Struggling with
proposal preparation?
OGCA is offering pre-award GAMS (Grant Application Management System) for proposal preparation. The pre-award component of GAMS is a web-based database software system that offers 3 major functions:
1. Budget preparation according to sponsor and institutional guidelines: this eases the burden on the principal investigator and helps to ensure that the appropriate fringe benefit rates, salaries, and indirect costs have been applied.
2. The option to generate proposal forms to print and submit via OGCA once a budget is complete: for Federal sponsors with specific form sets the proposal prints to the appropriate forms, while the GAMS generic form set works well for other sponsors.
3. System-to-system electronic proposal submission for select Federal programs: several UMass Amherst proposals have been successfully submitted electronically through an NIH Commons pilot program. The Commons program is now accepting electronic submissions of all R01, R03 and R21 proposals. As other Federal sponsors gear up to receive proposals through Grants.gov we hope to begin using GAMS for these submissions as well.
To become a GAMS user or for more information on the how GAMS can help you in proposal preparation please contact Leanne Every at (413) 545-0698 or every@research.umass.edu