The Grant Support Office Pre-Award team provides CLAS departments with assistance in compiling budgets, completing forms, and routing applications. Recently, we have had some instances where faculty have only engaged GSO personnel a few days before a grant or progress report submission deadline. Due to the increased volume of CLAS grant submissions and the fact that many share deadlines, I would like to remind faculty that Pre-Award personnel require sufficient notice if they are to provide full service.

Please let your Pre-Award contact know of grant submission plans as soon as possible. At least four weeks’ notice from the sponsor’s deadline is recommended for submissions with collaborating institutions (i.e., subawards, which complicate the budget preparation). At least three weeks’ notice is recommended for all other submissions. Of course, you need not have everything completed 3-4 weeks in advance! All we ask is that you contact your GSO Pre-Award support to begin the budgeting and routing process and get it in the queue.

These recommendations are in place so that GSO staff can route your completed application by the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) review deadline, which is five business days before the sponsor due date. Contacting us as early as possible is greatly appreciated as it allows us to plan ahead so we can provide better service to everyone. While we will always do our best to assist you, please know that contacting us later than these recommendations may result in more limited support due to personnel already working at capacity. Thank you!