
Central Pre-Award
Central Pre-Award is a sub function overseen by the office Research Administration & Development and is the only entity authorized by Tufts to sign proposal for sponsored projects and accept awards on their behalf.
Processing Times
- Proposal Review
- 48 hours (or 2 business days)
- Processing new awards that do not require negotiation
- 48 hours (or 2 business days)
- Email inquiries
- 24 hours (next business day)
- Updates on work that is in process
- usually once a week
- Contract reviews - Vanilla
- 72 hours (or 3 business days)
- Contract/incoming subcontract reviews – Complex (requiring multiple sign off i.e. TTIC/General Counsel, or federal, or exceptions)
- Movement within 5 business days (assumption multiple moves required)
- PI should get updates once a week
- Incoming subcontract contracts - Vanilla
- 72 hours (or 3 business days)
- Outgoing subcontracts - Vanilla
- 5 business days to develop
- Inquiries to sub once a week if not returned
- Outgoing subcontracts - Complex
- 2 weeks to develop
- Inquiries to sub once every 2 weeks