Effective immediately, the Research Foundation asks that Principal Investigators write preaward@odu.edu for notifying the Research Foundation of an intended proposal submission and for requesting assignment of a pre-award Grant and Contract Administrator (GCA).

The Research Foundation has made this change in an effort to simplify the proposal assignment process for both Principal Investigators and Research Foundation staff.  Writing preaward@odu.edu ensures a more timely response to Principal Investigator inquiries, and it also provides one simple email address that Principal Investigators will have to remember.

Information needed by the Research Foundation when requesting a GCA assignment has not changed.  When Principal Investigators write preaward@odu.edu, it is requested that they provide information regarding the program solicitation, such as an URL link, as well as any additional information that would be helpful to Research Foundation staff for providing a GCA assignment and for beginning work on the proposal.

Principal Investigators who prefer to telephone the Research Foundation for a GCA assignment should call 683-4293, x-502.  If there are any questions, please contact Carole E. McPhillips, Manager of Sponsored Programs, at cblett@odu.edu.