Pre-Award Services
SNRI Research Administrators provide support services related to proposal development and submission for SNRI faculty and staff. These services include:
- Interpretation of sponsor guidelines and requirements
- Assistance with all stages of proposal development, including budget preparation, Cayuse record creation, uploading all required documents into Cayuse, 424 and sponsor-systems
- Serving as liaison between SRS and Faculty-PIs in relation to all proposal issues and sponsor-related queries
- Routing the completed Cayuse Record for internal review by Sponsored Research Services (SRS).
Please note that we do not review the content of the technical part of the proposal that deals with specific areas of knowledge unique to the Faculty-PI. Research Administrators will review budgets, to ensure accuracy and compliance with sponsor guidelines, and check the proposal attachments to assure that all required forms and information are included in the proposal package.
Intend to submit a proposal? : Please fill out the requested information in this webform, upon completion hit the submit button and this will be sent immediately to the Research Administrator who will contact you within 2 business days to begin working with you on your proposal.
- Please note that SPO (Sponsored Projects Office within ORED) requires a minimum of 5 business days for review for all proposals, including preliminary proposals, letter of intents, subrecipient proposals, etc. More information can be found here: https://spo.ucmerced.edu/develop-proposal
- In order to meet the SPO deadline SNRI would appreciate a minimum of 3 weeks prior to the application submission deadline is requested for standard/basic proposals and 5 weeks for complex/multi-campus proposals. Once a “Complete a Proposal Submission Request (PSR)” has been submitted, a DRA will reach out to you within 2 business days of the receipt of your request. You will need to log-in with your UCM credentials for submission.
- For question number 3 of the Proposal Submission Request, please be sure to select “Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI RA Support)” to ensure SNRI Department Research Administrators (DRAs) receive your proposal for pre-award support and will also ensure that SNRI DRAs support these projects in post-award.
For any questions related to SNRI managed proposals or awards, please contact SNRIgrants@ucmerced.edu.
