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The Pre-Award Office has launched “My Cal Poly Research,” an electronic Research Administration (eRA) platform.
My Cal Poly Research incorporates a new Proposal Initiation Form (PIF)*, as well as centralized proposal preparation, approval, and submission processes.
Use My Cal Poly Research via your My Cal Poly portal, as shown below:
To learn how to use My Cal Poly Research to submit your next sponsored project proposal attend a Zoom-based training session by registering here or access training materials here.
*Pre-Award Office policy requires that a Proposal Initiation Form (PIF) be completed a minimum of 20-working days in advance of the sponsor's stated submission deadline, or the pass-through entity's deadline, if Cal Poly is a sub-recipient. This policy also includes white papers/concept proposals/pre-proposals/LOIs.
Download this calculator to see if your PIF submission will meet the minimum deadline.