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Internal ARRA Proposal Deadlines


Internal proposal deadlines related to the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, a.k.a. "Stimulus Package")


With the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA; otherwise known as the “Stimulus Package”), many funding opportunities will be available to Tulane faculty.   The University expects a high volume of proposal submissions, often in a short period of time, in response to the funding opportunities offered through ARRA. .  In the Office of Research Administration (ORA), our highest priority is to ensure that all proposals are completed in compliance with requirements and submitted for these deadlines.  Along with other major research universities around the country, we have experienced recent bottleneck problems with electronic submissions near proposal deadlines.   In response, we have established a two-phase internal deadline for review and submission, detailed in the attached chart.    Proposals submitted in accordance with this schedule will receive priority in the electronic submission queues.


PHASE I:  Seven business days in advance of the sponsor deadline:  The routing form and all administrative and budget-related forms and accompanying information should be sent to ORA (See attached chart for specifics).  It is not necessary to include the text of the proposal, i.e., the technical or scientific body of the proposal.  The following procedures should be followed, depending on the funding agency:
  • For grants.gov submissions, the completed routing form should be faxed or emailed to ORA.  The administrative and budget forms and accompanying information should be uploaded in Greenspace. The “SF 424 Cheat Sheet” shows how to complete your proposal with specific instructions on how to avoid common errors.  The SF 424 Cheat Sheet may be found here.
  • For NSF FastLane, the completed routing form should be faxed/emailed to ORA.  The PI should grant “SRO” access to administrative and budgetary information in the FastLane system.
  • For paper submissions, the completed routing form should be sent (e-mail, fax or deliver)to ORA with the administrative and budgetary information required by the sponsor.  For paper submissions, ORA will review and sign off as the Authorized Organizational Representative.  The PI’s department is responsible for sending paper proposals to the sponsor.

PHASE II: Three business days in advance of the sponsor deadline:  The final body of the proposal, i.e., summary, project description, biosketches, facilities, etc., should be submitted to ORA (see attached chart for specifics).  The following procedures should be followed, depending on the funding agency:

For grants.gov, the forms, page limitations and other restrictions should be in compliance with the sponsor’s guidelines.  If they are not fully compliant, the electronic submission will be rejected by grants.gov.  The completed body of the proposal must be uploaded into Greenspace.  The PI must then notify ORA that the uploaded is completed, at which time ORA can begin the electronic submission process.  ORA will begin the submission process with no further review. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Since ORA will not review the body of the proposal, it is critical that the PI conforms strictly to the grants.gov/sponsor instructions for page limitations, file names, file formats, character and line number limitations, etc., in order to prevent your proposal from being rejected from grants.gov.   The “SF 424 Cheat Sheet”  shows how to complete your proposal with specific instructions on how to avoid common errors.

·         For NSF FastLane, the summary, project description, biosketches, facilities, etc.  should be in compliance with NSF’s guidelines and uploaded into FastLane.  The PI should grant SRO access to the final version of the proposal, which signifies that ORA can submit the proposal to NSF FastLane with no further review.

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