Sponsor Accounts & Guidelines

Always refer and adhere to all instructions in the specific funding opportunity announcement to which you are applying.  Questions?  Concerns? Contact the  Client Advocacy & Education team.  We're here to help!

Department of Defense

• Applicants can self-register for an eBRAP account by clicking HERE
• Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) User Guide - Used for some DoD, DHA, US Army, USAMRMC, USAMRAA, CDMRP submissions - Please refer to the specific DoD funding opportunity announcement to which you are applying for applicability

• eBRAP FAQs

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• To be able to submit to the NIH applicants need to first be registered with an NIH eRA commons account.  Administrators can also register for an NIH eRA commons account and be delegated access to their PIs' accounts by the given PIs. 

  • Please submit a HelpSU ticket to the SeRA Support Team by clicking HERE, to request an NIH eRA commons account and/or for Stanford roles to be added to your existing account if you were registered for one at a previous institution.

  • Individuals in the School of Medicine may alternatively request an NIH eRA commons account and/or for Stanford roles to be added to your existing account if you were registered for one at a previous institution by contacting the RMG Grants Help Desk by clicking HERE.

• Forms and Applications Instructions
• How to Apply - Application Guide
• Annotated Form Sets - Key tips on filling forms
• NIH Grants Policy Statement - National Institutes of Health Grants Policy Statement (NIH GPS) is intended to make available to NIH recipients, in a single document, the policy requirements that serve as the terms and conditions of NIH grant awards. This document also is designed to be useful to those interested in NIH grants by providing information about NIH-its organization, its staff, and its grants process.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• To be able to submit to the NSF applicants need to first self-register for an NSF account at Research.gov , affiliate their account with Stanford, and request the account role type of PI. 

  • Administrators can, and are encouraged, to register self-register for an NSF account at Research.gov , affiliate their account with Stanford, and request the account role type of Other Authorized User (OAU). 

The last day to submit new proposals in FastLane was January 27, 2023.  Applicants should us Research.gov to prepare NSF proposals.  Stanford does NOT recommend using grants.gov/Cayuse for submissions to the NSF.

• NSF Account Registration Information and Assistance.
• Proposal & Award Policy and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) NSF 23-1 - Use for all proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) On Proposal Preparation and Award Administration Related to the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1).
• Research.gov - Proposal Preparation and Submission Resources
• Preparing NSF Proposals in Research.gov ORA Webinar

proposalCentral

• Applicants and administrators can self-register for proposalCentral accounts by clicking HERE
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Questions?  Concerns? please contact the Client Advocacy & Education team.  We're here to help!