Proposal Support Request Form

Submit the details about your new submission here for support from College of Arts & Sciences Office of Research & Creative Activity and/or Unit (i.e. department of center/institute) Staff (where provided)

Last Name, First Name

Please indicate the unit (department or center/institute) where you will operate this project, if funded.

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Who are you applying to for external funding? Where are final files being sent?

Sometimes our sponsor is another University/Organization and they will submit to the sponsoring agency (i.e. NIH). If this applies to this proposal, please add the prime sponsor.

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If a rolling deadline, please indicate the date you hope to submit by.

Center or Institute level proposal?*

Will this proposal be in response to request for a center or institute level proposal by an external agency/sponsor?

Resubmission

Is this proposal a resubmission of a previous proposal?

Please indicate of this work is Research, Service/Professional Development/Training, Fellowship, or Instruction/Teaching?

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Support Path Desired*

Please indicate the your desired primary source of support for this proposal.


Definitions:

Unit staff: Primary contact will be your unit (department or center/institute) preaward staff. (Available in Physics/Astronomy, BCMB, Chemistry, Theatre, and NIMBioS. All other units, please select ORCA support or PI led submission)


ORCA Support: Someone will be assigned from the College Office of Research and Creative Activity to support your submission based on assistance requested as time allows.


NO SUPPORT DESIRED-PI led: You are choosing to handle all components for the submission process. No other support from your department/center/institute or the Office of Research and Creative Activity will be provided. Please note: The ORCA director needs 24 hours prior to the DRA 5-day deadline to review the proposal in Cayuse, and routing should occur as soon as possible to mitigate any delays during this review in case questions arise.

Please select all the types of support you desire for this proposal.

The Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA), Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development (ORIED), and/or your unit will be notified for coordination of support, if needed.


If you are requesting research development support, additional questions will follow.

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Please review the CAS ORCA and UTK ORIED research development support path descriptions below and select your preferred method of support. Additional coordination of services will occur to ensure duplication and overlap are not present.


Primary support from ORIED Research Development Team (RDT) includes:

  • Arts and Humanities Fellowships and Grant submissions (supported by Alan Rutenberg and Hannah Schmidt)
  • Prestigious Fellowships
  • Large-scale submissions with total budgets of $10 million or above


Primary support from College of Arts & Sciences Research Development staff includes:

  • Fellowship and Grant Submission not already supported by ORIED RDT
  • Large-scale submissions with total budgets of $10 million or below
  • Support building proposal team
  • Review of comments from previous submission
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Please select all types of support you potentially would like to receive for this proposal submission.


Some RD support requires significant lead time to ensure all parties have time to integrate feedback and/or receive additional support. The estimated lead times are in line with text below.


DEFINITIONS

  • Strategy Consultation: Ensures that the proposed research aligns with both the funding agency’s goals and the grant’s objectives. Provide a “fit analysis” for the grant based on grant guidelines, eligibility criteria, and key deliverables. 1-2 months prior to sponsor due date
  • Concept Papers: Assist in crafting concise and compelling summaries of the proposed projects for securing interest and feedback from program officers before submitting full proposals. 2 or more months prior to target submission date
  • Content Edit of Idea/Aims: Assist in drafting a compelling narrative that clearly outlines the problem statement, hypothesis, methodology, expected results, and potential impact. 1-2 months prior to sponsor due date
  • Content Edit of Sponsor Aims: Apply the agency’s evaluation criteria to the proposed project including eligibility, evaluation metrics, and submission guidelines. 1-2 months prior to sponsor due date
  • Copy-edit: Ensures that the narrative is polished and free of grammatical errors. Reviewed items include: grammar, spelling, clarity, conciseness, consistency, and narrative flow. 2-4 weeks prior to sponsor due date
  • Revise and Resubmit Comments: Synthesize and categorize reviewer comments into action steps for revision. Identify threshold concepts or methods for improving future submissions. 1-2 months prior to sponsor due date
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Leave request

Please indicate if you plan to apply for or have additional questions about leave as a part of the submission.

Include other UT personnel, Subrecipients, Faculty at other campuses (UTIA, UTHSC, etc), outside organizations including community-based organizations, ORNL, etc.

Please detail any other information that might be helpful for us to know as we assign and/or begin work on this project.


Please include detail about when this opportunity was released by the sponsor if there is a short turnaround from announcement to due date.

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