Federal Funding Submissions
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Preparing an Application
RAMP is one of UW–Madison’s new system-to-system grants.gov submission process. RAMP uses SmartForms and should look familiar if you have experience with Grants.gov submissions.
Proposal submission tips:
- If an SF424 form field needs to be updated, but contains data that was automatically populated, make the necessary updates on the Funding Proposal and/or Budget SmartForm pages and use the Create-Update SF424 activity in the Workspace. If changes are made directly on the SF424 forms, the next time the “Create-Update” SF424 activity is executed, your changes will be overwritten with the values in the proposal and/or budget. Use the checkboxes to only select the forms to which you made changes when updating the SF424.
- Fields with a red asterisk (*) are required to be completed by the RAMP system. Please note that Grants.gov may require additional fields to be completed, in addition to those required by our system. When validating the SF424 SmartForm, the system will perform multiple layers of validation. You may receive additional errors or warnings on a second validation due to this approach.
- All attachments must be uploaded in PDF format and have a unique filename.
More tips and tricks can be found on the RAMP — Frequently Asked Questions and the RAMP resources pages.
Cayuse424 is another system-to-system grants.gov submission process used at UW–Madison.
Anyone with a UW–Madison NetID and password can access Cayuse. For instructions and additional information, including proposal submission tips, visit: RSP Cayuse424 Information
Agency-Specific Application Information
NIH Submissions
- All NIH submissions should be submitted via RAMP or Cayuse424
- An NIH eRA Commons account is needed in order to process/monitor applications and manage awarded grants. Contact the SMPH Dean’s Office — Research Division (Trish Barribeau, Bridgett Molinar, Christy Schulz) to request an eRA Commons account.
- Grants and funding information from the NIH website:
NSF Submissions
- NSF applications can be submitted via FastLane or Research.gov
- To request a FastLane Account, contact the RSP proposal team at preaward@rsp.wisc.edu. Please include your highest degree and year conferred (required by FastLane to establish an account).
- More information about working with the NSF
- Grants and funding information from the NSF website:
Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP)
The CDMRP eBRAP System (eBRAP) is designed to allow Principal Investigators (PIs) to submit their pre-applications electronically over the Internet through a secure connection, and view and edit the contents of their pre-applications and full application, as submitted through Grants.gov. PIs can access the eBRAP home page.
Additional Resources
- Grants.gov: The official government site
- Cayuse Help Center