Grants
Process Owner/Key Contacts
Pre-award Grant Proposal Coordinator (GPC), CJ Stone, stone094@umn.edu or 612-624-5763
For budget questions, contact Becky Wyatt (huntx043@umn.edu), Stephanie Pedersen (pedersen@umn.edu), or Ann Tran (tranx047@umn.edu).
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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 (Excel) below.Tell your accountant to prepare a budget, and tell the GPC you want to submit a proposal.
Submit the Proposal Intake Form (below in Forms/Links).Prepare your documents.
While you work with your accountant to complete the budget, our GPC can help you prepare the Sponsor's documents for your proposal and upload them to the Sponsor's website.When your budget is complete, start your UMN Proposal Routing Form (PRF).
All proposals must be submitted with a PRF. Our GPC can help you prepare the PRF.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/To submit your proposal, send an email to <proposal@umn.edu>.
If your proposal is not a subaward, the subject line must be: the PRF #, PI Last Name, and Sponsor, and nothing else. For example: 1023045 Jones NSF.
If your proposal is not a subaward, do not put anything in the body of the email. SPA will use the PRF to locate your proposal on the Sponsor's website. There are exceptions to this process; they are clear only if known. The GPC will alert you to these exceptions.
If your proposal is a subaward, the subject line must be: the PRF #, PI Last Name, the lead institution, and the prime funding source in parentheses, and nothing else. For instance: 1023045 Chandra University of Lilliput (NSF)
If your proposal is a subaward, you must attach to the email a copy of your Scope Of Work, your Budget, and your Budget Justification. If the lead institution requires any other documents, attach those, too.
If another UMN department is the lead department, you'll need to supply our "PRF routing chain" for the other department:
huntx043 Becky Wyatt Dept. Administrator
frisbie Dan Frisbie Dept. Head
csegms CSE Dean Research Associate DeanSPA wants to see final products only. Please do not submit until your proposal documents and your PRF are complete.
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