Directions:

1. Complete the NIH grant application in the Grants.gov format.
2. Upload the NIH Grants.gov application to the SPO Electronic Drop Box. Guidance on this step can be found at: https://coeus.berkeley.edu/dropbox/.
3. Concurrent with uploading the NIH Grants.gov application to SPO, email the following items as one PDF document to spoeproposal@berkeley.edu.
1. Completed and signed Proposal Review Form (PRF)
2. Letters of support from any named consultants and/or collaborators (not already included in proposal)
3. Completed and signed federal conflict of interest disclosure forms*
4. Any other required documents as needed, e.g., letters confirming cost sharing commitments, sub-recipient commitment forms, etc.

Note: When UC Berkeley is serving as a subrecipient in an NIH grant proposal being submitted by another organization, departments are still required to submit a hard copy of an original completed Proposal Review Form (PRF) and one copy of UC Berkeley’s proposal to SPO for review.

*Federal COI forms are required for all NIH proposals, whether UC Berkeley is the lead agency or a subrecipient in another organization’s proposal. For SBIR and STTR proposals only, signed 700-U forms must still be submitted to SPO in hard copy form per State requirements.

Important!

To avoid problems and ensure a timely review of your NIH grant application, it is important that you upload the Grants.gov application to the SPO Electronic Drop Box at the same time you email the rest of the required information listed above as a PDF document to spoeproposal@berkeley.edu.

Remember Steps 1-3 must be completed five working days before the submission deadline for the proposal to be considered “on time.”

Please note: The proposal will not be logged in or considered received by SPO until Steps 1-3 have been completed. Attachments that do not include a completed and signed PRF and all required attachments will not be accepted by SPO.