Are you intimidated by the thought of preparing a grant proposal? 

Navigating through the grant process can be challenging even for experienced faculty.  An enormous amount of work goes into the preparation and the writing of a grant proposal; don’t let the process be your enemy. 

You need to provide the scholarship but the CAFNR Grants Office has developed a Web-based Grants Manual to help you with proposal process.  

Our crack Grants Office personnel (Liz Bent and Stephanie (Hunter) Lotven) have combined with our Web whiz (Amy Reeter) to develop an easy-to-navigate and informative site on myCAFNR that should be helpful for those who write grants and those who help to process and administer them.

Have you ever asked the following questions? 

• What is the F&A (Facilities and Administration) rate?
• What is cost sharing? Can I request part of my salary on the proposal?
• What is required if another institution is funded through a subcontract?
• How can I request a NCTE (No Cost Time Extension)?
• What must I do to meet college and campus submission deadlines?
• Who are the division and college grant contacts?
• What is OSPA (Office of Sponsored Program Administration) and who are the CAFNR contacts?
• How do I develop a proposal budget?
• What is the difference between full-time and part-time personnel?
• What is the difference between equipment and supplies?
• What is a PSRS (PeopleSoft Routing Sheet) and how can I interpret the information that it contains?

For answers to these questions go to the Grants Manual.

Do you know what the following terms and acronyms mean?

• AD-416/417/421
• Direct Costs
• RIF
• OAR
• MO-Code
• SOW

To learn about these terms and many others go to the Glossary of Terms.

Confused about your experiment station project? Help can be found at the section on Station Projects.

I hope you find the Grants Manual to be a valuable resource. Please let me know if additional topics need to be addressed or if information needs to be updated.     

Regards,
Marc