CHaSS Proposal Development Support (PDS)
CHaSS Research employs a team of proposal development specialists who empower faculty to submit the best application possible for research funding.
The CHaSS PDS Team serves as the College’s primary liaison to Sponsored Programs. Therefore, CHaSS faculty should come to the PDS Team before going to SPO in order to facilitate grant applications.
We provide a number of services from the earliest stages of research development to the most intricate details of submitting your award for funding. Please contact us early in your research development process, ideally as soon as you know you will be applying for a grant/award.
Below, you can find information on the services and expertise our team offers.
Our team can help CHaSS Faculty Researchers with:
Preparing Proposals
- Request for Proposals Reviews (translating requirements, organizing preparation and submission process)
- Kuali Support
- Proposal Setup
- Submission
- Routing Follow-up
- Creation of required internal forms and documents
- Facilities and Administration (F&A) documentation
- Cost-share commitments
- Consultant Confirmatory Letters
- Budget consultation
- Accurate estimates for Travel, Software, Indirect Costs (F&A), Salaries, Benefits, & more
- Kuali Proposal Budget Input
- Review proposals for USU policy compliance
- Proposal Review
- Verifying requirements met
- General proofreading
- Detailed feedback for clarity (requires narrative drafted at least 3 weeks before team receives it)
Submitting Proposals
- Liaison with Sponsored Programs Office for Award Submission
- Signature routing
- Information Tracking (DUNS #, resources, contacts)
- Form creation and compliance
- Submission portal navigation (NSF, NEH, NIH, etc.)
- Funding source specific documents
Post-Award Process
- The Sponsored Programs Office and Sponsored Programs Accounting handles all post-award notifications, processing, and index creation in consultation with your departmental Business Services representative. We can help move this process along though we do not offer post-award management services at this time.
- Assistance with no cost extensions.
CHaSS Grant Proposal Development Support
Nicole Steinicke
Proposal Development Specialist
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Barbara Warnes
Grant Proposal Development Support Specialist
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Nicole's expertise:
- Explore and find funding opportunities
- Assistance with applications and project timelines
- Review funding opportunities
- Interpret requirements and guidelines
- Provide narrative feedback
- Detailed feedback for clarity fit and guidelines
- Proofread and edit
Barbara's expertise
- Liaison with Sponsored Programs Office for proposal preparation, requirements, and submission
- Verify and interpret application guidelines, details, and required materials.
- Facilitate budget preparation
- Compliance with USU policies
- F&A Calculation, time and effort reporting, fringe benefits
- Build proposals and navigate Kuali (USU’s internal grant management system)
- Assist with creation of required internal forms
Provide support for CHaSS faculty with finding funding sources, proposal development support, and proposal narrative review and feedback.
Provide support for CHaSS faculty with proposal development support, especially Kuali creation, preparation, and budget development.