Prepare Proposal | Office of Research

Please refer to the tools below for guidance on what to submit (Find Required Documents) and when to submit (Due Date Calculator) to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). Please see the Find Your Officer webpage. See also the Proposal Submission Requirements page.

Please see the Required Documents resource for more information about the documents that are required for a complete submission to OSP.

Proposal Due Date & Time Calculator

This tool calculates the due date and time to OSP for both the complete final and "ready to submit" proposal based on a given sponsor deadline date and time. The tool also provides the date when the Officer Review Summary will be returned to the PI. The output automatically updates when any of the input fields are changed. Note that all times used and displayed here are US Central Time.
Version: 2026.05.14.001 (Compatibility) Browser Compatibility: This tool does not support Internet Explorer (IE) 8 or earlier. If you are using IE 9+ or Safari, you may have to manually type your date into the date field above using the standard format "YYYY-MM-DD". Lastly, you may have to "Allow blocked content" for IE to run the JavaScript in this tool.
Sponsor Deadline:	MM/DD/YYYY	hh	mm	AM/PM	Time Zone (?)
Your Time Zone:	(?)

Holidays/Weekends/NIH Office Closures:
Please see the NIH Policy regarding due dates on Holidays/Weekends/NIH Office Closures. If the NIH due date falls on one of these days, be sure to modify the Sponsor Deadline in this calculator accordingly.

Complete Final
Proposal

due by or before:

Time

Officer Review
Summary

to PI by or before:

Time

"Ready to Submit"
Proposal

due by or before:

Time