CACC utilizes SPS Faculty Services for Pre-Award support. Our assigned specialist will work with you on your proposal from start to submission to SPS Pre-Award.

Summary of proposal services:

• Budget development
• Budget justification templates
• Completion of all internal administrative forms (IPR, Cost Share, etc.)
• Review of all proposal documents against the solicitation and sponsor requirements
• Application building (specialist will complete the application in Research.gov, Grants.gov, etc.)
• Coordination with Sponsored Program Services for final proposal review and approval

Tips for success:

• Contact faculty services early! More time = more support.
• Reach out to faculty services even if you're not sure you will submit.
• Send documents to the specialist as they are completed - this allows for early review against solicitation and sponsor requirements (while you're working on other proposal pieces) and early notification of any changes needed.
• Notify the specialist of your schedule and planned travel for effective proposal deadline management.
• When the specialist is out of the office, contact facultyservices@uconn.edu for urgent issues and requests.

Pre-Award Faculty Services Specialist: Dilshan Casseer (dilshan.casseer@uconn.edu)

Faculty Services Proposal Support Request Form

Requesting account balances:

Account balance requests for grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the Grant Balance/Information Request Form

For balance inquiries related to unrestricted accounts (IDC, startup, royalty, salary savings, gift, foundation, etc.) or internal awards (OVPR L4, etc.) please contact your assigned HUB. Please see the CoE Shared Services website for more information.

Grant changes and inquiries:

If you would like to request end date or financial changes to your grants, please submit the following forms:

No-Cost Extension Request Form

Grant Rebudget Request Form

Cost Transfer Request Form

For general grant information inquiries, please submit the Grant Balance/Information Request Form

CACC Fiscal Officer: Jeannette Burke (jeannette.burke@uconn.edu)

Payroll Request Procedure:

All new, revised, and funding change payroll requests must be submitted on the appropriate payroll request form. Requests submitted by email will be redirected to the appropriate payroll request form.

Graduate Assistant

• Academic year payroll requests should be submitted via the HUB Payroll Form
• Summer payroll requests fully or partially funded by grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the GA Summer Payroll Request Form

Faculty Summer

• Summer payroll requests fully or partially funded by grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the Faculty Summer Payroll Request Form

Undergraduate Students

• Undergraduate student payroll requests fully or partially funded by grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the Undergraduate Payroll Request Form

Temporary Payroll (Special Payroll)

• Temporary payroll requests fully or partially funded by grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the Special Payroll (Temporary Payroll) Request Form

Post Docs

• Post doc payroll requests fully or partially funded by grants managed by CACC should be submitted via the Post Doc Payroll Request Form
• Appointments are for 1 year in duration.
• Percentage of Support must be between 50% and 100%.

Requests on accounts managed by CoE Shared Services should be submitted via the HUB Payroll Form

• Additional information can be found on the CoE Shared Services website.

Requests on accounts managed by all other Centers and Departments should be submitted following their payroll procedure.

Payroll Questions? Contact: Jessica Guilbeault (jessica.guilbeault@uconn.edu)

Procedure for placing orders:

• All new and revised order requests must be submitted on the appropriate order request form. Requests submitted by email will be redirected to the appropriate order request form.
• Orders placed solely or partially on grants managed by CACC should be requested via the CACC Order Form
• Orders placed solely on unrestricted accounts (IDC, startup, royalty, salary savings, gift, foundation, etc.) or internal research grants (OVPR L4, etc.) managed by CoE Shared Services should be requested via the HUB Order Form
  • Additional information can be found on the CoE Shared Services website.
• Orders for grants or non-grant accounts managed by other Departments or Centers should be requested following their order procedure.

Purchasing Questions? Contact: Jessica Guilbeault (jessica.guilbeault@uconn.edu)

Please review Travel Services Training and Resources for the most updated travel policy/information when traveling.

Tips for success:

• Pre-trip Requests
  • Conference details such as the conference name, dates, location, and topic(s) must be included in the Business Purpose/Justification on the Request Header or attached to the request.
  • All expenses including per diem meals that may pertain to your trip should be included.
  • If using multiple funding sources, please put the primary account in the Account Number field and provide a detailed explanation of the funding sources in the Additional Information/Comment section.
• Post-trip Expense Reports
  • Conference program or meeting agenda must be attached to the request.
  • Credit card statements are not receipts and should only be used if your actual receipt does not show payment method or total cost.
  • If using multiple funding sources, please ensure the report is allocated to all funding sources upon report submission.
    • Exact dollar amounts can be allocated to the entire report by selecting all expenses and then clicking Allocate at the top right of the menu. Toggle from Percent to Amount and you can add allocations and apply an exact dollar amount to each account.
• Conference registration payments
  • Please submit the Conference Registration Payment Request Form

Travel Questions? Contact: Jessica Guilbeault (jessica.guilbeault@uconn.edu)