{"id":65872,"date":"2026-04-17T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/spaerc\/topics\/proposal-lifecycle\/sage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:06:41","slug":"sage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/spaerc\/topics\/proposal-lifecycle\/sage\/","title":{"rendered":"SAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research team uses <strong>SAGE<\/strong> (System to Administer Grants Electronically) for preparing the proposal application and its budget, approving the application, requesting advance budget numbers, and creating any related subawards.<\/p>\n<p>SAGE has five tabs, as shown in the following image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sage_tabs.jpg\" alt=\"sage tabs\" width=\"842\" height=\"48\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SAGE tabs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Budgets<\/strong> tab allows preparers to create a detailed budget for the entire proposal time period, including sub budgets. They can optionally link a budget to an eGC1, and use it for the initial submission to the sponsor, and subsequent renewals.\u00a0Budget IDs have a prefix of B.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>eGC1 Forms<\/strong> tab allows preparers to create the application, link a budget if desired, and attach the sponsor documents. Application IDs have a prefix of A.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Approvals<\/strong> tab provides reviewers a list of applications to review and approve, or to return to preparers for revision.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Advances<\/strong> tab allows preparers to request an advance budget number for Approved or Awarded applications which OSP has marked as eligible for an advance. Advance IDs have a prefix of ADV.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Subawards<\/strong> tab allows the creation of new subaward requests, or modifications of existing subawards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To use SAGE, campus personnel need authorization. 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