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Proposal Development

Proposal Development

The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance (SPARC) supports your efforts to find, develop and submit proposals for external funding. Your assigned sponsored programs officer (SPO) assists with searches for potential grant funding, provides sponsor guidelines, and gives general assistance and guidance regarding the preparation of a grant application.

SPARC Support

Please contact SPARC's pre-award team to discuss your idea and planned submission as early as possible (ideally one to three months prior to the sponsor deadline). Doing so ensures our teams ability to support you at the fullest.

Are you a new PI to research or a funded researcher? Are you looking for funding? Register to SPARC distribution lists to receive the latest information critical to funded projects.

Need help? Register now for the new monthly Budget Support Sessions every fourth Thursday of the month at 11:30 a.m.

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Menu of Services

Our menu of services exemplifies a tiered services model offered by the pre-award team dependent on the lead-time offered to our office regarding your proposal deadline.

The services offered are consistent with all of the services we have offered in the past, but we delineate based on how many days prior to the deadline our office has to review the documents.

We understand last-minute proposals happen, but we want to ensure the submitted proposals are of the highest quality and doing so requires our staff have adequate time to review.

See our Menu of Services

Guidelines and Reminders

SPARC is the only entity on campus with the authority to submit funding requests and accept awards for external funding of any kind on behalf of the university (grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, etc.).

All proposals will be routed in OSPREY for approval from department chairs, deans, and higher administration. Review the OSPREY Tutorial (Firefox or Chrome recommended). For more how-to information, review our submit a proposal information below.

At a minimum, we ask that you provide a draft of your proposal and budget at least 5 business days prior to the deadline to ensure your proposal is in compliance with university, state, and federal regulations. Remember, the more time we have, the more support we can provide.

Find Funding UNCW has a contract with InfoED SPIN, a worldwide database of funding opportunities. Contact us with questions about InfoED SPIN, or for help in finding funding generally. Contact Us
Mentorship And Team Support SPARC provides workshops to help faculty find funding, learn about the proposal development process, as well as post-award management of grants. SPARC also can connect you with successful PIs for mentoring, collaboration and/or proposal review. Please email us for more information. See Support Opportunities
OSPREY OSPREY is open for proposal submission. Contact us well before the deadline and a SPARC member will help input your project into OSPREY for you! Learn More About OSPREY

Resources

We encourage you to visit our Researchers Toolbox page for resources pertaining to FAQs, frequently needed information, how-to guides and forms for proposal development, etc.

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