Citrus Research and Education Center

Central Grants

The Central Grants department and your Research Administrators mission is to assist faculty and staff members to:

Apply for funding opportunities
- This includes assistance in preparation and review of all proposals to ensure all required items stated in sponsor guidelines have been included, displayed properly and are in compliance with federal, institutional guidelines and mandates before submission to IFAS and UF’s Department of Sponsored Programs for final submission to the funding agency.
Maintain post award items
- Our services also include post award assistance in monitoring of active awards and modifications.
- Review of purchases for allowability.
Serve as a mediator between Faculty and HR to monitor employee payroll distributions respectively.

Contact Information: CentralGrants@ifas.ufl.edu

Proposal Development Support

The Central Grants department provides oversight for application preparation and submission by providing grant preparation guidance and pre-award assistance. We will review and edit, assist with adherence to guidelines, and route the final proposal through UFirst for appropriate approvals and final submission.

All submissions that contain a detailed budget or require institutional approvals (and/or institutional submissions) are required to be routed through UF approval systems.

IFAS and DSP have hard deadlines, if completed applications are not received by IFAS 5 working days prior to agency due date the proposal will not be submitted. The firm deadline applies to calls published at least 30 days in advance of the due date.

To meet the IFAS and DSP firm deadlines, we highly suggest following the timeline below when sending items to centralgrants@ifas.ufl.edu for processing.

Prior to Agency Deadline

10 days	7 Days
Internal Proposal Review Form	Final Narrative
Internal Budget Template	All Other Documents or Downloaded Application
Budget Justification USDA Template NSF Template
Key Person Documents Biographical Sketch NSF Template	UF recommends use of SciENcv for creation of these documents
Current & Pending Support USDA Template NSF Template	UF recommends use of SciENcv for creation of these documents
Conflict of Interest USDA Template
Equipment
Facilities and Other Resources
Other Agency Specific NSF Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Subcontract Items Authorized Representative Letter of Intent Subaward Set-up Form Budget Budget Justification Scope of Work Key Person Documents