OSP Intent to Propose

	Office of Sponsored Programs Intent to Propose


* Indicates a Required Field.
*P.I. Last Name:	Primary USM person submitting the proposal and ultimately responsible for the project programmatic and financial integrity
*P.I. First Name:	Primary USM person submitting the proposal and ultimately responsible for the project programmatic and financial integrity
*Email Address:	USM email address for the PI or current email address.
*College / Program Area:	If none choose -none-.
Collaborating P.I. Last Name:	Co-PI from another college, institute or school.
Collaborating P.I. First Name:	Co-PI from another college, institute or school.
Collaborating P.I. Email Address:	Email address for the Co-PI.
Collaborating P.I. College:	If none choose Other.
*Working Title - 255 characters max:
Choose one option.	USM is submitting directly to the Funding Agency USM is a subawardee (e.g. USM submits to UNH (Funding Agency) who submits to NSF (Originating Funder))
*USM submits to Funder:
USM's funder submits to Originating Funder (if applicable):	Indicate who the proposal will be submited to (funding agency).
*Web Address for RFP (if applicable) or Program Name:	If the funding agency has guidelines available on the web, please provide us with that URL.
*This application is	New Competitive New Noncompetitive Continuation Supplemental Not Sure New Competitive - in response to a new open competition/announcement New Non-Competitive - in response to a sponsor request Continuing - provides additional funding and time to an existing program Supplemental - provides additional funding within an existing award period Not Sure - OSP will help determine which category appllies
*Planned Deadline for full proposal(mm/dd/yyyy):	/ / Date the proposal is due to the funding agency.
Estimated Project Period (mm/dd/yyyy):	/ / to / / Estimated start and end date for the proposal.
In addition, this funder requires a:	Letter of Intent/Inquiry Pre-Proposal Due on: / / (mm/dd/yyyy) If you're submitting a Letter of Intent or Pre-Proposal enter the due date.
If Continuation, Prior Project #:
*The funding mechanism is a:	Grant Cooperative Agreement Contract
*Estimated Budget, USM portion only:	$ Estimated amount USM receives from Sponsor. No decimals or commas. Budgets over 1M undergo Presidential Review.
Match Commitment (Cost Sharing)?	NoYes If "yes", please answer the following 2 questions: If there is a cost share/match requirement from the funder, what is it? (i.e. 1:1 match) OR if there is no funder requirement, what are you proposing? What internal/external resources are you planning to use to meet the match/cost share commitment?
The submission will be:	paper electronic paper and electronic Electronic submissions may require modified submission timeline based upon sponsor requirements.
Course Load Reduction or other Release Time?	NoYes Will working on this project impact normally assigned teaching responsibilities or involve time beyond your normal research block?
President/Provost Review Criteria Check all that apply.	Competitive proposals with a dollar amount of $1M or more for the total project period University commitment in cost-share for the term of the project University commitment to project sustainability or 'institutionalization' beyond the term of the grant award (curriculum or instruction, direct cost commitments, faculty/staff lines, operating and maintenance, etc.) Voluntary waiver of sponsor-eligible indirect cost recovery Major equipment, construction or renovation at or exceeding $50K Earmarks and other institutional awards (one per institution and often requiring a top university administrator as PI) Not sure If you anticipate that your proposal will meet any of the President/Provost review criteria your Proposal Submission Timeline may be adjusted to allow sufficient time for review.
Are you using human subjects?	NoYes The Institutional Review Board (IRB) must be contacted. Please reference the funding agency's guidelines for timing of necessary approvals.
If Yes are the PI and PD USM IRB Certified?	NoYes
If Yes are the PI and PD USM NIH Certified?	NoYes
Will Protected Health Information (PHI) be used?	NoYes
Are you using animal subjects?	NoYes The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) must be contacted. Please reference the funding agency's guidelines for timing of necessary approvals.
* Abstract Use only letters, numbers, commas, periods, apostrophes or dashes. Other punctuation may cause an error. If you get an error, please check first to see if you are using disallowed punctuation marks.	Cut and paste the abstract. Use only letters, numbers, apostrophe, period, or dash. No semicolons.
*How did you hear about the opportunity that you are applying to?	If none choose -none-.
MUSKIE Projects ONLY All Muskie proposals require the additional information below
Project Director Last Name:	Project Director
Project Director First Name:	Project Director
Other Key Staff use "-" between names	Other Key staff, use a hyphen "-" between names
Category (Type of Work or Service)	Research Instruction Public Service Other (describe below) RESEARCH: Primary work is Research. INSTRUCTION: Primary work is course-related and/or teaching. PUBLIC SERVICE: Providing services to the university, State, or community at large. OTHER: Anything that doesn't fit into one of the other three (e.g. Construction, Capital Projects). Any additional commitments not covered elsewhere. Please provide description.
	Description for other Category
Net Indirect Percentage Requested	% Muskie Percent Net Indirect Requested.
Cost Share Justification	Muskie Cost Share justification.

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Office of Sponsored Programs Intent to Propose

Office of Sponsored Programs
Intent to Propose