Proposals

SPA facilitates the submission, acceptance, and management of sponsored projects and related research agreements for UMN investigators and their staff.

We are responsible for:

• Reviewing proposals for completeness and compliance with agency and university requirements (nontechnical)
• Approving and endorsing proposals on behalf of the University
• Submitting proposals to agencies
• Managing electronic systems for proposal preparation, institutional approval, and submission to agencies

Roles & Responsibilities

Do you know who is responsible for ensuring:

• the proposal package is complete?
• the PRF is routed and signed?
• the proposal is submitted to us?
• the proposal is submitted to the sponsor?

The Responsibilities Matrix and Roles & Definitions describe all activities in the lifecycle of a sponsored project and generally who is responsible for the activity.

For a more detailed outline of the responsibilities of principal investigators (PIs)/departmental administrators and SPA when submitting a proposal for electronic submission, read this PI Quick Guide. 
 

Reminder for Submitting Proposals to proposal@umn.edu

When submitting a proposal to proposal@umn.edu, the subject line or email title must contain:

• Seven-digit PRF #
• P.I. 's last name
• Sponsoring agency.

For example:

• 1070256 Dunbar MN Dept of Transportation
• 1062251 Fulton NIH
• 1074482 Heaney UCLA

Do not include the department, proposal title, co-PIs, prime sponsor, or any other extraneous words or punctuation in the title. This helps reduce the time it takes to process your proposal.