CALS Contracts & Grants

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CALS Contracts & Grants (C&G) works with CALS faculty, students, and staff on the Pre-Award submission of proposals and agreements, and the Post Award administration of contracts & grants awarded to CALS, including financial administration, effort reporting, and financial regulation compliance.

NSF Research.gov Has a New Login

Per the SPARCS Interim Director, effective October 27, Research.gov requires multi-factor authentication for login. Since NC State is an InCommon Federation participating organization, Shibboleth meets the requirement since it is enforced…

SPARCS Guidance: Streamlined Routing for Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)

Per NC State’s Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance Services (SPARCS) website: An MTA is a contract that governs the transfer of tangible research materials between two organizations when the recipient intends…

OIT Now Has Service Center Rates for Research Storage on both Federal & Non-Federal Grants

NC State’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has received approval to accept payment from federal grants for Research Storage (https://researchcomputing.oit.ncsu.edu) allocations that exceed 30TB. The default Research Storage allocation for awarded…

CALS Grant Submissions Workshop Recording

The CALS Grant Submissions Workshop was held in January 2024 and covers everything you need to know about proposal development and submitting a grant in CALS. The workshop recording is now available to watch.

CALS Contracts & Grants 20 & 5 Policy

The CALS Contracts & Grants 20 & 5 Policy defines the roles of and mutual expectations for PIs and CALS Pre-Award Consultants during the proposal development and submission process.

Pro-rating Graduate Student Health Insurance

View guidance on pro-rating Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHI) on ledger 5 projects including calculation methods and frequently asked questions.

CALS C&G Information Session

This one-hour information session discusses, at a high level, how proposals and grants are prepared, routed, awarded, and managed in CALS and NC State.

Contact Us

Find your department’s assigned Pre- and Post Award Consultants or look up grant account managers.

Documents & Forms

Download frequently used Contracts & Grants documents and forms.

Research Portal

Access NC State’s Research Portal for resources, support, system access, and answers to your research needs.

Can’t Find What You Need?

NC State Research Administration and Compliance supports the Offices of Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services (SPARCS) and Contracts and Grants (C&G), which work together to support projects through the award lifecycle.

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