Investigator Support

As soon as you decide to apply for a grant, contact your departmental administrator and provide her with a copy of the Request for Proposals.

• Deb Benda, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, 625-3734, benda009@umn.edu
• Barbara Creswell, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, 624-7283, cresw001@umn.edu
• Nancy Rush, Veterinary Population Medicine, 624-5344, rushx001@umn.edu

The University's Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) requires that the complete grant application be in their office 5 days before the application deadline.  The College of Veterinary Medicine therefore requires that you submit your completed application 10 days before the sponsor's deadline.

Managing Sponsored Projects at the University of Minnesota

Electronic Applications and Forms

SPA's resources for electronic grant applications, including Grants.gov

Sample institutional information to use in the standard research application (SF 424 R&R form)

The federal government's SF 424 R&R application and instructions

USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) forms

Grants.gov customer support

How to register as a PI in NIH's eRA Commons

Electronic Grants Management System: EGMS

Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)

SPA's realignment of July 2008

Standard Institutional Information often requested by sponsors

Sponsor-required Documents

Information from SPA on Electronic Grant Applications Resources

The Council of Research Associate Deans' policy on Sharing Indirect Cost Recovery among Collaborating Units

Forms and Rates (SPA)

Federally negotiated F & A rates

Budgeting

NIAID Paylines and Budgets

Sources of information for text in your proposal

• Levels and Trends in Sponsored Programs
• CVM Annual Report for 2004-2005
• U of M Institutional Facts and Figures
• U of M Annual Reports

Training grants

Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR)
All faculty researchers must complete the required annual training in Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR).

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).  If your research uses animals, you are required to submit an IACUC application.  If you will interview or survey people, you must complete a separate application (IRB).

Research compliance

• Conflict of Interest
• Research Subjects Approval (IACUC/IRB)
• University of Minnesota Guide to Research Compliance

University of Minnesota's Openness in Research policy (the policy formerly known as the Research Secrecy Policy)

Animal Subjects Research Compliance

University rules on the use of hazardous biological materials and select agents

Laboratory resources

• CVM facilities and equipment
• The Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, a part of the Cancer Center offering histology, immunohistochemistry, and pathology services on a fee-for-service basis
• University of Minnesota Centers and Services
• University of Minnesota's Department of Environment Health and Safety

Patents and Marketing

• University of Minnesota's Office for Technology Commercialization

Funding Opportunities that Require Institutional Nomination

Some sponsors place a limit on the number of applications they accept from a single institution.  This page lists those funding opportunities and provides mechanisms for researchers to register their interest with the U of M Sponsored Projects office and be considered for nomination for a particular grant opportunity.

If you wish to suggest items for this page, please contact Karin Matchett.