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See information about upcoming events and trainings, including grantsmanship trainings hosted by Research & Innovation. In this folder, you will also see the ERO's newsletter archive and information about upcoming opportunities.
PIs can , including templates.
If a proposal requires cost share, contact the ERO immediately and indicate “Cost Share” on your ITS. The ERO will assist with filling out the SP-11 form as part of the budget review. The following considerations must be addressed before seeking College of Engineering or Research & Innovation approval. It highly recommended that for proposals that require cost share, the ITS be submitted at least 6 weeks in advance.
- Budget Justification: Attach the Budget Justification if more than PI’s in-kind salary is indicated
- Grant duration: Indicate the life of the grant (in years or months)
- MOUs: If Research & Innovation’s division or any unit outside the College on Engineering participates, include the MOU with relevant information. This should be signed by the PI(s), their department chairs, the Colleg's associate dean for research, and the participating unit(s)
- Salary Information:
- Indicate the fringe benefits separately, along with totals
- Specify whether it is contract/non-contract time with the amounts or percentages
- Identify employees’ roles, such as PI, co-PI, and position titles for others (e.g., researcher, postdoc, grant writer)
- For grad students, provide the number of students, their salaries and financial aid (if applicable)
- This information can be provided in the Notes section or as an amendment
- Funding: Confirm the account and fund numbers with the assistant dean of administration
- Budget line details: If a budget line includes funding from different sources, provide details in the Notes section or as an amendment
- Department/College participation: Indicate what portion would be paid each year if not specified in the Budget Justification
If a PI would like to use K-12 services as part of a project, indicate that on the ITS. Contracting with K-12 services requires a formal agreement with the College of Engineering's Outreach unit. Contact the ERO to coordinate these services. This document also contains helpful language for integrating educational outreach activities as part of broader impacts.
The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion can assist PIs by training project staff and ensuring vacant project positions are advertised to a diverse pool of candidates.
- Providing trainings to project staff: The first training project staff can complete is the four-part Foundations for Advancing Belonging (FAB). Attendees learn about reflective learning, allyship and advocacy. The second training staff can complete is a Safe Zone Training Workshop. These training sessions are intended to help participants become better allies to sexual and gender minorities.
- Assisting with recruiting efforts as needed: When recruiting new personnel, PIs will send open positions to the University's Office of Indigenous Relations, Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), First-Generation Student Center and University affinity groups (overseen by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) to ensure a diverse pool of applicants.
For assistance with crafting language around your DEIA initiatives,
Sponsors now prefer your biosketch and current/pending support documents be created in ScieENcv. It is an NSF requirement to have those documents generated here.
Request copies of past winning proposals from Research & Innovation's Proposal Library.