Luddy Contracts & Grants Pre-Award provides review of sponsor guidelines and compliance, budget preparation, budget justification review, collection and format review of administrative documents (examples: Biosketch, Current and Pending, Facilities Statement, Mentoring Letter, Data Management Plan), and routing of proposals to the IU Office for Research Administration (Indiana University’s Authorized Organizational Representative; AOR) for final proposal submission to the agency/sponsor.

1. PI identifies a funding solicitation or opportunity.
2. PI completes the Luddy Proposal Intake Form to the best of their knowledge and submits the form 4 weeks prior to the sponsor due date.
   1. Large scale, collaborative, multidisciplinary proposals are strongly encouraged to receive assistance with content creation and writing support from Research Development Services (RDS). (see Pre-Award resources for more information.)
3. PI is assigned and works directly with a Luddy Contracts & Grants Pre-Award Specialist through the entire proposal process.

External funding requiring an authorized signature, budget, deliverables, or reporting must be reviewed by the Office for Research Administration (ORA). The complete proposal package is due to ORA by 9:00 a.m. four (4) business days prior to the sponsor’s due date to allow for full review;  Sponsored Research Programs: Internal Submission Deadline Policy SPA-11-025.