ARI Forms
ARI Forms & Manuals
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Pre-Award Forms
Call for Proposals
- Request for Proposals (PDF)
- Contains general information, formatting instructions, and proposal guidelines.
- Policies & Procedures (PDF)
- ARI Policy and Procedure Manual
System Proposals
- Pre-Proposal
- Required as a prerequisite for submission of a system full proposal.
- Must be submitted through the ARI InfoReady web-based Proposal Submission and Routing System.
- You can use your CPP username and password to log in.
- See the Request for Proposals (PDF) for guidelines and instructions, page 10.
- On-Campus Administrative Due Date: 19 November 2025, 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- Notification date for invitation to submit full proposal: 17 December 2025
- Full Proposal
- Must be submitted through the ARI InfoReady web-based Proposal Submission and Routing System.
- See the Request for Proposals (PDF) for guidelines and instructions, pages 11-16.
- On-Campus Administrative Due Date: 11 February 2026, 5 p.m. Pacific Time
Campus Proposals
- Letter of Intent (PDF)
- Required as a prerequisite for submission of a campus full proposal.
- Due Date: 19 November 2025, 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- Notification date for invitation to submit full proposal: 17 December 2025
- Full Proposal
- Must be submitted through the ARI InfoReady web-based Proposal Submission and Routing System.
- You can use your CPP username and password to log in.
- See the Request for Proposals (PDF) for guidelines and instructions, pages 11-16.
- On-Campus Administrative Due Date: 11 February 2026, 5 p.m. Pacific Time
CPP ARI Fringe Benefit Rates
- Students - Academic Year 8 percent and Summer 13 percent
- Faculty Summer Additional Pay - 13 percent
- Full-Time Staff - 44 percent
- Release Time - must get the actual percentage from your college's analyst
Individual Interactive Forms
- ARI Budget Template (Excel File)
- Timeline of Activities: 1-Year Project (Excel File)
- Timeline of Activities: 2-Year Project (Excel File)
- Timeline of Activities: 3-Year Project (Excel File)
- Cash Match Verification (PDF)
- In-Kind Match Verification (PDF)
- Current & Pending Support (Excel File)
- Match and ARI Specific Objectives (Word Doc)
- Data Sharing and Use of Preexisting Intellectual Property (Word Doc)
- Letter(s) of Commitment (PDF)
Post-Award Forms
Progress Reports
- ARI Annual Assessment
- This is required for all ARI-funded projects. Yearly submission of an online ARI Annual Assessment is required for all projects. It is due on August 15 every year regardless of the project’s start date. The Project Director must complete the ARI Annual Assessment for each project. In the year the project is completed, in addition to the ARI Annual Assessment, a final report is due within 90 days after the project’s scheduled completion date.
- Final Report
- Required for all projects. Submission of a final report is required within 90 days after a project’s scheduled completion date.
No-Cost Extensions
- No-Cost Extension Request/Justification form (PDF)
- Requests for no-cost extensions must be submitted to Ondieki Gekara ojgekara@cpp.edu, and Wei Bidlack, wwbidlack@cpp.edu via email with an appropriate technical justification. No-cost extension requests must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the current project expiration date. No-cost extensions can be granted on a case-by-case basis for 1 year with a maximum of 2 per project.
Budget Revisions
A budget revision is required if more than 10% of the total budget is being redirected. A project director is only allowed two budget revisions in one year. Please submit your budget revision to wwbidlack@cpp.edu. All budget revisions must be approved by the campus coordinator and then will be forwarded to the foundation.
Please submit the following:
- Budget Revision Spreadsheet (Excel File) - Please enter your current budget and your requested reallocations.
- Revised Budget Narrative (Word Doc) - Please describe how you are reallocating your funding.