Use the self-guided job aids and videos below to get started in RAMP.
If you prefer to schedule a 1-on-1 RAMP walkthrough meeting with an ORSP staff member, we are happy to help. Email ORSP@uwsp.edu with a few available meeting options, as well as the grant you wish to apply for by providing the website link and/or RFP & Guidelines.
These walkthroughs generally take 45-60 minutes to create funding proposal, show budget features, and ask questions regarding your particular grant. We are also available to meet on specific questions once RAMP is created.
General Information
General Information
- RAMP UW Knowledge Base articles: All UW RAMP Resources available (specifics also outlined in Resources for PIs & Resources for Reviewers sections below)
- Overall RAMP Navigation
- RAMP User Roles: What roles are available in RAMP and applicable to your position.
- WISPER-RAMP Crosswalk and Glossary of Terms: What information or processes from WISPER are available in RAMP
- RAMP Help Center
Resources for Principal Investigators (PI’s) & Administrative Assistants
Resources for PI’s & Admin Assistants
- ORSP Job Aids
- RAMP Quick Start Guide
- If your grant budget includes hourly employees, use the instructions in the following Excel calculator to determine numbers to enter into RAMP: Hourly Salary Calculator for RAMP
- UW Job Aids and Videos
- Create Funding Proposal – RAMP Detailed User Guide: Start here to create a RAMP record.
- Attachments requried for upload and sample budget justifications can be found in RAMP Documents.
- Optional UW Video: Funding Proposal
- Proposal Certification: How to certify a proposal if you are a PI or requested certifier.
- Optional UW video: Proposal Certification
- Create Funding Proposal – RAMP Detailed User Guide: Start here to create a RAMP record.
Additional Huron Videos
Created by RAMP parent company Huron as a broad overview, details of process may differ for UWSP.
- Funding Proposal
- Budgets
- Reviews
- Assign Ancillary Reviews
- This aid is specifically for discipline/school approvals prior to Dean/Division approval, if required of unit. (ex. COLS requires school’s Assistant Dean to review/approve scope & Assistant to the Dean to review/approve budget prior to COLS Dean review/approval.)
- Certify and Submit a Funding Proposal for Department Review: When a Funding Proposal is ready for Dean/Division review.
- Assign Ancillary Reviews
- Respond to a Change Request: If a PI’s Dean/Division head requests changes prior to their approval.
Resources for Reviewers / Approvers
Resources for Reviewers / Approvers
- UW Job Aids and Videos
- Ancillary Review Completion Job Aid: How to complete an ancillary review if one has been requested of you.
- Optional UW video: Ancillary Review Response
- These aids are specifically for discipline/school approvals if required of unit prior to Dean/Division approval. (ex. COLS requires school’s Assistant Dean to review/approve scope & Assistant to the Dean to review/approve budget prior to COLS Dean review/approval.)
- Department Review and Approval: How Deans/Division heads review and approve proposals from their unit.
- Optional UW video: Proposal Review and Approval
- Optional UW video: Proposal Review and Approval
- Ancillary Review Completion Job Aid: How to complete an ancillary review if one has been requested of you.
- Additional Huron Videos (Created by RAMP parent company Huron as a broad overview, details of process may differ for UWSP.)
- Review a Funding Proposal
- Request Changes of PI: Prior to approval, if a Dean/Division head would like a PI to make changes prior to their approval.
External Federal Grant Portals (when RAMP is in process)
External Federal Grant Portals (when RAMP is in process)
- Grants.gov
- Research.gov (generally NSF only)
- Proposal Preparation and Submission
- How to share proposal space with ORSP: How a PI/co-PI Shares Proposal and Proposal File Update/Budget Revision Access with the SPO/AOR in Research.gov