Click on "Cayuse SP (Sponsored Projects)" under the Research Administration Modules heading.

Click on "Start New Proposal" under the Proposal Dashboard menu.

Fill out the following fields as shown below.

• "Sponsor"
  • Click on the field to the right of "Sponsor"
  • Type "Miami"' into the "Keyword" field, then click the "Search" button.
  • Select "Miami University" from the pop-up list
• "Funding Opportunity/Sponsor application No:"
  • Leave blank
• "Sponsor Program Name:"
  • Enter "CFR Faculty Research Grant"
• "Proposal Guideline URL:"
  • Leave blank
• "Prime Funding Agency:"
  • Leave blank
• "Award Admin Dept:"
  • Click on the field to the right of "Award Admin Dept:" and select your department from the pop-up list
• "Primary Administrative Contact:"
  • Click on the field to the right of "Primary Administrative Contact:" and enter your last name in the pop-up field, click search, then select your name from the pop-up list
    
    • For applications from a team of faculty, select only yourself in this list. Other collaborating faculty will be added on a later page (Investigators/Research Team tab).
• "Short Project Name:"
  • In the field to the right enter "CFR FRG 2021-22 XX", where "XX" is replaced with your last name
• "Project Start Date:"
  • select May 16, 2022 
• "Project End Date:"
  • select May 14, 2023 
• "Activity Code:"
  • Click on the link to the right of "Activity Code:" and select the appropriate activity from the pop-up list that describes your proposed research
• "Proposal Type"
  • select "New"
• "Instrument Type:"
  • select "Grant - Internal"
• "How will this proposal be submitted?"
  • select "Sponsor website"
• "How will this proposal be submitted?"
  • select "Sponsor website"
• "Affiliated Unit(s) (if applicable):"
  • Click on the link to the right of"Affiliated Unit(s) (if applicable):" and select other affiliated units from the pop-up list as applicable
• "SPONSOR DEADLINE:"
  • select February 4, 2022, enter 5pm Eastern 
  • select "Receipt" radio button
• "Title of Project:"
  • enter project title here
• Do not select either the "Create a Paired Proposal" or "Pair with a 424 Proposal" radio buttons
• Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page

This completes the "General Information" tab. Please proceed to the "Investigators/Research Team" tab.

"Personnel" added on this tab should only include Miami University Faculty members.

• "Last Name:"
  
  • Click on the field to the right of "Last Name:" and enter your last name in the pop-up field, click search, then select your name from the pop-up list
    
    • For applications from a team of faculty, select only yourself in this list. Other collaborating faculty will be added by repeating the steps on this tab.
  • Selecting your name will auto-populate the "Last Name:" , "First Name:", "Phone:", "Email:", and "Unit:"  fields.
• "Person Months:"
  • Enter the number of person months that you will devote to the proposed research
    • Clicking on the "Person Months" URL will initiate download of a file for calculating person months and percent sponsored effort.
• "Sponsored Effort %:"
  • Enter this value as a percentage represented by the number of Person Months divided by 12
    • For example, for 2 person months of effort, 2/12=0.167 and this would be entered in the "Sponsored Effort %:" field as 16.7
• "Cost Shared Effort %:"
  • Leave this field blank
• "Allocation of Credit %:"
  • If you are submitting a single investigator award, enter 100
  • If you are submitting a multiple investigator award, enter a value less than 100 that reflects the percent allocation of credit associate with this investigator.
    • Note that the sum of "Allocation of Credit %:" for all of the investigators must total 100.
• Click the "Save Personnel" button
• Proposals for a multiple investigator award should repeat the steps above to provide the required information in the "Last Name:", "Person Months:", "Sponsored Effort %:", and "Allocation of Credit %:" fields for each of the personnel.
  • The "Cost Shared Effort %:" field should be left blank for all personnel.

This completes the "Investigators/Research Team Tab" tab. Please proceed to the "Conflict of Interest" tab.

• Question 1 "Is this project to be funded by a federal agency?"
  • Select "No"
• Answer questions 2 and 3
  • Questions regarding Financial Conflict of Interest should be directed to Neal Sullivan, Director of Research Ethics and Integrity, sullivnh@MiamiOH.edu 
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Conflict of Interest" tab. Please proceed to the "Regulatory Compliance" tab.

• Answer the "Human Subjects" and "Animal Subjects" questions
  • If yes, IRB or IACUC approval information must be provided as appropriate and as indicated by popup sections. 
• Check boxes under "Research Materials" as applicable.
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Regulatory Compliance" tab. Please proceed to the "Export Control" tab.

