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Graphic showing pre-award support for research administration, proposal and graphic development. The graphic also shows that lifecycle project management support is provided in pre-award and post-award phases and that the college or institute research team is a partner in the post-award phase

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Research Administrators reduce the administrative burden by providing these services:

  • Analyze solicitation
  • Develop budget and justification: Facilitate, advise and ensure compliance
  • Coordinate, manage and review external subaward proposals
  • Collect, review and format personnel supporting documents
  • Coordinate multi-unit cost share
  • Facilitate support from colleges, central administration and other partners/entities
  • Compile proposal for review and submission
  • Perform final compliance review
  • Authorize agency submission (PSU AOR)
  • Provide post-submission sponsor inquiry management
  • Coordinate post-award document hand-off

Proposal developers ensure your proposal is well-written, organized, and strategically competitive by providing these services:

  • Summarize solicitation goals and requirements to ensure compliance and competitiveness of the proposal
  • Plan and implement timelines to keep the research team on track from the first meeting with SIRO to submission
  • Draft document templates based on solicitation requirements and review criteria
  • Review and offer strategic input on technical and non-technical proposal sections
  • Engage administrators and external collaborators for support letters
  • Coordinate Red Team reviews with external experts
  • Perform compliance checks and final formatting, including reference management
  • Write/edit non-technical sections (e.g., facilities, sections, facilities, and other non-technical documents”)
  • Communicate regularly with advocates (Research Deans and Shared Research Institute Directors)

In addition to proposal development, Training Grant Developers assist with training grant proposals by providing these services:

  • Create & Manage a project timeline
  • Data Collection & Analysis for Demographic Data table completions in Program Plan (over 100 pages of admissions and publication data!)
  • Draft Templates & Collect Letters of Support from participating faculty/organizations
  • Review and contribute content to non-technical sections & forms
  • Develop and monitor training budgets in association with SIRO Project Managers
  • Coordinate Red-Team & final reviews, including compliance formatting
  • Develop & Monitor training budget with SIRO Project Manager of training grants

In addition to proposal development, International Developers assist with international proposals by providing these services:

  • Identify trusted and respected research partners to focus on high-impact research areas
  • Establish faculty partnerships conducive for high-impact, collaborative research
  • Formalize research interactions across institutions

Graphics Developers make sure your proposal visually stands out by providing these services:

  • Producing custom graphics, illustrations, and media
  • Creation of organizational charts, gantt charts, logic models, timeline figures, etc.
  • Developing logos and branding

We also offer a la carte graphics services that may not be proposal related. Any requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis to determine if we have capacity to work on your project.

Project Managers offer administrative support of funded projects by providing these services:

Proposal Phase:

  • Project Management Plan > (assist withPlanning/Review/Implementation)
    • Review project plan, assess sustainability
    • Develop coordination plan across participating units/institutions
  • Project Management Tasking & Effort Assessment
  • Project Management Plan (assist with Planning/Review/Implementation)
  • Project Management Tasking & Effort Assessment
  • Budget and Red Team Review* (Participate)

Account Setup Phase:

  • Project Management Tasking & Effort Assessment
  • Budget and Red Team Review* (participate)
  • Subawards/Consultants (multi-sub/international- Coordinate/Monitor/Report)
  • Cost Share (multi-college/partner, large amount- Coordinate/Monitor/Report)
  • Research Protection Tracking (IACUC-Animal & IRB-Human)
  • Account-Setup Monitoring

Award Phase:

  • Financial Oversight – forecasting/Unliquidated Obligations/Budget Realignmnets
  • Regulatory Oversight – sponsor specific
  • Milestone/Schedule Tracking
  • Invoicing – sponsor specific requirements
  • Reporting- coordinate financial/technical
  • Trainee Coordination/Oversight (Training Grants)
  • Meeting & Workshop Coordination/Oversight
  • Internal Research Project Funding – Disbursement/Tracking (Centers)
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