Proposals
The Steward Observatory Grants Team is responsible for assisting you with your proposals. Please see our Grants and Contracts page for more information.
A proposal is a detailed request for funding prepared in accordance with the sponsor’s instructions. A sponsor can be a federal, state, or local agency, a private foundation, a corporation or other business entity.
- A proposal must comply with University of Arizona policies and sponsor requirements.
- A proposal, upon submission, becomes an official record of the work the University of Arizona proposes to do for the sponsor.
Conflicts of Interest & Commitment Policy
If you participate in research under the auspices of the University, you are required to comply with this policy. This is a yearly process and is now required to be complete prior to submitting proposals to federal or sub-federal sponsors. Additionally, when an award is recieved, a project based COI disclosure will be required before your award is processed.
More information can be found here: https://research.arizona.edu/compliance/office-responsible-outside-inter...
Please contact so-research@list.arizona.edu with any questions you may have with this process.
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