Uploading Proposal Documents

Three types of documents will be uploaded to the proposal record: General Submission Information, Project Attachments, and Budgetary Information.

  1. Log into PACS
  2. Select the Grants module at the top of the screen.
  3. Select the draft proposal (to create a proposal, see PACS: How to Initiate a Proposal)

General Submission Information (FOA, funding guidelines, and program FAQs)

  1. From the proposal information home screen, select Edit Funding Proposal (left鈥恏and column)
  2. Using the 鈥淛ump鈥怲o鈥 menu in the top tool bar, select 鈥淪ubmission Information鈥
  3. Upload general submission documents

Proposal Documents (all proposal documents to be submitted to the sponsor)

  1. From the proposal information home screen, select Edit Funding Proposal (left鈥恏and column)
  2. Using the 鈥淛ump鈥怲o鈥 menu in the top tool bar, select Project Plan Attachments
  3. Upload the full proposal as a single PDF document in 3.0 Proposal in Full
    NOTE: DO NOT upload files in any of the other categories

Budgetary Documents/Additional Approval Documents (general budget documents such as the budget narrative/justification, BU鈥恟equired budget documents, cost share commitments)

  1. From the proposal information home screen, select the Budgets tab
  2. Select the sponsor budget, listed under Working Budgets
  3. Select Edit Budget on the left鈥恏and column
  4. Using the 鈥淛ump鈥怲o鈥 menu in the top tool bar, select Attachments
  5. Upload appropriate documents

Subrecipient Documentation (institutional commitment forms/letters, justification, rate agreements, Subrecipient monitoring checklist, sub cost鈥恠haring docs, contact info sheet, and any other internal subrecipient documentation)

    1. From the proposal information home screen, select Budgets tab
    2. Select the sponsor budget
    3. Select the Subaward/Subcontract tab
    4. Select the appropriate subaward/subcontract budget from the list
    5. Select Edit Budget on the left鈥恏and column
    6. Select Attachments from the top toolbar dropdown menu
    7. Upload appropriate documents