Office of Sponsored Research and Programs
Proposal Development
Important
All Proposals, Internal Processing forms and Release Time Request forms are due in our office 10 days prior to the due date to allow time for approval and signatures from the Provost and the Office of Business and Finance prior to submission. Please call or email our office if you have any questions when completing the forms or the proposal application.
Budget Guidance
- General Guidance [PDF]
(as directed by the Office of the President - General Administration) - I.R.S.Tax Exemption Letter [PDF]
- F&A (Facilities and Administrative) - Indirect Cost Rate Letter [PDF] - 55.4% Rate Agreement with DHHS dated March 21, 2012
Budgetary Rates
Budgets are completed by the Director of Sponsored Research along with the PI (ext. 1644)
- FSU Indirect Cost Rate [PDF] - 55.4% of total salaries and wages (DHHS - Agreement Date:March 21, 2012)- Rate may have to be adjusted to Sponsors requirements
- Social Security Rate for Research Assistants, Undergraduate Assistants (Full and Part time) - 7.65%
- Fringe Benefit Rate (Soc. Sec., Retirement, Benefits Pool & Health Insurance-) - 25.5%
- Fringe Benefit Rate of 25.5% remains the same for Summer Months also
- Retention Rate - 3 years
- Salary Ranges - Office of State Personnel
Budget Forms
- Budget Template [MS Excel]
- NSF Budget Worksheet [MS Excel]
Documents Requested by Funding Sources for Proposals
- Board of Trustees Information
- I.R.S.Tax Exemption Letter [PDF]
- DHHS [PDF] F&A (Facilities and Administrative) Cost Rate Letter
- Organizational Chart for Fayetteville State University [PDF]
FSU Facts
- Fact Sheets provided by the Office of Institutional Research
- Current FSU Statistics provided by the Office of Institutional Research
How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal
Proposal Writing Resources
- Intent to Submit Form [MS Word]
(Submit to Sponsored Research and Programs Office) - Internal Processing Form [PDF]
(All proposals must be received in the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs 10 (ten) days prior to the due date of proposal). Proposals must be approved by the director of Sponsored Research and Programs and the Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs prior to submission to the funding agency. The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs will submit a hard copy of your proposal for approval. - Basic Elements of Grant Writing (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
- James Madison University's Tips on Proposal Development
- In Search of Technology Treasures: An Online Grant-writing Seminar (Lucent Technologies) ( Written for educators)
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (Oriented to projects rather than research)
- Community of Science
Science and Engineering
- EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial - (Brief grant writing tips, a mock grant writing activity, and a helpful glossary as well as EPA-specific program information and forms.)
- Quick Guide for the Preparation of Grant Applications (from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
- Tips for New NIH Grant Applicants
- NSF Guide for Proposal Writing - A comprehensive guide to writing a grant proposal to the National Science Foundation.
- NSF Guide Proposal and Award Policies and Procedure Guide
- "All About Grants" Tutorials (from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- The Art of Grantsmanship (Dr. Jacob Kraicer)
Social Sciences
- The Art of Writing Proposals (Social Science Research Council)
- Finding Funding and Proposal Writing for Faculty and Graduate Students in the Social Sciences [PDF] (Odum Institute)
Sample Grants
- TGCI's Winning Grant Proposals Online (Sample successful proposals)