Develop + submit proposals
The KU Research Pre-Award Services team offers comprehensive proposal preparation services. This service is recommended for principal investigators who are:
- Launching their research careers
- New to the University of Kansas
- Unaffiliated with a research center
- Seeking to increase the competitiveness of their proposals
Pre-Award staff familiar with specific agency guidelines may make suggestions that could potentially benefit the proposal during agency review.
For new proposal development assistance, please email kucrpremgmt@lists.ku.edu, and the appropriate team leader will assign a preparer to work with you.
All sponsored project proposals must be reviewed, approved and submitted by Pre-Award Services or a designated super center (such as the Life Span Institute) acting on its behalf. Review ensures:
- Accuracy of proposed budgets
- Compliance of proposed scope of work with applicable federal regulations, university policies and sponsor guidelines
Designated research centers with proposal preparation staff coordinate with Pre-Award Services to complete the review process.
No review and authorized signature is needed if the preliminary proposal is a white paper where no budgets or signatures are submitted.
The KU Research Pre-Award Services team offers comprehensive proposal preparation services. This service is recommended for principal investigators who are:
- Launching their research careers
- New to the University of Kansas
- Unaffiliated with a research center
- Seeking to increase the competitiveness of their proposals
Pre-Award staff familiar with specific agency guidelines may make suggestions that could potentially benefit the proposal during agency review.
For new proposal development assistance, please email kucrpremgmt@lists.ku.edu, and the appropriate team leader will assign a preparer to work with you.
All sponsored project proposals must be reviewed, approved and submitted by Pre-Award Services or a designated super center (such as the Life Span Institute) acting on its behalf. Review ensures:
- Accuracy of proposed budgets
- Compliance of proposed scope of work with applicable federal regulations, university policies and sponsor guidelines
Designated research centers with proposal preparation staff coordinate with Pre-Award Services to complete the review process.
No review and authorized signature is needed if the preliminary proposal is a white paper where no budgets or signatures are submitted.
Details + deadlines
Proposal preparation
Allow at least 3 working weeks for preparers in Pre-Award Services to:
- Analyze the solicitation, complete the representations and certifications, and coordinate the entire proposal.
- Help prepare the budget, whether it’s simple or complex.
- Ensure commitment letters are obtained for required matching funds, services or support.
- Confirm subrecipient commitments.
- Facilitate review of contract requirements and submission of exception letters by Contract Negotiations.
- Provide assistance with online registration and electronic proposal submissions.
- Prepare agency application forms.
- Assemble the proposal and review text for compliance issues and agency requirements.
- Implement the review and signature process.
- Prepare the appropriate number of proposal copies. for both the agency and individual investigators.
- Transmit the proposal package to the agency and track the courier service to ensure timely delivery of the proposal at its destination and/or electronic submission.
Proposal review
Allow at least 5 working days for reviewers in Pre-Award Services to:
- Check proposals for compliance with federal, state, university, and agency guidelines.
- Review budgets for accuracy.
- Verify commitments for required matching funds, services or support, including subrecipient commitments.
- Provide the institutional signature.
- Provide assistance with online registration and electronic proposal submissions.
- Facilitate hard-copy submissions when required.