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  4. Proposal Preparation & Submission Overview
  5. Submission
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Submission

Once the proposal is reviewed by the Pre-Award Specialist and all required documents are in place, the proposal is forwarded to the University’s authorized representative for review, approval and signature.  The signed proposal is then forwarded back to the Pre-Award Specialist. Submission to the sponsor is handled as follows:

Hardcopy (paper) submissions

  • Pre-Award Services returns all signed documents to the principal investigator and/or department administrator.
  • The principal investigator or department administrator submits the final approved proposal to the sponsor.
  • The principal investigator or departmental administrator forwards a full copy of the submitted proposal to Pre-Award Services at preaward@uconn.edu.
  • A full copy of the proposal is filed and is accessible to the principal investigator and department administrator via InfoEd.

Electronic submissions NOT required by the University’s institutional representative

  • Pre-Award Services returns all signed documents to the principal investigator and/or department administrator.
  • The principal investigator or department administrator submits the final approved electronic proposal to the sponsor.
  • The principal investigator and/or department administrator monitors the proposal submission through sponsor acceptance of the proposal for review. If there are errors requiring correction to the proposal or application, the principal investigator and/or department administrator makes the necessary corrections and contacts Pre-Award Services to review and approve.
  • The principal investigator or departmental administrator forwards a full copy of the submitted proposal to PreAward Services at preaward@uconn.edu.
  • A full copy of the proposal is filed and is accessible to the principal investigator and department administrator via InfoEd.

Electronic submissions required by the University’s institutional representative:

  • Pre-Award Services submits the final approved electronic proposal to the sponsor.
  • Pre-Award Services forwards all submission notifications and confirmations to the principal investigator and/or department administrator.
  • Pre-Award Services, the principal investigator and/or department administrator monitors the proposal submission through sponsor acceptance of the proposal for review. If there are errors requiring correction, the principal investigator and/or department administrator makes the necessary corrections and contacts Pre-Award Services to resubmit.
  • A full copy of the proposal is filed and is accessible to the principal investigator and department administrator via InfoEd.