Step 1

• Contact Grants Office with your funding needs and ideas (do this early!)
• Grants Office will help you identify funding source(s) and obtain forms and guidelines
• Inform the Grants Office if there is a "match" requirement
• Discuss plans with discipline colleagues and division chair

Step 2

• Draft proposal and budget. The Pre-award Grants Coordinator is available for assistance
• Contact the Institutional Review Board (IRB) if human or animal subjects are involved in project
• Have colleague(s) review proposal
• Submit early draft of proposal and budget to Grants Office for review
• Assemble/prepare all required attachments including vitas and statements of collaborators

Step 3

• Submit final draft of proposal and budget to Grants Office seven (7) working days prior to funding agency receipt date
• Grants Office will help you complete funding agency forms (if any)
• Grants Office will set up online submission account (if necessary)
• Grants Office will inform division chair and dean proposal is forthcoming

Step 4

• Grants Office will help you prepare the required U of M Proposal Routing Form (PRF)
• Obtain signatures from division chair and dean five (5) working days prior to the funding agency deadline (application and PRF)
• Review application checklist items

Step 5

• Submit fully signed and approved final proposal and PRF to the Grants Office for duplication and mailing or online submission two (2) working days prior to agency postmark deadline and three (3) working days prior to receipt deadline

Required Training
According to a Board of Regents policy, all principal investigators must complete Parts 1 and 2 of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) workshops in order to receive funds from any external agencies or internal programs, such as Grant-in-Aid and Summer Research Fellowships. The Part 1 workshop is broadcast to the Morris campus once a semester via ITV. Part 2 consists of three online modules to complete on your own at http://www.research.umn.edu/first/electroniccourses.htm . Make sure you fill out the "self-report" to get credit for the modules. If human subjects are involved in your research, you must also complete specialized training in this area. Continuing education is also required on an annual basis

Post Award
Once principal investigator receives funding decision, please notify the Grants Office and forward original documents (letter of award and contracts)