Pre-Award Research Operations (PRO)

PRO's purpose is to reduce the administrative burden of proposal preparation so that researchers can focus on the technical or scientific components of their proposals, thereby increasing the chances of success.

Our Services

• Review and interpret sponsor solicitations for proposals
• Prepare summaries of required proposal documents and templates of common proposal elements
• Draft Current & Pending/Other Support documents
• Develop budgets, including detailed financial budget and narrative justification
• Prepare and assemble proposal packages, including completion of electronic applications
• Interface with internal and external collaborators to collect required documents (CV's, letters of support, subaward documents, etc.)
• Initiate RASS project record and route for approval
• Liaise and collaborate with the assigned Grant & Contract Officer through the successful submission of the application for funding
• Support revised budget requests, NIH Just-In-Time submissions, incoming sponsored award transfers, and complex research center proposals
• Identify and disseminate funding opportunities to supported faculty

Receiving Support

Our team is available to assist you Monday through Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm.

Researchers are invited to send proposal notifications to the PRO team by completing a short Proposal Notification form. A Pre-Award Specialist/Grant Coordinator will be assigned to the proposal within one business day and will follow up with the researcher and the researcher's department to provide proposal specific guidance and support.

Other requests for support or inquires can be directed to the PRO Team Inbox, osp-pro@cornell.edu.