Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

Sponsered Research or External Support for Research

Occasionally, Graduate Students submit proposals to external sponsors for dissertation support. The University has proposal preparation software called EGMS which is available from the U's website. This software must be used to prepare and submit proposals to external agencies and can be found at http://nirvana.ortta.umn.edu . If you circumvent this procedure, the University reserves the right to refuse the award.

You need to print-out the "Application for External Research, Training or Public Service Support" request in its entirety, acquire the necessary signatures, and route it to the CLA Dean's Office. The Dean's Office will review the proposal, sign it and forward it to SPA (Sponsored Projects Administration). It is your responsibility to make sure that your proposal is received by the Dean's Office in sufficient time (a minimum of twenty-four [24] hours) to acquire the necessary signatures.

The Principal Investigator named in the proposal should be your faculty mentor. It is the policy of SPA not to make awards directly to graduate students. If your proposal is funded, your faculty mentor will receive a NOGA (Notice of Grant Award) from SPA which will provide him/her with an account number and other pertinent information relating to the administration of your award. If you have any questions relating to preparing proposal budgets, please contact the accountant. She/he has experience dealing with sponsored accounts and can help you prepare your budget so that you limit unanticipated expenses. For additional information relating to the submission of proposals and administration of sponsored funds, contact SPA at 624-5599.

If you are paid by faculty to work on his/her sponsored project, you are required to certify your effort on a quarterly basis. The effort statement needs to be signed, dated and returned to the accountant.