SPARC Proposal Intake

Please complete the below questions so that your RA can set up your grant proposal in CERES for review and approval by Sponsored Research. Note that all final proposal documents are due to your RA 10+ business days before the sponsor due date based on processing times and NU’s 5-Day Proposal Review Policy.

As a result, any proposal intake form submitted less than 10 business days before the sponsor deadline will not be accommodated without SPARC Director pre-approval.

Principal Investigator (PI) Name

Principal Investigator E-mail

Submitter e-mail

Please include if you are submitting this form on behalf of someone else.

PI's Department

Please select the department through which you're submitting this proposal.

Research Administrator

Which RA do you work with? If unsure, please select unknown.

Sponsor

Enter the name of grant funder. If the sponsor is not listed in the drop down list, please type in the sponsor name.

Solicitation (website or program announcement #)

Please provide the solicitation (website, program announcement number, opportunity title, etc).

Proposal Title

Please enter the title of the application (draft title is fine).

Application Type

Is this a new grant application, a renewal, resubmission, or a request for supplemental funding for an already existing award?

New

Resubmission

Renewal

Supplement

Sponsor Due Date

If there is no hard deadline and/or you have continuous submission privileges, please select a target submission date and make a note for your RA at the end of this form.

mm/dd/yyyy

Anticipated Start Date

Please enter the anticipated start date of the grant, if funded. If unknown, you can leave this blank and your RA will work with you to determine it.

mm/dd/yyyy

Number of Budget Years

How many years of funding will be requested?

Is Northwestern the prime?

Is Northwestern submitting directly to the sponsor or are we a subcontract?

Are there any subcontracts?

Subcontract Sites

Please list any planned subcontracts and include subcontract PI name and administrative contact e-mail if known.

Key Personnel & Collaborators

Please list any known Key Personnel, Other Significant Contributors, consultants, mentors &/or non-key personnel to help with budget preparation.

Project Type

Please indicate the type of project this grant will fund.

Research

Training/Fellowship

Service

Is the PI performing fundamental research?

Fundamental research is any basic or applied research in science and engineering, whose results are ordinarily published and shared broadly within the scientific community.

Is this an industry-sponsored clinical trial?

Foreign Activities

Does this project involve any of the following?

International Travel – e.g. Presenting data, conference attendance, investigator meetings, etc.

Performance site in a non-US location – e.g. Gathering data, subject enrollment, etc.

Foreign Subawardee or other collaborator (funded or unfunded)

Involvement of Foreign National working in the US

Financial or in-kind support from a foreign entity

Involves a heavily sanctioned country

None of the above

Tech Transfer

Does this project involve any of the following?

Inventions or patents related to this project were disclosed to Technology Transfer/INVO by project personnel

Research requires use of compounds or materials from other universities or companies

Related prior invention or patent was federally funded

Research is part of any current or former collaboration with private foundations

Research is part of any current or past industry collaboration

Other grants have been used for the research proposed

None of the above

Is there any other information you wish to share with your RA?

e.g. Timeline considerations, continuous submission privilege (if applicable), after-the-fact submission, etc.

File Upload

Please upload any relevant files or background to get SPARC started on your proposal.

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