The Pre-Award team would like to share best business practices to help ensure a smooth proposal submission process. Please contact the CIRES Proposal team at CIRESProposals@colorado.edu for assistance with upcoming proposals.
- If CU/CIRES is the lead on an upcoming proposal, please notify the Proposal Team of your proposal as soon as possible, or at least 2 weeks prior to the submission deadline. If CU is a subawardee on your upcoming proposal, please notify the Proposal Team at least 3 weeks prior to the submission deadline, as the lead entity will require the CU proposal documentation earlier to ensure sufficient time for documentation review and submission.
- You can notify the Proposal Team of your upcoming proposal by logging into InsideCIRES and entering the proposal information into the Proposal Tool application. The Proposal Team will contact you to discuss your proposal and to assign a Proposal Analyst. For assistance with navigating the Proposal Tool, view this how to video or contact the Proposal Team.
- The CIRES Proposal team requests that the budget, budget justification and PSR form be completed at least 5 days prior to the proposal submission deadline, in order to provide the Proposal Team sufficient time to review and finalize your proposal documents prior to the deadline. This ensures we have enough time to review and make suggestions for changes to adhere to solicitation compliance. If less time is given, we cannot guarantee a full review.
- If CU/CIRES is not the lead on your upcoming proposal, the assigned CIRES Proposal Analyst will be responsible for submitting the final proposal documentation to the external entity. The Proposal team must review and approve all proposal documentation prior to submission in order to ensure compliance with the solicitation requirements. Certain administrative documents are also required to be included with all proposal submissions to external entities, therefore only a CU Authorized Organizational Representative is allowed to submit proposal documentation directly to the external entity on behalf of CU/CIRES.
