How We Operate

SIRO prioritizes strategic, interdisciplinary, multi-million dollar proposals that involve multiple principal investigators, departments, colleges and institutions.

SIRO works closely with faculty to provide research administration, proposal development, graphic design, and post-award project management services over the course of a research proposal submission. Our staff assists with the collection of personnel documents, pre-submission “Red Team” reviews, budget creation, cost share negotiations, custom graphics and more. We are here to support you!

Your SIRO Team

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Research Administrator

Your SIRO research administrator assists with the creation of budgets, works with collaborators and sub-awardees to collect supporting documents, provide compliance review, and are authorized to submit your proposal on behalf of Penn State.

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Proposal Developer

Your SIRO proposal developer offers project management and strategic input to ensure your proposal is well-written, organized, and strategically competitive. The developer can assist with the development of planning documents and templates, organize team meetings, provide writing and editing of non-technical sections as well as additional services such as reference management and pre-submission review.

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Graphic Developer

Your graphic developer can create custom figures, tables, timelines, organization charts and other graphic elements to highlight your proposal and make it stand out to reviewers.

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Project Manager

Your SIRO project manager offers administrative support of funded projects by providing Lifecycle Management of University-wide projects with involvement including but not limited to Project Management Plan Participation (pre-award), Account Set-up Oversight (project implementation), and Financial Monitoring and Reporting (post-award).

Stages of a Typical SIRO Proposal

We recommend that teams strictly follow the SIRO proposal submission timeline for the best outcome.

 

1

Penn State faculty investigators interested in SIRO proposal development, pre-award administration, or project management services MUST first obtain approval from their Research Advocate (Institute Director or college Associate Dean for Research) BEFORE submitting a SIRO Service Request Form.

 

2

After approval from your Advocate, fill out the Request Form

 

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If your request is accepted, SIRO will assign a team who will work with you throughout the submission process

 

4

SIRO staff assists with figure development, technical and non-technical sections, and budgets while the PI and team draft the proposal.

 

5

Red Team review completed

 

6

SIRO collects submission components for semi-final review

 

7

Documents finalized, compliance checks completed

 

8

Proposal Submitted before deadline

 

9

Complete SIRO post-submission survey