• Questions 1, 2, and 3 can typically be answered "no" for the CFR faculty research grants.
  • Questions regarding whether a research project may be subject to export control restrictions should be directed to Neal Sullivan, Director of Research Ethics and Integrity, sullivnh@MiamiOH.edu
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Export Control" tab. Please proceed to the "Intellectual Property" tab.

• Answer questions 1 - 6, providing additional information as requested by popup sections.
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Intellectual Property" tab. Please proceed to the "Community Benefits" tab.

• Answer questions 1-5 using your best judgement in evaluating your proposed research. For each question, select all that apply among "In State", "Outside State, but with US", or "Internationally."
• Answer question 6 using your best judgement to select the closest matching primary activity from the dropdown list, or choose "Other or None."
• If additional activity areas apply, answer question 7 select all that apply from the checklist.
  • Question 7 is optional and may be left unanswered if no additional activity areas apply.
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Community Benefits" tab. Please proceed to the "Location of Sponsored Activities" tab.

• The location(s) where your research will occur should be indicated within the categories of "On-Campus", "In-State County", "Out-of-State", or "Out-of-Country" and you must assign a percentage to each location you list.
  • Note that the sum of percentages in all locations must equal 100%.

This completes the "Location of Sponsored Activities" tab. Please proceed to the "Proposal Abstract" tab.

• Answer question 1 to indicate whether the abstract is free of confidential information.
• Answer question 2 by entering a short abstract, typically 200 words or fewer.
• Answer question 3 by selecting the discipline from the dropdown list that most closely matches the proposed research.
• Click the "Save" button

This completes the "Proposal Abstract" tab. Please proceed to the "Budget" tab.

Overview Section

• Select "Detailed" from the "Budget Form:" dropdown list.
• Select "1" from the "# of Budget Periods" dropdown list.
• Enter the "Project Start Date:" as May 16, 2022 
• Enter the "Project End Date:" as May 14, 2023

Cost Sharing Section

• Select "No"

F&A Rates Section

• The F&A rates for the CFR Faculty Research Grants program are 0.000%
  • If other values are listed, click on the percentage and in the pop-up window select "F&A Not Allowed"
  • The "Use calculated values" check box must be checked.

Budget Categories Section

• Requested budget amounts in each of the allowed Categories of Support should be entered on the appropriate line within the Budget Categories section.
• Budget items should be entered consistent with the budget policies outlined in the CFR program guidelines "Categories of Support".

Additional Resources Section

• If additional resources are needed these resources should be negotiated with the appropriate chair and dean.
  • It is anticipated that, with exception of extraordinary circumstances, CFR Faculty Research Grant program applicants will select "No" for this question.

This completes the "Budget" tab. Please proceed to the "Subcontractors" tab.

CFR program guidelines do not allow for subcontractors. Click the "No Subcontractors" button.

This completes the "Subcontractors" tab. Please proceed to the "Proposal Attachments" tab.

• Select "Proposal, Final Submitted" from the "Document Type" dropdown menu.
• Click the "Choose File" button to browse and select your proposal file. Submitted proposals must be a single file, prepared as described above in the "Structure of Proposals" section of this page, and must be in PDF format.
  • Click "Add" to upload the file.

This completes the "Proposal Attachments" tab. Please proceed to the "Approving Units" tab.

• Approving units are departments and colleges. College approvers are automatically added upon adding department approvers.
  
  • The primary approving units for the faculty member submitting the proposal are automatically populated.
• If additional approving units should be added, select the appropriate department from the popup list enabled by clicking in the field to the right of "Unit:" and then click the "Add Unit" button.
  • Repeat this step until all necessary approving units have been added.
• Click the "Authorize Unit Listing"

This completes the "Approving Units" tab. Please proceed to the "Submission Notes" tab.

• For proposals requesting course buy outs, a submission note must be included stating "This CFR proposal is requesting course buy out for XX courses."
  • In the statement, "XX" should be replaced with the number of course buy outs requested.
• For proposals not requesting course buy outs this field can be left blank.

This completes the "Submission Notes" tab. Please see the instructions below to submit (authorize) the proposal.

• After completing all of the tabs described above, submit the proposal by clicking the "Submit for Routing" button.
  • Completed tabs will feature a green check mark next to the link for that tab in the list.
• Read through the list of four items that will occur upon submission.
• If ready to submit, click "Yes" 

This completes submission of the proposal for routing. Please note that proposals must be certified by the department and college prior to the due date.