Pre-Award Policies & Procedures

General Info Links

• ORA Quick Reference Guide
• Trainings
  • ORA: Certificate Program Sign Up
  • ORA: Kuali Research Training links
• Professional Organizations
  • NCURA
  • SRA International

UMD/USM Information

• USM Single Audit and Financial Statements
• USM Board of Regents
• UMD Budget
• UMD Demographic Information

Pre-Award Basics

• SPIN Plus - Funding search database
• SPAC: Types of Sponsored Agreements
• ORA Handbook: Basic Proposal Content (pg 22) 
• ORA: Proposal Development
• ORA: SciENcv
• Data Management Plans
  • ORA Handbook: Basic Proposal Content (pg 22) 
  • UMD Library: Data Management Plan Resources
• Management Plans
  • ORA Handbook: Management Plan (pg 27) 
  • ORA: Roles and Responsibilities
• UM Master Subcontracting Plan

Budget Information

• ORA Handbook: The Proposal Budget (pg 30) 
• ORA: Budget Guidance
• ORA: Locating Funding
• UMD Limited Submissions

Routing

• Pre Submission 
  • ORA Handbook: To Route or Not to Route (pg 47)
  • ORA: Managing Research
  • Kuali Build Form: NIH Loan Repayment Program

Submission

• ORA Handbook: Proposal submission (pg 44)
• ORA: E-Submissions

Risk Assessment

• ORA Handbook: Risk Assessment (pg 94)

Gifts

• Office of Donor Relations
• Gift Criteria
• Gift Routing
  • Original Gift Routing Memo (5/20/22)
  • Gift Routing Update (11/12/24)
  • Create a new Research Gift Routing Form
  • Open Kuali Build and choose the UMD Research Gift Routing and click NEW on the top right.