Proposals Submitted through the Florida Atlantic University Foundation

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Foundations who provide funding often require that the submitting entity be designated as tax-exempt by the IRS in order to be eligible for funding. FAU is designated as a 170c tax-exempt entity and may apply for funding as a tax-exempt entity.

However, some Foundations may require that the submitting entity have the 501(c)3 tax-exempt designation to be eligible. The FAU Foundation is a 501c3 tax-exempt entity. For those foundations/sponsors that require the submitting institution have the 501c3 designation, the grant proposal will be submitted through and on behalf of the Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc. (FAUF). In most cases, proposals that do not require the designation of 501c3 will be submitted through FAU. However, all grant proposals that will be submitted to Private Foundations a notification should be sent to the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations for three reasons: to coordinate grant submissions with the OSP, to provide useful information about the funder, and to ensure that priority-driven relationships are managed with the utmost professionalism.

Regardless of the submitting entity, all grant proposals (research, instructional, program and other sponsored grant activity) must be routed for review through Novelution and approved by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).  Please note the following:

  1. It is the PI's responsibility to enter and submit the proposal in Novelution prior to the FAUF submitting the proposal to the sponsor/sponsor.

  2. The OSP Proposal Submission Deadline policy, allowing a minimum of five business days for review will be followed. These grant proposals will require coordination between the PI, FAUF and OSP.

  3. Indirect costs should be added to the proposal budget based on the RFP/solicitation.

    • If an indirect cost rate is not identified in the RFP/solicitation, a 15% rate on the total direct cost (TDC) will be applied on all proposals to Foundation sponsors.

    • If indirect costs are not allowed by the sponsor it should be clearly stated in the RFP/solicitation, in the sponsors official guidelines, or on their website.  A copy of the document identifying no indirect cost allowed must be included in the Novelution proposal. 

  4. Proposals cannot be submitted to the funding agency/donor without a review and approval from the Office of Sponsored Programs.

     

  5. Proposals submitted to federal or federal flow-through sponsors should not be submitted through the FAUF but rather FAU.

For any questions about this process, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs at sponsoredprograms@fau.edu or the Corporate and Foundation Relations office at foundationrelations@fau.edu. Additional information is also available on the Corporate and Foundation Relations webpage located at https://fauf.fau.edu/foundation-relations/