IARC's Major Programs Financial Manager works with the UAF Office of Proposal Development (OPD) to facilitate proposal development and ultimate submission through the UAF Office of Grants & Contracts Administration (OGCA).
OPD coordinates IARC proposals and pre-award activities, including reviewing sponsor guidelines, developing budgets, formatting proposals, and ensuring compliance with agency and university policies.
Build your proposal budget
Update your current and pending support (C&P)
Create the proposal justification and scope of work
Coordinate review by OGCA
Coordinate supplemental funding requests
Establish your awarded project budget
Coordinate agency requests for re-budgets, extensions, etc.
Let you know whether something is allowable on your project
Periodically determine how much funding your project has available
Manage post-award proposals
Review and approval of all proposals on behalf of the Principal Investigator and the University
Proposal auditing and closeout
When responding to a Request for Proposals (RFP), please email OPD at uaf-opd@alaska.edu with:
PI name and department
Project start/end dates
Proposal due date
Link to RFP
OPD will generate a new proposal number and assign a coordinator who will then become the point-of-contact for your proposal.
Please keep the IARC Business Office informed as you go through this process by including us on your correspondence with OPD.