What is Pre-Award Services?

Pre-Award Services provides a full range of assistance to faculty, staff and administrators in obtaining and administering funding from non-University sources to support Missouri State's research and scholarly activities. These services range from grant search, budget/proposal development, review and University sign-off. In addition, OSRP has the responsibility for contract and grant review, negotiation and University acceptance, and research agreements, along with serving as liaison with the sponsoring entities.

OSRP personnel may provide pre-award assistance in the following ways:

• Providing information about federal and non-federal sources of funding, insuring that subsequent applications or proposals for funding are developed in accordance with the funding agency criteria.
• Assisting with proposal preparation, including budget development, preparation of forms, and compliance with University, State and Federal regulations.
• Providing copying and coordinating mailing/courier services.
• Preparation, and negotiation of grant and contract documents with funding agencies.
• Information gathering/problem solving with other campus units, such as purchasing, accounting, personnel, etc.
• Assistance with obtaining campus approvals.
• Serving as a resource for questions regarding all aspects of non-financial research administration.
• Preparation and negotiation of subcontracts for those projects containing this requirement.
• Maintaining a database of proposal submissions and awards, and
• Providing a wide variety and number of informational reports.

 

Outline of Grant Applications:

The complexity of many grant application forms can prove daunting to persons writing their proposals to include all the required categories and materials necessary to having a competitive proposal. OSRP will provide, on request, a detailed outline of all the required categories that must be include within the electronic application. Another other required document, such as partner agreements and General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) statement.

See an example of an outline grant application document. (Word document)

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