1. Feast or Famine: Pre-Award Strategies for Keeping PI’s on Track
Auburn University
Amy Thomas (COSAM) and Jennifer Morris (Physics)

2. Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Not knowing what to do
Not knowing who to talk to
Not knowing the procedures
Frustration with the red tape
Frustration with the redundancy
Frustration with changing procedures
Time Lines being almost missed
Department/ College/Sponsor Level
Training (CITI, Etc.)

3. Solutions

4. Departmental level
AU Fact Sheet & Budget Templates (
Budget Justification Template
PI Planning Meetings
AU NSF Conflict of Interest Form
E-Cover Form
New Faculty Training (With College Level)
Web Tools

5. College Level COSAM Administrators Network
Spirit Shared Drive (Web Tools)
Cross Training
PI Management and Assistance
Tracking (Web Tools)
Intervention
New Faculty Training (with Departmental Level)

6. Central Level https://cws.auburn.edu/ovpr/pm/forms
Education/Knowledge Building
OSP Website (OSP Budget Template)
Electronic Systems (AU)
Commercialization and Technology Transfer
IACUC/IRB
Contracts and Grants Accounting (Effort Certification, Billing)
Purchasing and Business Office (Invoices, Purchase Orders)

15. Questions?