California Sea Grant

Online Submission of Preliminary Proposal

It is highly recommended that proposals be submitted via the web. If you are unable to submit a preliminary proposal on-line or pdf contact California Sea Grant at (858) 534-4440.

Points to consider before proceeding with on-line submission:
(link for submission at the bottom of the page)

  • The person that completes and submits the form is the "preparer", whether it's the investigator or another person authorized by the investigator.
  • Enter only data and information that is visible in the data entry fields.
  • Fields that have a red question mark have a help screen. Click on the question mark and the help screen will open in a second browser window. When you are finished with the help just click the close-box and return to your form
  • When all information has been entered correctly, click the submit button at the end of the form.
  • If the form is submitted successfully a confirmation number and a text copy of the submitted form will be emailed to the preparer and the project leader.
  • Please be aware that web forms only accept unformatted ASCII text. If you want special formatting added after submission do the following:

Please retain the confirmation number for tracking purposes

NEW PARAGRAPH leave a blank line, do not use spaces for indent
ITALIC text put (I) in front and (/I) after the text
BOLD text put (B) in front and (/B) after the text
UNDERLINED text put (U) in front and (/U) after the text
special character e.g., (degree) , (sigma), etc.
-Proceed to Preliminary Web Form from this link->