The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs partners with faculty and staff to identify internal and external funding sources, interpret sponsor guidelines and requirements, and to assist with proposal submission.

Please notify ORSP as soon as you decide to develop an application for external funding. This can be done by emailing ora@uis.edu or completing the three "Basics" sections in myProposals, including the sponsor deadline.

The UIS campus research policy requires full and complete applications to be submitted in myProposals at least two weeks before external deadlines to allow for processing paperwork, collecting approvals, assuring compliance of the application or contract with funding agency requirements, OBFS Risk Management and UI legal counsel, and correcting any errors detected by our office or the online system. ORSP reserves the right not to approve proposals that are submitted incompletely or late.

Pre-proposal applications without budget requirements will be accepted with a minimum of 4 business days’ notice.

After review and Central Office Approval, an Authorized Organizational Representative will submit on the unit's behalf or grant an exception for the unit to submit directly to the sponsor.

For system-wide grants, such as DPI and IIN, myProposal approvals are not required, but we do request that proposal and the portal's minimum required fields are entered for reporting purposes.

Minimum requirements in myproposalsAdditional items that may be required
All required portal fields

Program Solicitation and Sponsor Guidelines

Scope of Work

Internal Budget
FY2024 Budget Template
To view current F&A and Fringe rates, see our Rates page.

Budget Justification

All documents the sponsor requires in their solicitation package.
For subawards at the proposal stage, include each institution/investigator's Scope of Work, Budget, Budget Justification, and any other documents the sponsor requires.

For units requesting to voluntarily reduce/waive F&A, an ICR Waiver Request must be submitted.

For budgets that include a course buyout, a Course Buyout Request must be approved and provided.




Please reach out to our office if a sponsor requests documents you are unable to retrieve.