003 Entering a Complex Proposal

Budget Development

• SOP 1004 Budget Development
• 1004 Calculator for Budging Effort and Salary - Faculty 9 Month Appointments
• 1004 Examples of Roles for Budget Development
• Checklist: 1004 Budget Development
• Investigational New Drug (IND) Services Fee Schedule
• Template: 1004 Federal Blank Budget
• Template: 1004 Non-Federal Blank Budget
• Template: 1004 NIH SF424 Budget
• Template: 1004 Proposal Budget

Cost Share and F&A Waiver Approval Process

• SOP 1005 Cost Share and FA Waiver Approval Process
• Template: 1005 Cost Share and FA Waiver Approval Process
• Template: 1005 F&A Waiver

JIT Process

• SOP 1006 Just In Time (JIT) Process
• Checklist: 1006 JIT Process

Award Notification from OSP

• SOP 1007 Award Notification from OSP