Foundations Proposal Internal Notification Form
If you are thinking about submitting a proposal to a Foundation, please complete this form.

The Foundation Relations (FR) office, in conjunction with Research and Sponsored Programs, is establishing this process to assist MTU staff and faculty in obtaining funding from foundations. Notifying us early that you would like to apply for funding allows us the opportunity to assist you by:

• serving as a clearinghouse for the University to ensure that foundations are not being solicited by several departments at once
• determining that foundations are being asked for an appropriate amount, given their capacity, history and affinity
• suggesting alternative or complementary funding sources
• providing proposal submission assistance, if requested

After this form has been reviewed you will be contacted by a staff member who will assist you with the submission process. The following staff and their general areas of support are listed below:

• Lynn Artman - Support for Faculty Initiated Proposals and Research Proposals - generally up to $200,000
  • Budget Review
  • Proposal Submission
  • Proposal Writing
• Suzan Caron - Administrative for Restricted Programs. Generally those that require a cost share or have terms and conditions attached.
  • Budget Review
  • Proposal Submission

In addition to this delineation for on-campus proposal generation, FR staff have each been assigned certain foundations for proposal submission. This is to allow for one staff person to serve as a single point of contact between MTU and each foundation. Therefore, once your proposal is ready for submission, the Foundation Relations staff member that you have worked with may collaborate with other Foundation Relations staff for its submission.

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http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/forms/foundations_proposal_internal_notification.htm
Address questions about this page to Joanne Polzien at jpolzien@mtu.edu.