Pre-Award

Oct 3, 2025

Proposal Statement/Scope of Work Guidance

Typically, as part of a proposal submission, the Sponsor will require the inclusion of the proposed Statement/Scope of Work (SOW). For those rare instances where the Sponsor does not require… 

Feb 10, 2025

Federally Funded Research Update

The university has provided updated guidance on the 2025 Federal Transition, which you can find here: NC State Research Resource Page. If you or your PI receive communication from your Sponsor… 

Nov 4, 2024

COI Changing Regulations Town Hall – Nov. 7

Register to attend the Conflict of Interest (COI) Office’s virtual town hall meeting to discuss recent updates to Regulation 01.25.01—Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment. The Town Hall meeting… 

Nov 4, 2024

RED System Upgrade – Downtime Scheduled Friday, Nov. 8

The Research Enterprise Data (RED) system will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8. Please make sure any work that must be done is completed… 

Oct 3, 2024

CALS Pre-Award: New Timely Proposal Submission Policy in Effect

As of earlier this month, SPARCS implemented the Timely Proposal Submission Policy. The full policy and purpose for the policy is available on this website.   Please note, CALS Pre-Award Office… 

Aug 31, 2024

Internal Budget Reminder: Software, Onsite Room Rentals, and Cloud Costs

As a reminder, when using the CALS Internal Budget and Justification templates, found on the CBO Documents and Forms page, please be sure to read the provided guidance in order… 

Jun 3, 2024

New National Science Foundation (NSF) Updates Effective May 20

Please see the latest National Science Foundation (NSF) updates below: 

May 6, 2024

Staff Updates: May 2024

Please join us as we welcome our newest team members, Jared Symm and David McClendon, to the CBO and bid farewell to Towanna Rouse and Rita Henry as they embark on new endeavors. 

May 6, 2024

CALS Internal Budget Template: Do Not Import into Google Sheets

As part of the proposal preparation, both PIs/Co-PIs and their Pre-Award Consultants are utilizing the CALS Internal Budget Template located on our website.   As a reminder, please do not import… 

Mar 23, 2024

NIH’s Update to Policy on Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements

Please see the message below from SPARCS Director, Marissa Clarkson, regarding a change to NIH grants effective October. 1, 2023.  I want to clarify NIH’s update to their policy on…