Beginning May 5, 2021, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is enforcing its current policy on internal deadlines for the review and submission of external grant applications. For more information on this policy and its rationale, click here.

To meet these OVPR deadlines for new external grant submissions, we have updated the InCHIP timeline for PIs to make pre-award services requests, effective immediately.

InCHIP Pre-Award Services Form Submission Deadlines:

InCHIP works with investigators and Sponsored Program Services (SPS) to provide efficient and accurate Post-Award services to investigators. Their support ensures that all expenses on grants comply with Federal law, sponsor’s guidelines, and University policy.

InCHIP’s Post Award Services include the following:

• Account setup– Upon receiving an award- InCHIP will work with UConn’s Sponsored Program Services Office to establish a KFS account associated with that award. These accounts provide faculty with the ability to make purchases and pay their research staff.
• Human Resources and Payroll- InCHIP can help funded investigators hire and pay staff through their grants.
• Sub-award and Consultant setup– If there are any subcontracts or consultants in a project’s budget, the InCHIP Grants Management Team will work with investigators to prepare all the paperwork required for approval and walk investigators through the process. 
• Grant Purchases– InCHIP Grant Management Team will ensure that goods and services are thoughtfully purchased to be consistent with the funding opportunity, funder, and University policies.
• Advances for Participant Incentive Costs– InCHIP’s Grants Management Team will submit a request to SPS to set up a participant incentive account. 
• Budget Projection Reports– The InCHIP Grants Management Team will manage budget projection reports and reconcile all expenses. They will work with PIs to plan and manage the grant’s projected expenses.
• Progress Reports- When a grant requires a progress report or a carryover budget, the InCHIP Grants Team can help the PI to prepare the report and carryover budget to submit to the sponsor.
• Cost Transfer Requests– For those needing to transfer a grant to or from another university, InCHIP will work with the external institution to fulfill all the requirements of UConn and the funder.
• No Cost Extension Requests and Closeouts– Throughout a project, Grant Management will help ensure good use of grant funding. Upon completing the project, InCHIP Grant Management will help investigators with the process of closing out an award.
• Re-Budget requests– During a project, the Principal Investigator may find it necessary to move funds between budget categories to meet project objectives. The InCHIP Grants Team processes re-budget requests to SPS.
• Effort Reports– Effort reporting is a certification process that occurs at the end of the spring, fall, and summer semesters. Grant Management will provide investigators with certified reports. They can also provide an overview of this process
• Travel– InCHIP Grants Team will assist investigators in processing their travel advances and expenses with relevant UConn administrative offices. Thus ensuring employees and others are reimbursed accurately and efficiently and to ensure that all travel costs are accounted.

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Find Funding or Build Your Team: InCHIP’s Research Development Team can work with UConn Faculty to build a targeted list of external funding mechanisms. These funding searches can be project-specific or can be based on broad research agendas or career development/training needs.

Get Feedback on a Proposal: InCHIP offers two mechanisms for those interested in receiving feedback on a proposal before submission: one is internal and the other external.