Board of Regents Forms:  -The LA Board of Regents (BoR) Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS) will be available for the 2025-26 funding cycle.  This proposal is due October 17th, 2025, to the BOR.

–Notice of Intent (DUE TO ORSP SEPTEMBER 4TH, DUE TO BOR SEPTEMBER 11TH) :  A Notice of Intent is required for all RCS proposals, which will need to be internally routed through your chain of command (i.e., Department Head, Dean, and Vice Provost) and approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs before submitting it to the BoR.  Because the Notice of Intent has much less information than a full proposal, the ORSP has developed a revised Internal Routing form specifically for the BoR Notice of Intent.  Please select the link below to download the NoI Internal Routing form.

–Internal Review (formerly White Paper) (DUE TO ORSP SEPTEMBER 11TH): The BoR requires an internal review of each proposal submitted by an institution.  In the past, faculty who wanted to submit a BoR proposal would send a document called a White Paper to ORSP.  The White Paper included information about the proposal and was used by the internal screening committee to review each proposal. Because only the RCS program is available this year, the document you used for the Notice of Intent with a detailed budget and justification will be used by the Internal Screening Committee (ISC) to evaluate each proposal. The new Internal Review forms must be approved by your chain of command.

• Notice of Intent/ Internal Review Routing Form
  • • • • THIS IS A FILLABLE PDF FORM AND CAN BE DONE COMPLETELY ONLINE. 
        • When full proposals are routed, a new Routing Form will need to be completed. This form can be found at: https://www.nicholls.edu/orsp/

–Board of Regents Proposal Forms and Other Information:  These forms are currently being updated, but will closely resemble their current format.  We will post on this website when the forms have been updated.

BoR Budget Forms: 

• BoR RCS Budget Form
• BoR RCS Budget Justification Template

BoR Submission Forms: 

• BoR Current and Pending Support
• BOR Biographical Sketch Form

Other BoR Forms: 

• • Board of Regents Project Change Form
  • BoR Staff Directory

Questions? Nicholls State University faculty members should direct questions about these programs to Mikenzi Parrish or Quenton Fontenot. The Board of Regents has a very small staff and cannot handle individual questions from all higher education institutions statewide. If it is necessary to pose official questions to the Board, those should be directed through the Office of Research first.