InfoEd Proposal Development 4/1/12 Mandatory Implementation

last updated 08/14/12

Starting 4/1/12, InfoEd Proposal Development (PD) will be required for the internal routing and approval of all sponsored research projects (grants and contracts.) In addition, most grant proposals that would normally be prepared using Adobe forms and submitted via Grants.gov will need to be prepared in, routed, and submitted using PD (no adobe forms necessary). The chart below details types of proposals and the tools required for their preparation and submission.

Submission Requirements by Proposal Type

Proposal Type	Sponsor	Prepared in/submitted from	Routed/Approved in
New Competing Renewal	All Federal sponsors not explicitly listed below*	PD	PD
New Competing Renewal	NSF	Fastlane	PD
New Competing Renewal	NEH	Grants.gov	PD
New Competing Renewal	Complex Federal proposal types that cannot be submitted via Grants.gov	Paper	PD
New Competing Renewal	Non-federal proposals	Per sponsor guidelines	PD
Non-competing continuation (progress report)	All sponsors	Per sponsor guidelines	PD optional

Deadlines

OSR's proposal submission deadlines apply to PD as follows:

Deadline	PD step
5 business days before sponsor deadline	All approvals must be obtained in Pre-Route
2 business days before sponsor deadline	All tabs complete. Final route to OSR

 

Conflict of Interest (OSR-100)
Conflict of Interest disclosures will continue to be initiated and completed in ePropsal or on paper until the new enterprise COI system is in place later this year.

COI Policy: http://www.research.northwestern.edu/osr/OSR-100.html

Instructions for completing the Significant Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure form in eProposal: http://cafe.northwestern.edu/secure/grants/502/ConflictOfInterestAid.pdf

PD Training Resources
Project Café PD Training Guides: http://cafe.northwestern.edu/training/materials.html

PD Tips and Tricks: http://cafe.northwestern.edu/secure/grants/pdtips.html

VPN Setup Instructions (for accessing PD off campus): http://www.it.northwestern.edu/offcampus/index.html