Process Owner/Key Contacts
Please contact your assigned CEMS accountant (updated January 2025), either Becky Wyatt, Ann Tran, Karen Jung, or Krista Mulcahy, with your grant accounting questions.
For general questions, please contact CEMS chief of staff, Shawn Hubert (shubert@umn.edu).
About
Submitting a grant proposal involves a series of steps. Within CEMS, please complete the following steps:
Get an estimate of the annual cost of your planned sponsored budget.
Complete the CEMS 1-Year Sponsored Budget Estimator (Download as Excel or "make a copy" of Google Sheet).
Tell your accountant to prepare a budget.
Prepare your documents in MN-GEMS.
Your proposal must be submitted three (3) business days before the Sponsor's due date.
UMN's Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) must review your documents before submission. They make sure you have complied with the Sponsor's requirements, and they prevent liability issues for UMN; they will ask for changes to meet both standards.
SPA Proposal Deadline Calculator: https://apps.research.umn.edu/A/Deadline/
Forms/Links
CEMS 1-Year Sponsored Budget Estimator (Download as Excel or "make a copy" of Google Sheet)
CEMS Graduate Assistant Salary Matrix
SPA Proposal Deadline Calculator
Example Budget Justification (Download as Word File or "make a copy" of Google Doc)
Policies