To which sponsor are you planning to submit? Please provide the entity to which the proposal will be submitted directly. If Michigan Tech will be a sub-entity, please provide both the lead entity, and the originating sponsor.

Who is leading Michigan Tech's efforts. If not decided, that's okay! List your name for now.

Give the sponsor deadline, if known. Leave BLANK if there is no firm sponsor deadline. If there is no official sponsor deadline, fill in only the “Expected Submission Date” (next question).

If Michigan Tech is not the lead organization, what is the deadline to deliver our subrecipient material to the lead organization (if known)? Leave BLANK if Michigan Tech is the lead organization.

If the sponsor has no firm deadline, or if you plan to submit earlier than the sponsor deadline, please provide your ideal submission date here.

Please provide a link/URL to the funding opportunity that you plan to apply to. 

If no link is available, please enter a brief description of the opportunity, and, if there are other offline materials, such as a PDF that describes the opportunity, please provide that documentation to your analyst once they've been assigned by the Sponsored Programs team.

Is this proposal for a Research project or a Testing/Service agreement?

A Research proposal is an agreement to conduct a specific project aimed at generating new knowledge, scholarly findings, or advancing a field. It focuses on exploration and discovery, often involving an element of uncertainty or hypothesis testing. It has a formal, carefully defined research project with a statement of work, budget, and period of performance. MTU typically retains ownership of the IP developed by our researchers, though the sponsor often receives an option to negotiate a license for commercial use. Research projects aim to create general knowledge that advances the public good and academic scholarship. Typically, researchers retain the right to publish the results of the research.

A Service Agreement is for routine testing, standard data analysis, technical consulting, performing a pre-defined set of tasks, or generating a factual report and is typically through industry sponsors. The Sponsor will typically own the deliverable and any resulting IP --  the university is essentially acting as a vendor. Typically, researchers do not retain publishing rights. 

Please enter the number of graduate students the proposal budget will support with stipend and tuition.

If you are unsure, please enter your best estimate or, alternatively, a short description of your plans to fund graduate students with stipend and tuition on this proposal.

Please share any additional information that you think would be helpful

Who else will be working on this proposal as investigators, collaborators, and/or senior personnel.

If "Yes" please (1) enter the expected recipients in the "Additional Comments" section above, indicating the expected designation (sub-recipient, service provider/vendor, consultant, etc), and (2) begin reviewing the guidance on this webpage and complete the Checklist to Determine Subrecipient vs. Contractor/Vendor Classification. https://www.mtu.edu/research/sponsored-programs/subaward/

Please note: complete sub-recipient documentation for each sub-recipient (including all required approvals and authorized signatures of the partnering organization) will be due to Sponsored Programs two weeks prior to the sponsor's deadline.

Checking either or both of these boxes will loop-in staff from the Corporate and Foundations Relations and Corporate Research teams, as appropriate. 

Please note:  this should NOT be used to indicate the involvement of NSF.

If yes, please visit https://www.mtu.edu/research/research-development/identification-funding/limited-submission/ to view limited submission guidelines.

Are you planning on submitting this proposal through a Research Institute / Center?

Are you planning on incorporating one or more Michigan Tech Core and Shared Facilities in this proposal? 

Please check all that apply: