Proposal Preparation, Budgeting

CCPR provides the following proposal planning and preparation services:

• Locating funding opportunities
• Obtaining and interpreting funding program guidelines
• Reviewing Request for Applications (RFA) and Program Announcements (PA)
• Drafting and presenting RFP and PA questions to a potential funding agency
• Facilitating UCLA Internal Review Board requirements
• Assistance with budgets and other proposal forms
• Drafting budget justifications and other administrative proposal text
• Assistance with NIH Other Support Forms and similar documents

For assistance on a proposal or for any related questions, please email Lucy Shao at lucy@ccpr.ucla.edu.

Proposal Resources

• Starting Out: Helpful Guidelines
• Goldenrod (printed on golden paper)
• Economic Interests and Financial Disclosure (required for PI and key personnel)
• PHS/NIH PI Signature (required for PI only)
• WebIRB (login button is located on the right corner)
• UCLA Standard Institutional Information (DUN, UCLA’s Employer “Tax” ID No., FWA, etc.)
• Overhead Rates and Policy (currently 56%)
• Composite Benefit Rate Assessment
• Salary Escalation Rates
• Graduate Student Fee Remission and Salary Rates
• Social Science Course Buy-Out Policy
• NIH Salary Cap Summary
• NIH FAQs

CCPR can obtain and review the proposal guidelines and grant terms for any potential funding client.  Links to Federal Agencies, California State Agencies, Private Foundations and many Non-Profit Organizations have been assembled under Funding Sources on CCPR website.