Applicant Information

Because awards are made to the University and not to individuals, when completing a sponsor’s cover page (for example, the Federal SF 424), the APPLICANT INFORMATION should be “Colorado State University.” Colorado State University is the legal entity to which the award is made and is the entity associated with the EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION and DUNS (soon to be UEI) numbers. Therefore, the address associated with the application should be 2002 Campus Delivery; 601 S Howes St; Fort Collins, CO 80523-2002, and not an academic college or departmental address. As such, the applicant type should be, “Public/State Controlled Institution of Higher Education.”

The person to be contacted on application matters, should be the OSP Senior Research Administrator associated with the application. Information associated with the Principal Investigator such as name, department, department address, and contact information, is often indicated on the cover page under PROJECT DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION and in the SENIOR/KEY PERSON profile.

Authorized Representative

At CSU, there are a handful of individuals authorized to sign proposals, certifications, award agreements, contracts, and other agreement types. These individuals include the Vice President for Research, Associate & Assistant Vice Presidents for Research, Director & Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs and OSP Senior Research Administrators (SRAs) and Research Administrators (RAs). The AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE listed on a sponsor’s cover page should be the authorized Research Administrator (RA) that will sign, and often submit, the proposal.

For the information needed to complete a sponsor’s cover page, refer to the OSP website’s Commonly Requested Information” page.