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SPO Office Hours

Bring your questions and join our knowledgeable staff for guidance and training on preparing and submitting proposals for extramural funding.

Drop in via Zoom the 1st Thursday of each month between 10 and 11am

https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/96045587567?pwd=MnVMTXN5SDRuM0RITzlKUjNmdjl5Zz09
Meeting ID: 960 4558 7567  Passcode: 862138

SPO Office Hours are available to anyone who helps prepare or process proposals for submission to sponsors. Topics may include: Cayuse SP, Cayuse 424, eRA Commons, subawards, awards, and more…

To be clear, SPO staff will not be leading classes on specific topics during Office Hours. They are simply making themselves available by Zoom to respond to your inquiries.

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Research Administration Workshops

All workshops are 2-hours long and offered over Zoom. Write [email protected] to request the Zoom link for any workshop(s) you wish to attend.

  • Preparing a Cost Proposal Budget – Thursday, June 12, 2025, 9 – 11 AM
    This workshop covers how to prepare a cost proposal budget. Some funding opportunity announcements request two proposals, a technical proposal on project details and a separate cost proposal on finances. The objective of a cost proposal is to provide sufficient cost information to substantiate that the proposed cost is realistic, reasonable and complete for the proposed work.
  • Populating External Budgets – Oct 16, 2025, 9 – 11 AM
    This workshop covers how to enter content from internal (OR Budget Template) budgets into Cayuse SP, Cayuse 424 and other standard formats required by sponsors.
  • Submitting NSF Proposals in Research.gov – Jan 29, 2026, 1 – 3 PM
    This workshop covers the preparation of NSF proposals in Research.gov.
  • Cost-Sharing and Effort in Proposals – Mar 12, 2026, 9 – 11 AM
    This workshop will cover:

    • Cost-sharing and effort definitions and requirements
    • How to apply cost-sharing by sponsor type
    • How to calculate effort in a budget
    • How to enter cost-sharing and effort into Cayuse SP and Cayuse 424
  • Submitting Multi-Component Applications to the NIH – June 11, 2026, 1 – 3 PM
    A multi-component application is a single submission with multiple, interrelated components – each with their own budgets – that share a common focus or objective. This workshop will cover how to determine the required elements of a multi-component application, how to create a multi-component application in either Cayuse 424 or NIH ASSIST, and where to find tools to aid in preparing and submitting multi-component applications to NIH.

UC Learning Center Instructor-Led Trainings 

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UC Learning Center eCourses

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Sponsored Programs Basics

Preparing and Submitting Proposals

Processing Awards

Processing Subawards

“Unlocked” UC Learning Center eCourses

The following eCourses have “unlocked” versions that allow you to navigate to any page to access helpful information. “Unlocked” versions do not provide course credit.

Sponsored Programs Basics

Preparing and Submitting Proposals

Processing Awards

Processing Subawards