Grant Services

The Bureau of Social Science Research is partnering with The Schuessler Institute for Social Research to provide services for the development of proposals and the management of funded grants. In general, these services are provided without cost and are available to all members of the IUB community. For more information, contact Jack Martin, Louise Brown, or Megan Glass Our services include the following.

Pre-proposal Services

• Consult on funding opportunities, including conducting web surveys.
• Contact project officers at funding agencies as needed.
• Prepare and submit letters of inquiry (LOI).
• Establish timeline for proposal preparation and submission (see below).

Proposal Preparation Phase

• Help plan the timeline for proposal development and submission. For details, see Timeline for Proposal Preparation below.
• Provide comments on draft proposals, particularly with respect to research design, analytic strategies, and statistical power requirements. This service is provided in collaboration with the Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
• Advise on budgetary requirements, including calculating investigator release time and fringe benefits, graduate research assistant costs, equipment costs, supply costs, travel costs, and related expenses.
• Prepare and submit initial budget to the Division of Grant Services in IU's Office of Research Administration, negotiate modifications, and prepare final budget and budget justification.
• Prepare the biosketches of primary investigators, statements on local resources, summaries of current and pending suport, and other portions of the proposal.
• Format and finalize applications in compliance with agency protocol., whether paper or electronic.
• Prepare IU internal documents (i.e., electronic route sheets, budget spreadsheets, etc.).
• Consult and assist in the preparation of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) application. If necessary, Bureau staff will prepare, submit and modify the IRB application.

Proposal Submission Phase

• Move the route sheet through Indiana University offices and obtain required signatures.
• Make copies of final application for paper submissions and prepare application for mailing.

Award Phase

• If support is not available in an investigator's home department, the Bureau will provide routine budget and account administration.
• Prepare and submit annual continuation applications.
• Prepare and submit competing continuation applications.
• Prepare and submit "close-out" report.

Indiana University Timeline for Proposal Preparation

It is important to coordinate with the Bureau staff to insure that your proposal will be submitted on time. We suggest that the investigator follow these steps:

1. Meet with Bureau staff three months in advance of the agency deadline to determine agency-specific requirements for applications and to file conflict of interest forms (if necessary).
2. Six weeks in advance of the agency deadline, consult with the Deputy Director (Jack Martin) regarding budget requirements and preparation.
3. Two to four weeks in advance of the agency deadline, provide the final text of the proposal for transfer to agency forms (electronic or otherwise) and provide the proposed budget to IUGC for review
4. Provide a final copy of the revised/modified application to the Divisiion of Grant Services at least three days in advance of the agency deadline.