Graduate Office

Instructions for Faculty to Apply for Extramural Funding

Step 1: Identifying Sources

To begin the process for applying for funding opportunities, you must first determine the agency and grant to which you will be applying.

As you are researching different types of funding opportunities, you will find that there are two categories in which your grant will fall:

Intramural:   Funding available through the University of California, Irvine.
Funds are made available through a direct transfer to the Social Sciences Contracts and Grants Office.
Intramural funding resources
Extramural:   Funding from any other source outside the University of California, Irvine. This includes funding from the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, etc.
Monetary awards are made directly to the university and distributed through the Sponsored Projects Administration Office (SPA). You communicate with the agency via the Social Sciences Office of Contracts and Grants.

To apply for either type of funding, please coordinate with your Department Manager.

Step 2: The Application Process

When applying for a grant, you will need to contact your appropriate department manager at least one month prior to the grant application due date to begin the application/proposal process. Your department manager will work with you on the pre-award details for your grant (budget, budget justification, compilation of proposal components) and provide extramural university application cover materials.

All UC Irvine grant proposals must be submitted through the UCI Sponsored Projects Office. This is accomplished via the Social Sciences Contracts and Grants Office and your department manager.

Department   Department Manager
Anthropology   Norma Miranda Ext. 7602 nmiranda@uci.edu
Economics   Nancy Carter-Fields Ext. 3655 nvcarter@uci.edu
Chicano/Latino Studies   Stella Ginez Ext. 1424 sginez@uci.edu
Cognitive Sciences   Clara Schultheiss Ext. 7569 clara@uci.edu
LPS   Patty Jones Ext. 1520 patty.jones@uci.edu
Political Science   Debbie Michel Ext. 2540 dmichel@uci.edu
Sociology and DASA   Brenda Fitzjarrald Ext. 1520 bfitzjar@uci.edu

For all other programs, centers, etc., please contact Shelly Bennett-Burns for assistance.

Step 3: Notification of Awards

Intramural
You will be notified directly by the granting office concerning any awards. Please forward any information received to the Social Sciences Office of Contracts and Grants to facilitate the account.

Extramural
You will receive notification of awards through Shelly Bennett-Burns in the Social Sciences Contracts and Grants Office.

Occasionally, faculty receiving grants are contacted directly by the funding agency regarding awards. If this occurs, please contact Shelly Bennett-Burns to let her know you have received notification.

After receiving notification of your award, you will need to schedule a meeting with Shelly Bennett-Burns to fill out the necessary paperwork required to receive funds.

Your EXTRAMURAL award is not official until you have received an award synopsis. DO NOT begin working on your funded project or begin spending funds until you have received your award synopsis and subsequent account number from Shelly. You will NOT be reimbursed for any funds spent prior to receiving your account number.

Step 4: Using Your Funds

Funds must be spent in accordance with your proposal and proposal budget and must follow University policies and procedures and/or federal and agency guidelines.

Intramural
Funds are made available through a direct transfer to the Social Sciences Contracts and Grants Office.

Extramural
Monetary awards are made directly to the university, and distributed through the Sponsored Projects Administration Office (SPA).

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Step 5: Post-Award Details

You will receive a monthly statement detailing your account activity for all funds. If you have questions at any point in the post-award phase, please contact the following:

Karen Reiser ksreiser@uci.edu
  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • hicano/Latino Studies

Shelly Bennett-Burns shelly.bennettburns@uci.edu
  • Cognitive Science
  • Economics
  • LPS
  • Sociology
  • All others



 

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