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Prepare Proposal

Please review the following articles for guidance on preparing applications for submission to the sponsor.

Grants.gov Grant Lifecycle - Pre-Award Phase

NIH Grants and Contracts - Plan Your Application

NIH Grants and Contracts - Prepare to Apply

NIH Grants and Contracts - Write Application

NIH Grants and Contracts - Develop Your Budget

NSF Research.gov - Proposal Prep (Login Required)

 

UAB OSP Submissions

Please refer to the tools below for guidance on what to submit (Find Required Documents) and when to submit (Due Date Calculator) to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). The Find Your Officer tool is provided here for convenience as well. See also the Proposal Submission Requirements page.

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    Find Required Documents

    Criteria Options
    Area
    Mechanism
    Type

    Version: 2024.09.23.001

  • Proposal Due Date & Time Calculator

    This tool calculates the due date and time to OSP for both the complete final and "ready to submit" proposal based on a given sponsor deadline date and time. The tool also provides the date when the Officer Review Summary will be returned to the PI. The output automatically updates when any of the input fields are changed. Note that all times used and displayed here are US Central Time.

    Version: 2025.02.10.001 
    (Compatibility) Browser Compatibility:
    This tool does not support Internet Explorer (IE) 8 or earlier. If you are using IE 9+ or Safari, you may have to manually type your date into the date field above using the standard format "YYYY-MM-DD". Lastly, you may have to "Allow blocked content" for IE to run the JavaScript in this tool.

    Sponsor Deadline:

    MM/DD/YYYY
    hh
    mm
    AM/PM

    Saturday

    Time Zone (?)
    Your Time Zone: (?)

    Holidays/Weekends/NIH Office Closures:
    Please see the NIH Policy regarding due dates on Holidays/Weekends/NIH Office Closures. If the NIH due date falls on one of these days, be sure to modify the Sponsor Deadline in this calculator accordingly.

    Complete Final Proposal

    due by or before:

    Mon Mar 31 2025
    08:00 AM

    Officer Review Summary

    to PI by or before:

    Tue Apr 01 2025
    05:00 PM

    "Ready to Submit" Proposal

    due by or before:

    Thu Apr 03 2025
    12:00 PM