SP Guide: Starting (and Completing) a Proposal

Enrico Sassi
12 steps
51 seconds

Cayuse

Navigate to <https://nmu.app.cayuse.com/>

Click on "Products"

For an application, click "Sponsored Projects"

Click "Start New Proposal." (If you are returning to continue a proposal you started, you will find it in the list below - click on the blue link for the Proposal #.)

Unless your work is connected to a previous proposal, click "This proposal is not related to any existing proposals or awards (Create New Project)"

Enter a title for your project - this does not need to be the official title; it only serves to identify your grant in Cayuse. (It helps us if you include your name in the title - that way, we can identify it easily if you need support.) Then, click "Create New Project."

The top dashboard will populate as you enter data, so don't worry about it. Instead, go to the "Proposal Sections" menu (in the Proposal Form tab).

Start entering your proposal information and go through the different sections. Note that questions and sections will be added depending on the answers you provide.

Required questions have a red asterisk by them. When you have answered all required questions, all the red circles with numbers will have turned into green ones with check marks.

For **EXTERNAL GRANT APPLICATIONS**, Click "Route for Review" so that your proposal will be forwarded to the NMU offices that must approve the submission: Your department, your college, the Controller's Office, and the Office of Sponsored Programs.\ **NOTE**: When you click "Route for Review," your submission will first be reviewed by the Office of Sponsored Programs. ***Then, it will be returned to you for certification.*** You will receive an email from Cayuse Administration asking you to certify the application. Click the link in the email, which will bring you back to the "Route for Review" screen, but the a Click "Certify Proposal" button will have been added (see image on Step 12). Click it and follow the certification step.

For **INTERNAL AWARD SUBMISSIONS**, routing = submit. \ Immediately after clicking "Route for Review," a blue "Certify Proposal" button will appear. Click that button. If you subsequently receive an email from Cayuse Administration asking you to certify, disregard it since you already certified.