The Office of Sponsored Programs endeavors to advance the research, education and service missions of the university by supporting its colleges, programs, centers and institutes in the timely and compliant application for and administration of external resources. While Sponsored Programs staff are dedicated to enabling proposals and awards to meet sponsor deadlines and expectations, more proposals now require SPARCS input as a result of increasing caseload and complexity of proposal submissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To continue to manage proposal submissions in a timely, thorough and efficient manner, SPARCS is establishing the policy below to: (1) standardize and simplify timeliness requirements; (2) establish clear, consistent and understandable rules for what to include in RUSH request; and (3) encourage accountability and timeliness by internal stakeholders across the university to try to reduce the overall number of RUSH requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When reaching out to SPARCS for input at proposal stage, requests should be considered RUSH if provided to SPARCS with less than <\/em>either two (2) or five (5) business days ahead of the due date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any proposal-stage request made to SPARCS with more than the required advance notice above should not be marked as a RUSH request, but should be routed to SPARCS via PINS, and may also be sent to\u00a0sps@ncsu.edu for any required review or input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When sending documents to SPARCS for review outside of PINS with sufficient advance notice, email the RUSH request to SPARCS with the required information below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon receipt of the RUSH request, SPARCS will flag the project to prioritize resources to make every reasonable effort to meet the deadline. However, please be advised that following the guidelines above does not mean that SPARCS will handle the request immediately, nor does it guarantee that SPARCS will be able to accommodate the request prior to the deadline in all circumstances<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any proposal-stage request made to SPARCS with more than the required advance notice above should not be marked as a RUSH request, but should be sent to sps@ncsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email the request to SPARCS with the required information below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note: Emails to SPARCS for input at proposal stage can be sent to SPARCS via email in accordance with the outlined processes above while a proposal\u2019s associated PINS record is still in progress and has not yet been routed for approvals.\u00a0 Please reach out to sps@ncsu.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Statement of Need The Office of Sponsored Programs endeavors to advance the research, education and service missions of the university by supporting its colleges, programs, centers and institutes in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1133,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2856","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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