Pre-Award Support & Resources

• Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) Training Opportunities
• DSP Grant Writer’s Tools
• OVPR Grant Writing Seminars and Workshops Session
• Fulbright US Student Program Workshop

• UIRIS
• Cayuse
• NIH eRA Commons
• NSF Fastlane

• Proposal Preparation Timeline
• UI Proposal Preparation Resources
• Office of the VP for Research (OVPR) - Researcher Handbook
  • Sponsoring Agency Guidelines
    • NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF-PAPPG)
      • NSF Merit Review FAQs
      • NSF Revised Merit Review Criteria Fact Sheet for Proposers
      • Revised NSF Merit Review Criteria Overview
      • NSB Final Report on NSF Merit Review Criteria
    • FHWA Unsolicited Proposals Guide
    • US DoE Grants & Contracts Submission Guide
    • NIH Grants Process Overview
      • NIH Forms and Applications
      • NIH Data Tables
      • NIH Pre-Award and Award Process

University of Iowa Institutional Information

Engineering Research Centers

• DHHS Salary Cap
• Grant Accounting (GA) Guide for Faculty Summer Support
• DSP Salary Escalation Guide
• Fringe Rates/Fringe Benefit Accounting
• Post-Doctoral Scholars Salary Guide
• TA and RA COGS agreement 2017-2019
• UI Accounts Payable Travel Guide
• Consultants & Professional Services Agreements
• Cost Sharing
  • GA Cost Sharing Policy and Procedures
  • csaf.pdfcsaf.pdfcsaf.pdfcsaf.pdfcsaf.pdfCost Sharing Authorization Form
• F&A Cost Computation
• Budget Templates
• Budget Justification Information
  • Facilities & Administration (F & A) Rate

F&A Cost Computation

• Centers & Institutes
• Research Units

• OVPR – Policies & Compliance
• COI – Research
• Intellectual Property Information & Agreements (UIRF)

• Types of Agreements & Procedures
• Confidential Disclosure Agreements
• Advance MFKs
• ITAR/Export Controls
• Subawards

• Post-Doc Mentoring Plan
  • Post-Doc Mentoring Plan Requirements
  • National Post-Doctoral Association – Developing a Post-Doctoral Mentoring Plan
  • Sample Post-Doc Mentoring Plan
• Data Management Plan
  • Data Management Plan Requirments
• Data Management Plan How-To’s 
  • LTER Intranet: How to Write an NSF Data Management Plan
  • DCC: Develop a Data Management and Sharing Plan
  • University of Iowa Libraries Researcher Tools & Services
  • NSF Data Management Plan Template

Proposal Submission

• NSF Fastlane 
• NSF Grants.gov Application Guide
• NSPIRES
• Research.gov
• Grants.gov
• Other e-Systems

• Cayuse
• UIRIS (eRouting)