About the Grants Office

Vision

The vision of the Grants Office is to create opportunities to achieve academic goals of the faculty, staff and programs by prospecting for grant sources and supporting the work of grant proposal submission. The Grants Office seeks to develop funding sources to support the nation’s preeminent developmental educational mission.

Services Provided

• Grant prospect research
• Proofreading; copyediting
• Budget development and calculations
• EGMS signature management
• Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) liaison activities
• University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF) liaison activities
• Writing assistance
• NSF-FASTLANE submissions
• Grant project management
• Customized prospect development
• Collaborative work with other institutions
• Regularly posted grant opportunities
• Brainstorming; fundable idea development

Deadlines

Grants at the University of Minnesota are due to the Sponsored Projects Administration a minimum of 48 hours before the funding agency deadline and to the University of Minnesota Foundation offices a minimum 5 business days prior to the deadline. Grants must be processed at General College prior to that time. Please plan for all grants to be completed and to the General College grants office a minimum of 72 hours prior to the deadline.