The Pre-Award process is initiated through the Department's RPMO with the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) office at UCSF. The RPMO team can help bridge the support for your pre-award needs to UCSF's central offices by providing expert administrative support to all researchers on all of their grant mechanisms. The RPMO works with the Principal Investigator (PI) and their sponsors so that PIs may be successful in their research grants. In order to avoid spending delays, before applying for any awards, please submit to our support request form to get in touch with RPMO staff for support.