Getting Started: Critical Information

Did you know?

• Early-stage proposal development assistance is available. Please contact a member of the Research Development office.
• Proposals must be submitted to the Office of Grants and Contracts 5 working days before the sponsor deadline with all requisite signatures on the Internal Processing Form and application or you must apply for a waiver according to the Vice Chancellor's memo
• There is a process to follow when submitting a proposal for review by OGCA.  Please see Submission Step-by-Step  for details.
• See the Minimum Effort policy for expectations of minimum effort included in sponsored activities
• There is a Fact Sheet with most Institutional Data needed for proposal applications
• There are sponsor toolkits available to help you with specific sponsor applications
• We have an electronic proposal creation and routing software package available over the internet to help you - see GAMS.
  • To use GAMS you need your Net ID and password, both supplied by OIT
  • GAMS Flowchart: The Path to the IPF - A high level outline of the GAMS steps to creating and routing an IPF.  Confused about how PropXLS, Full Budget and FastGrant relate to producing an IPF?  This could help.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE about PDFs - you MUST create a standard PDFs or your proposal will be rejected - see here for more details
• Coming to UMass and want to apply for sponsored activities but are not here yet?  To use the electronic system you need:
  • UMass Employee ID - see instructions and form to apply for one
  • UMass Net ID issued by the office of Institutional Technology - see here for the form
• If your proposal includes Human Subjects, Animals or Controlled Substances, please review this document regarding Compliance
• Any questions on the above points may be directed toward the OGCA Staff member who will be handling your proposal.  See the proposal staff listing by sponsor assignment.