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UURF FY26 Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (IRI) Grant Acceptance & Project Set-up

Purpose

The Interdisciplinary Research Initiative is an intramural program sponsored by the University of Utah Research Foundation (UURF) designed to support new areas of research that can lead to extramural funding of new research. The program emphasizes developing new research directions that can produce new funding opportunities from major sponsors. 

Questions about the program can be directed to vprgrants@utah.edu. 

The following procedure is designed to assist faculty members, who receive these types of awards, to set-up a new internal project, in collaboration with OSP.

Applicability

Principal Investigators (PIs) who receive award letters for Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (IRI) funding should follow the instructions below to initiate the project set-up.

Instructions

Step 1: Award Review and Acceptance

Award recipients must carefully review the award letter, including the terms and conditions. 

Step 2: Submit to OSP

a) Submit a DSS via eProposal 

PI's or department administrators can initiate, complete, and submit the Document Summary Sheet (DSS) via eProposal, accessed through Campus Information Systems (CIS). THE DSS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF AWARD RECEIPT - or the recipient risks voluntarily relinquishing the award.

The DSS forms the base on which the project is created and is used to collect all the needed information and document the necessary approvals. 

Please note the steps below for proper completion of the DSS:

1. 
   1. Start your title with 'FY26 IRI Track 1' or 'FY26 IRI Track 2'
   2. use '11256 - University of Utah Research Foundation' as the sponsor
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   1. See image re: how best to answer the questions above
   2. Select the OSP grants contact that corresponds with the department administrating the  project
3. 
   1. Intramural UURF grants are exempt from F&A
4. 
5. 
   1. Answer 'No' concerning requesting a waiver
6. 
   1. Attach/upload the award letter before submitting the DSS for routing of approvals

After the necessary approvals have been obtained, a link to the electronically approved DSS is sent to OSP. 

The DSS will need to be integrated into PeopleSoft, by OSP, before it will be possible to initiate the eAward Setup Request (See b). 

b) New Award Setup Request via eAward

Once the DSS is integrated, PI's or department administrators can initiate and submit the New Award Setup Request transaction in eAward, accessed through Campus Information Systems (CIS). 

Please attach the award letter as your notice of award (NOA). 

Please attach a detailed budget for the authorized award amount. GCA uses the various chartfields to allocate the amounts provided in the award document. 

If you're new to eAward, this 4 minute video walks you through how to initiate a new award setup request transaction.

Once OSP receives this request, we will review the request for completion and work with GCA to set-up your project. When GCA completes the project setup, the PI and department admin (post-award liaison) will receive an electronic notification from 'PSnotify' confirming completion. 

IRI Grant Conditions

• Forthcoming

Related Policies and Procedures

• Policies > Procedure Library > Document Summary Sheet (DSS) Creation 
• Grants Life Cycle > Award Management > eAward