Departmental Procedures (pdf)

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences - Grants Management
http://intranet.cfans.umn.edu/Grants.html

University of Minnesota Office of Sponsored Projects Administration
http://www.ospa.umn.edu

Electronic Grants Management System
http://www.egms.umn.edu

University of Minnesota Fostering Integrity in Research, Scholarship, and Teaching
http://www.research.umn.edu/first/

Institutional Review Board - Human Subjects Review
http://www.irb.umn.edu

Sponsor - Required Documents - basic information on the University commonly required on application forms
http://www.ospa.umn.edu/sponsorrequireddocuments/index.html

BUDGETING

Graduate Student Salary and Fringe Rates (pdf)

Sample of PeopleSoft friendly budget (pdf)

Fringe Benefit Rates
http://www.ospa.umn.edu/forms/documents/FY09FringeRateCommunication.doc

Indirect Costs / F&A Rates
http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/rates/f_and_a_rates.cfm

University of Minnesota Travel Services - Provides links to information on International and Domestic Per Diem rates as well as Mileage Reimbursement Rates.
http://travel.umn.edu

OTHER

GRANT FUNDING RESOURCES WORKSHOPS  - The University of Minnesota Libraries, in cooperation with the Office of the Vice President for Research, is now offering one hour workshops for faculty, staff and students called "Grant  Funding: Search Tools and Resources".  Learn how to use SPIN, Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Setting up e-mail updates on specific subjects will also be covered, as well as how to find internal U of M funding sources.  Click here to view workshop dates and register:  http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/index.phtml#eventidXX18

"Debunking Some Myths About Grant Writing," by Kenneth T. Henson. The Chronicle, June 26, 2003
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/06/2003062601c.htm

Beachtech - a company that creates and administers email and web survey forms
http://www.beachtech.com/