Grants in Chemistry

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How to submit a grant in Chemistry
 

1. Let the grants office know
1. You’ll need to give Karen Swyter the competition and agency name, proposal title, and the PI name(s).
2. Karen will confirm your due date and start the PRF (Proposal Routing Form) for you.
2. Create a budget
1. Use the template available at the accounting website OR
2. Have Patti Combs or Sue Young create a budget for you. Patti and Sue will create a budget that will work for you, for SPA (Sponsored Projects Administration), and coordinate with future reports.
3. Make sure you let Chem Accounting know if there are matching requirements!
3. Finalize the budget
1. Submit your budget to Patti in Chem Accounting. She will make corrections and adjust fringe, F&A, effort, and other rates as needed within the parameters of your budget.
2. Once approved, send the budget to Karen in the Grants Office.
4. Proposal Routing Form (PRF)
1. Karen will ask you questions needed to complete the PRF.
2. PRF Routing Chain
1. PI
2. Co-PIs (if any)
3. Co-PI’s department heads (if any co-PIs)
4. Co-PI’s deans (if any co-PIs)
5. Senior personnel (this is a departmental requirement)
6. Patti Combs (pmcombs)
7. Dept. Head Approval (okchem)
8. College approval (csegms)
5. PRF Approved
1. This means you have the approval of the budget (from Patti) and from the Department Chair.
6. Create Proposal
1. Karen can help with the non-science sections and all forms.
2. Have your colleagues review the science.
7. Submit
1. Grants Office can submit for you, and will work with SPA to ensure delivery.
2. If submitting through Fastlane, you will need to enable SPA (called “SRO” by FastLane) to view, edit, and submit your proposal. This is performed through the Fastlane Proposal --Preparation functions. Only the PI can grant SRO access.
3. If you submit on your own, you MUST notify SPA by sending an email to proposal@umn.edu as follows:
1. In the Subject Field insert the PRF #, last name of PI, and the agency name. (Example: 740001 Swyter NIH)
2. If submitting through grants.gov or other agencies, attach the full proposal to the e-mail. Be sure to include all parts of the proposal.
3. Always send a copy of the actual budget with the email to proposal@umn.edu.
8. SPA submits to the sponsor
1. Riana Fletcher is our SPA Grants Administrator (4-5856)
2. SPA will then conduct a standard administrative review, and will notify the PI and the department if changes are needed.

If changes are needed, PI must resubmit the corrected application to Grants Office and to SPA via another email to proposal@umn.edu