| Important |
|---|
Your proposal components will remain editable until either you click on the "Submit Preliminary Proposal" button or the submission deadline has passed. You can return to the components to make changes at any time prior to submitting your proposal as long as the deadline has not passed. |
You should start by adding all appropriate members in "Senior Personnel." This will create Webnibus accounts for the personnel and they will then be available to add to your budgets. After adding the senior personnel you may want to start working on your budgets. Create budgets for one or two years only and make sure to save the budget worksheets each time you make changes.
If you have any questions about the process, please don't hesitate to contact us at (206) 543-6600 or by email at wsgres@u.washington.edu. Budget questions should be directed to Al Krekel, Administrator, (206) 543-9966, krekel@u.washington.edu.The biosketch is essentially a two-page curriculum vitae. The buttons next to the headings allow you to add or edit each biosketch section.
This feature allows you to add members to your project, i.e. co-PIs, associate PIs, or "other senior personnel." When you add a new member they will automatically be sent an email informing them that they have been added to your proposal. The email will instruct them to contact you confirming that they have received the notice and agree to it. If the new member is a co-PI the email will also instruct them to enter their biosketch in Webnibus.
Complete all components of the title page by clicking on the appropriate buttons. You will need to manually input your estimated request and optional cost share on the Title Page.
Note: Limited to 4000 characters (approximately two pages of double-spaced text)
Your pre proposal narrative should address the following points:
You may copy and paste the narrative from a word processor but any special formatting will not be preserved. Please be sure to save your work frequently.
At the preliminary proposal stage please provide
detailed budget(s) for Calendar Year 2008 and any subsequent year(s) for which you are proposing activities, for a maximum of three years. You must take into account salaries and benefits, equipment, supplies, travel, publication costs and other costs (services). Do not include any "miscellaneous" or "contingency" costs in any category. You will be required to justify your budget at the full proposal stage.
Please note, for this call, indirect costs are precluded. To address this, the Non-UW budget type is required.
We need your best estimate of the cost of each category on the budget worksheet for each year. You will not be held to the details of the budget, but we do expect it to be a reasonable approximation of what the final budget will contain.
Your budgets must provide information for both Sea Grant support and regional contributions (matching funds, if applicable). The categories to be included are:
Identify people by name, job categories and title; indicate number of months support requested; indicate amount of support requested and matching pledged (if applicable); and percentage of time. If you know what individual salaries will be in 2008, use those figures. Otherwise, increase 2007 salaries by 3% for 2008, and another 3% for each additional year.
For research projects that include graduate student (R.A.) support. Indicate whether graduate research assistants are Pre-doctoral level I or II in the budget. Sea Grant funds for teaching faculty will be limited to no more than two months of summer salary (all projects), and technicians, etc. are limited to half-time employee support—and that much only in exceptional circumstances.
Use your institution's recommended rates. University of Washington rates, as a percent of salaries, are as follows:
Equipment is defined as an item of property that has an acquisition cost of $2,000 or more per unit and with a useful life of more than one year. Specify and justify any item of equipment costing $2,000 or more in your budget justification at the full proposal stage. Specify the quantity of each equipment item. Remember to include sales tax.
Identify general office supplies, chemical or other laboratory supplies, and other expendable items. For supply requests exceeding a total of $1,500 (or 5% of the project costs, whichever is greater), a detailed breakdown is required. Such requests will need to be explained in the budget justification at the full proposal stage. General office supplies in any amount must be justified.
For full proposals with total travel budgets over $5,000 (or 5% of project costs, whichever is greater), a detailed breakdown, including destinations, airfares, per diem, mileage and other costs will need to be provided. Moreover, you must list any proposed foreign travel in the budget and justify it at the full proposal stage.
Include within your budget the costs of manuscript preparation (word processing and drafting services).
Include such items as photocopying, graduate operating fees, long distance telephone, postage, rentals, consultants’ costs and other services. Postage costs must be justified. Estimated Tier I graduate operating fees for University of Washington are:
| Academic Year | Summer | Total | |
| 2008 | $9,900 | $2,900 | $14,300 |
| 2009 | $10,500 | $3,050 | $13,550 |
| 2010 | $11,100 | $3,200 | $12,800 |
For Tier II graduate operating fees, add $450 to Tier I fees for the academic year and $200 for summer quarter; for Tier III, add $950 to Tier I for the academic year and $300 for summer quarter.
Each subcontract should be listed as a single separate line item. A separate detailed budget should be attached as well as a sole-source justification. Include a letter at the full proposal stage from a responsible official for the subcontractor stating their intent to provide the services specified and budgeted.
Please provide names and contact information for five (5) suggested reviews that are qualified to evaluate your proposal.
Conflict of Interest
DO NOT include individuals with whom you have had any of the following relationships:
It is also best to omit former mentors, advisors or students. If your recommendation falls into one of these categories, please identify as such in the comments box.
We encourage the inclusion of reviewers from other states or countries.
Once you have completed all of the above components you can click on the "Submit Preliminary Proposal" button. Note: After you submit your proposal you will no longer be able to edit it.