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Timeline for Services

Following the recommended timeline allows our team to anticipate workload, meet internal deadlines and gives us notice of issues needing advance attention (subcontracts, complex editing needs, etc.)

TIME TO SPONSOR DEADLINE 

PI ACTIONS 

10 weeks* 

*Some projects (resubmissions, etc.) have shorter timelines. Notify the pre-award team as soon as possible. 

  • Complete online intake form for upcoming submissions and/or scientific editing requests 

4-9 weeks 

  • Regularly communicate with pre-award team and meet as needed 
  • Complete milestones according to individual timeline developed with pre-award team 

15 business days 

  • Submit draft science documents (i.e. Specific Aims, Strategy) to pre-award team 
  • Submit final “non-science” documents to pre-award team 

7 business days  

 

  • Submit final science documents to pre-award team 
  • Final opportunity for changes to proposal documents 

NextGen pre-award team creates ePSRS and sends to academic home department for review and approval.  

5 business days 

  • Approve assembled PDF of final documents  
  • Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) submits to sponsor 

At 5 business days before sponsor deadline, SPA will have a campuswide hard stop on changes.