PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT

UPRM
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT
Helping UPRM researchers seek and secure external

Contact Information

PDU STAFF
Principal Investigator Marisol Vera, PhD Executive Office / Proposal Specialist Kara Fore, M.S. Assistant Proposal Specialist Hector Segarra, J.D. Administrative Assistant Ydarmi Acevedo

Website: cid.uprm.edu/pdu E-mail: pdu@uprm.edu Location: CID-116 Telephone: (787) 832-4040 Ext. 5256 / 5856

Proposal Development Services and e-Resources for External Funding At UPRM

Services

e-Resources for Investigators

Kuali Coeus is a open source product with multiple modules that provide collective functionality to support proposal development, grant management and research administration. Starting January, 2014 all routing of research proposals will be through this system, replacing current paper forms. The following pre-award modules will be available:

Custom Funding Searches Proposal Review Resubmission Consultation Custom Workshops Access to e-resources infoEd SPIN, Kuali Coeus, VIVO & CITI
CITI is a web-based research training service, subscribed to by UPRM, that provides research ethics education required for many types of proposals. It provides training in RCR, human subjects research, animal use and care, and export control. Subject specific RCR modules are available for Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Biomedical Sciences and Administration. You can access CITI through the PDU website or at www.citiprogram.org. You must use your upr.edu e-mail when creating an account.

Proposal Development Proposal Budget Proposal Log Institutional Proposal Negotiations

To access the Kuali Coeus training instance, please visit: kualitraining.uprm.edu

CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT

For more detailed information on these services, please visit our website at cid.uprm.edu/pdu
InfoEd SPIN is a searchable database of funding opportunities that UPRM subscribes to. By creating a personal account, you can save your searches and receive daily or weekly e-mails with new results matching your specified criteria. infoedglobal.com Direct link: spin.infoedglobal.com UPRM is currently adopting this open source platform as a method of profiling faculty expertise. This will allow for researchers to easily pinpoint potential collaborators on investigative projects, and will assist R&DC staff in identifying participants for relevant funding opportunities.