Part and Parcel
Who Ya Gonna Call #1
Show Me the Money
Who Ya Gonna Call #2
Type Type Type
100
The first thing your reader sees but the last thing you write
What is the Abstract/Summary?
100
Can assist with writing non-scientific proposal content
What is OPD?
100
Private organization that generally supports good works
What is a foundation?
100
Oversees the NUgrant record
What is OSP?
100
To buy a mass spectrometer
What is an equipment proposal?
200
Describes the project's scope using numbers
What is the budget?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Checks proposals against sponsor requirements
(Must name all three) Who are the PI, OPD, and OSP?
200
Governed by the OMB Circulars
What is a federal grant?
200
Helps with budgets and justifications
What is OSP
200
Small business submits the proposal, UNL is a subawardee
What is a subaward SBIR/STTR proposal?
300
Where potential conflicts of interest can be seen
What is the Biosketch?
300
Can help create a timeline for proposal completion and submission
What is OPD?
300
Identifies WHAT must be done, applicant identifies HOW it will be done
What is a contract?
300
Why NUtech Ventures is of particular help to some PIs.
What is to help protect their intellectual property and/or commercialize their research?
300
To add a new lab
What is a construction proposal?
400
Why proposals often include Current/Pending support.
What is to avoid over-commitment and sponsors supporting a project that’s already funded?
400
Three functions of the Office of Research Responsibility.
What is protection of human and animal subjects, export controls, financial conflict of interest, responsible conduct of research, (jointly w/ EHS) biosafety?
400
How UNL can conduct work on a project when it doesn’t have the necessary expertise or facilities.
What is a subaward, or a consultant? How would you decide b/w the two?
400
Arranged by OPD that will provide informed, critical feedback prior to submission.
What is an external reviewer?
400
The type of sponsor you need to contact OSP about submitting to.
Any external sponsor.
500
How to include information about the proposal team’s qualifications and expertise; the solicitation offers no guidance. Your best options, decision points.
What is the Proposal Narrative, Biosketches, Other/Pending Support, or Facilities & Other Resources, and why?
500
How a PI begins work on her proposal –the first thing she should do, and who can help her.
What is, read the solicitation, and speak with the OSP Grants Coordinator or OPD, who’ll connect you with the best person/office?
500
Two things you’d look for in a solicitation, to find whether the award will be a grant, contract or cooperative agreement. Why it matters.
What is flexibility/specificity, applicable regulations, level of sponsor involvement, what triggers a payment (timeline, milestones, objective fulfillment vs. regular installments), compliance issues?
500
Two people/offices you could speak with when a solicitation says that cost share is not required, but is encouraged. Why you chose them.
Who is your department chair, departmental liaison/grant specialist, OSP grants coordinator, OPD?
500
The type of proposal a PI would write to apply findings from a previous project, the type of sponsor most likely to show interest, and why.
What is a research proposal, any sponsor (federal, foundation, state, industry) and why?
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