Proposal Prep Systems

eRA Systems for Multiple Agency

  • Grants.gov
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    • NIH eRA Commons :
      Principal Investigators can use to obtain proposal status ­ No electronic proposal submission at this time. Sponsored Programs office must initiate account based.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • FastLane is an interactive real-time system used to conduct NSF business over the Internet. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrator prepares proposal. Office of Sponsored Programs reviews and submits proposal. Office of Research must initiate account.
  • proposalCENTRAL
    • Principal Investigator registers self on system and fills out his professional profile. The Principal Investigator creates proposal by entering required information and uploading any necessary file(s). After the Office of Research reviews a hard copy of the proposal and the proposal budget, the Principal Investigator submits proposal application electronically.

Agency Specific eRA Systems

  • Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
  • Alzheimer’s Association
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Heart Association
    • Electronic Application Submission : The Principal Investigator must get institutional approval through OSP before submitting an application electronically but the Principal Investigator creates the proposal and does the actual submission.
  • American Lung Association
  • Arthritis Foundation
  • Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
  • Concern Foundation
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Department of Defense
    • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs : The Principal Investigator registers on the website. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrator enters the required information. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrators also uploads the proposal files and indicates when the information and files are final and thus ready for the Contract Representative (namely, the authorized institutional official or a Grants and Contracts Officer acting on the authorized official’s behalf) to review. A contracting officer or other official acting on behalf of the authorized institution official must review and approve the proposal submission before the Department of Defense can accept or review the proposal.
  • Department of Education
    • e-Grants : Personnel in Sponsored Programs offices should serve as the Application Manager. Therefore, the Grants and Contracts Officer must be the first person to register and create an application. The Application Manager/Grants and Contracts Officer submits the application on behalf of the authorized institutional official. Please notify the contracting officer with the specific Application Package Title and CFDA # of the program to which you wish to apply.
  • Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
    • Application Website : The Project Director registers on the website. The Project Director/Departmental Administrator enters the required information and uploads the pdf file. After the Project Director validates that his application is ready for submission, the authorized institutional official or a Grants and Contracts Officer acting on his behalf reviews the proposal and completes the submission process.
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
    • e-Center :
      The e-Center provides access to the Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS). Only the authorized institutional official needs to register. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrator supplies the required proposal files to the Office of Sponsored Programs along with the DOE solicitation. The DOE solicitation specifies the number of required files and the order in which the files should be uploaded. The OSP must upload and submit the files.
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
  • NASA SYS-EUFUS
    • The SYS-EYFUS is an electronic system (SYS -) used by NASA Headquarters to manage research solicitation activity, plan for the receipt of research proposals, track the receipt and peer evaluation of these proposals, and manage funded research (grants, cooperative agreements, etc.) sponsored by NASA. (It is not an electronic proposal system).
  • National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)
    • NAAR Grants Administration System : The Principal Investigator creates an account. Once the account is created, NAAR sends an email indicating that the Principal Investigator may login and submit a letter of intent. If NAAR invites Principal Investigator to submit a formal proposal, the Principal Investigator enters the required information and uploads the necessary files. NAAR requires the responsible official (the authorized institutional official) to endorse the proposal and/or approve the budget online before the Principal Investigator submits the proposal.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    • NIH eRA Commons : Principal Investigators can use to obtain proposal status ­ No electronic proposal submission at this time. Sponsored Programs office must initiate account based.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • FastLane is an interactive real-time system used to conduct NSF business over the Internet. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrator prepares proposal. Office of Sponsored Programs reviews and submits proposal. Office of Research must initiate account.
  • Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • Space Telescope Science Institute
    • Space Telescope Grants Management System (STGMS) :
      This site has instructions for downloading and installing the STGMS application. For submissions, have your Departmental Administrator contact the appropriate Grants and Contracts Officer in the Office of Research. The Principal Investigator/Departmental Administrator prepares proposal. OSP then reviews and submits proposal. OSP must initiate accounts.
  • USIDNE