Call Management

ID: The integer ID that the Admin will use to create a set of instructions for the call (see Call Instructions, below).

Title: The title of the call, that will appear in the header of the proposal submission interfaces (e.g. "RFP FY2011").

Active: '1' allows the call to appear in the drop-down list of calls that PIs may respond to, under the condition that the current date precedes relevant proposal submission deadlines.

Type: Type of call (e.g. Omnibus)

RFP date: The date that the email announcing the new Request for Proposals is sent.

Start Date: The earliest allowable funding start date for proposals submitted to the call.

End Date: The latest allowable funding end date for proposals submitted to the call.

Proposal Num. Prefix: Isn't this redundant? The call has an ID.

90-4 Expiration Date: The date that will appear at top-right on 90-4s generated for the call.

Require Pre-Proposal?: Select 'Yes' to include the Pre-Proposal phase in the call.  If set to 'No', PIs starting proposals for the call will begin in the Full Proposal phase.

Pre-Proposal Interface Title:  The title of the interface when PIs are submitting proposals in the Pre-Proposal phase of the call (e.g. "Preliminary Proposal Online Submission", "Proposal Online Submission for a Highly-Customized Call").

Pre-Proposal Deadline: The date and time that the Pre-Proposal phase submission interface for the call will automatically close to PIs. Enter date and time in this format: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM] (e.g. 5/16/2012 5:00 PM).

Require Pre-Proposal Budget Worksheet(s)?: Select 'Yes' to include eSeaGrant budget worksheet submission in the Pre-Proposal phase of the call.  If set to 'No', budget PDFs would need to be uploaded with the proposal narrative.

Require Pre-Proposal Matching Funds?: Select 'Yes' to require a minimum amount of matching funds in eSeaGrant budget worksheets in the Pre-Proposal phase of the call.  When toggled, the PI is alerted if a minimum is not provided, but proposal submission is still allowed.

Pre-Proposal Matching Funds Rate: The minimum matching funds percentage (as decimal), if required for the Pre-Proposal phase of the call.

Require Pre-Proposal Budget Justification?: Select 'Yes' if eSeaGrant budget worksheets required for the Pre-Proposal phase of the call also require line-item justification.

Accept Reviewer Suggestions at Pre-Proposal?: Select 'Yes' to include Peer Reviewer suggestions as part of the Pre-Proposal phase of the call.

Pre-Proposal Review Deadline: The date and time at which reviewers are expected to have submitted their reviews of proposals submitted via the Pre-Proposal phase of the call. This value is for reference only, and does not control interface access.

Pre-Proposal Review Configuration: Either Simple or Complex. Simple : Reviewers apply a single rating and comment to assigned proposals. Complex : Reviewers apply scores for up to five evaluation criteria and a comment to assigned proposals. Pre-Proposal Review evaluation criteria are managed for each call via FMP.

Full Proposal Interface Title: The title of the interface when PIs are submitting proposals in the Full Proposal phase of the call (e.g. "Full Proposal Online Submission", "Proposal Online Submission for a Moderately-Customized Call").

Require Full Proposal Matching Funds?:Select 'Yes' to require a minimum amount of matching funds in eSeaGrant budget worksheets in the Full Proposal phase of the call.  When toggled, the PI is alerted if a minimum is not provided, but proposal submission is still allowed.

Full Proposal Matching Funds Rate: The minimum matching funds percentage (as decimal), if required for the Full Proposal phase of the call.

Full Proposal Deadline: The date and time that the Full Proposal phase submission interface for the call will automatically close to PIs. Enter date and time in this format: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM] (e.g. 5/16/2012 5:00 PM).

Peer Review Deadline: The date and time at which reviewers are expected to have submitted their peer reviews of proposals submitted via the Full Proposal phase of the call. This value is for reference only, and does not control interface access.

Peer Review Configuration: Either Simple or Complex. Simple : Reviewers apply a single rating and comment to assigned proposals. Complex : Reviewers apply scores for up to five evaluation criteria and a comment to assigned proposals. Peer Review evaluation criteria are managed for each call via FMP.

Rebuttal Deadline: The date and time that PIs are expected to have submitted rebuttals to peer reviews of proposals submitted via the Full Proposal phase of the call. Enter date and time in this format: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM] (e.g. 5/16/2012 5:00 PM).

Panel Review - Peer Reviewer Visibility: Choose 'blinded' to hide peer reviewer names in peer reviews provided to panel reviewers in the Panel Review interface.

Panel Review Deadline: The date and time at which reviewers are expected to have submitted their panel reviews of proposals submitted via the Full Proposal phase of the call. This value is for reference only, and does not control interface access.

Final Revision Phase: Select 'active' to re-open the Full Proposal submission interface for this call to edits by PIs.

The entire list of all possible funding years (FYs) is managed via the 'FYs' layout in RFP FMP.  Once a funding year is added to this table, it may be assigned to a call via the Funding Years panel of the 'Calls' layout.  The selection of funding years assigned to a call in this panel drive the funding year (FY) select drop-down in eSeaGrant budget worksheet submitted via that call, and the On-Campus and Off-Campus Research rates set for the assigned funding years are provided as defaults for Indirect Cost rates in budgets created by PIs affiliated with the eSeaGrant host institution.

FY: Feb 1 -  Jan 31 funding years are usually entered in this format: [YYYY] (e.g. 2018), but this field should really be considered as a custom label for its related duration. For FYs that span periods other than 2/1 - 1/31, it's acceptable to use alternate naming methods (e.g. "2018 - Seed Proposals"; up to 40 characters)

Start: Enter funding year start date in this format: [MM/DD/YYYY] (e.g. 2/01/18)

End: Enter funding year end date in this format: [MM/DD/YYYY] (e.g. 1/31/19)

Duration: auto-calculated using Start and End dates

On-Campus, Research: Enter on-campus, research indirect cost rate percentage for a funding year as a decimal value (e.g. 0.675) 

Off-Campus, Research: Enter off-campus, research indirect cost rate percentage for a funding year as a decimal value (e.g. 0.06)

On-Campus, Other: is this field needed?

Off-Campus, Other: is this field needed?