The OFRN Round 7 Offeror Conference and Proposal Training held on 3/6/25 is mandatory for each proposal submission. At a minimum, one member from each proposal team needs to attend the webinar. The webinar was recorded and is available to those who were unable to attend and plan to submit a proposal. Email OFRN-question@parallaxresearch.org and indicate the reason for why you would like to view the recording. Provide a name and email of the person who needs to access the recording. Attendance as a session in a previous round does not satisfy this requirement.
There is no requirement/deadline to disclose intent to submit a proposal and the team on the proposal prior to the proposal submission; however, your proposal must meet the team requirements when it is submitted; although team members can be added or subtracted at a later date with OFRN concurrence.
No restrictions. Just make sure you have a POC from one of our federal partners that supports your proposal.
Yes, recordings of the information sessions can be found on the OFRN Round 7 Solicitation website Key Dates and Events: https://ohiofrn.org/solicitations/ohio-federal-research-network-round-7-solicitation.
No, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is a non-profit and would not be counted as a university partner. CCF would be counted as an industry partner.
Yes, you will want to include indirect costs in your budget.
No, that is up to the agreements between all of the parties/organizations that are part of the proposal.
No, federal partners do not share funding and should not be built into your budget. The program is funded by the State of Ohio and the funding cannot go to a federal entity.
No, the team lead generally negotiates with the team members on the split of work and consequently the split of the overall award. OFRN has no part in that determination.
It all depends on how much OFRN receives from the State in the State's 2 year budget that will be released by June 30, 2025. Other factors include the number of proposals submitted.