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Submitting a Proposal

Overview and Procedure

It is an important function of the Sponsored Programs Office to determine that proposals do not commit ISU in any way that opposes the University's role and mission. To protect both the Project Director and the University, a review process has been established. All proposals must be routed through the appropriate University channels (see below) with an ISU Proposal Approval and Routing Form.

The Office of Sponsored Programs suggests that you bring your completed proposal and a Proposal Approval and Routing Form to the Office of Sponsored Programs a minimum of five working days prior to the funding agency deadline. You should sign as the Principal

Investigator and obtain the signatures of your department chair and dean. We need 2 copies plus the original. If you want us to mail your proposal, we will need the number of copies requested by the funding agency AND a minimum of five working days to review your proposal. You will be asked to mail your proposal if it is not in our office at least five working days before the deadline. If you cannot meet the five day request, you should contact Sponsored Programs as soon as possible, to alert us to the situation.

Staff of the Office of Sponsored Programs will review your proposal including your proposed budget. Your budget must include standard University fringe benefit rates and indirect cost rates. Rates are subject to change. Always check current rates before completing your budget.

After a thorough reveiw, Sponsored Program's staff will secure approval signatures from the fiscal office, academic vice president and president. College deans or department chairs may not sign proposal cover sheets as the authorized representative. This signature will be secured by Sponsored Programs.

If you are working with another institution on a proposal and that institution will actually submit the proposal, you must still get approval from ISU to be a part of the project. BEFORE the proposal is submitted, you should send a description of ISU's part and a budget for ISU, along with a Proposal Approval and Routing form, to the Office of Sponsored Programs. Quite often the application will require a signed coversheet or letter of commitment from all parties involved in the project. To get this, you need to submit the above information, with the letter or coversheet, to OSP. After we review the material, just as we would any proposal, we will get the needed administrative signatures on both the routing form and any signature pages of the proposal.

Some commonly requested proposal information:

Submitting Organization: Idaho State University (not department name)

Congressional district: 2nd

Employee ID Number: 1-826000924-W

DUNS Number: 078341468

Incorporation Date: 09/22/1902

Animal Welfare Assurance Number: A3623-01

DHHS Indirect Cost Agreement: 07/01/99

Misconduct in Science filed: 03/4/97

Last Modified: 03/02/07 at 10:20:43 AM