College of the Holy Cross | Office of Grants and Corporate & Foundation Giving

Proposal Preparation

Upcoming deadlines (listed by subject area and date at the TGA Web site)

Guidelines: see the Links page for direct links to NEH, NSF, AND NIH guidelines and forms.

Advice on writing and preparing grant proposals:

1. Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions (good general advice as well for humanities/social science/international proposals): http://www.ssrc.org/

2. NSF Guide for Proposal Writing: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpg

3. The Foundation Center
see the section on proposal writing: http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
also:
User-Friendly Guide: http://fdncenter.org/learn/ufg/index.html

4. CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
"Developing And Writing Grant Proposals":
http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-writing.htm

Cover Sheet Information:

For purposes of completing proposal cover sheets and for budgeting, the following most commonly requested information is provided. Contact Chick Weiss, Director, (x2735) or Barbara Burke, Assistant Coordinator, (x2741) at the Office of Grants and Corporate and Foundation Giving, Fenwick 450, for clarification, especially regarding the application of indirect cost/fringe benefit rates.

Employer Identification (Federal Tax) Number	# 04-210-3558
Congressional District	Massachusetts 3rd
U.S. Congressman	James McGovern
NSF Institution Code	# 0021410000
NIH/OPPR Animal Welfare Assurance Number	# A 3951-01 (expires 7/31/06)
IACUC Committee Chair	Prof. Kornath Madhavan
Human Subjects Assurance of Compliance	# Pending
Human Subjects Committee Chair	Prof. Mark Hallahan
Research Misconduct	latest annual report filed 1/17/2002
DUNS Number (Dun & Bradstreet)	# 041509506

Cognizant Federal Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services, Region I
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston, MA 02201

Applicant Name and Address:
College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610

Grants Office:
Office of Grants and Corporate and Foundation Giving
Charles S. Weiss, Ph.D., Director
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610
ph: (508) 793-2742
fax: (508) 793-3399
e-mail: cweiss@holycross.edu

Fiscal Officers:
William R. Durgin, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer
Robert E. Grenon, Controller
Diane Obrycki, Manager of Restricted Accounts, Controller's Office (post-award accounting)

Persons Authorized to Sign Proposals and Certifications and to Accept Awards (Authorized Institutional Representatives):
Charles S. Weiss, Director of Grants and Corporate and Foundation Giving
Frank Vellaccio, Provost
William R. Durgin, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer*
Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., President*
*authorized to sign sponsored research agreements and agreements

Government Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (with DHHS):
Date of Most Recent Indirect Cost Rate Agreement: October 20, 2000
Indirect Cost Agreement Effective Through: until amended
Type of Agreement: Salaries and Wages, Predetermined, Fixed
Rate: 65% S & W (excluding fringe benefits)

Government Negotiated Fringe Benefit Rate (used with above indirect cost rate):
Full-time personnel - 26%
Part-time personnel - 7.8%

Fringe Benefit Rate (when government rate cannot used): 29.5%
Part-time (applies to undergraduate wages only in summer): 10%

Undergraduate student pay scale on grants:
Research Assistant III @ $8 per hour

Mileage Reimbursement Rate: 34.5 ¢ per mile
(as of 7/1/2001)

Holy Cross In-House Approval form for external grant proposals:
HomInHouse2002.doc
HomInHouse2002.htm