All proposals submitted for external funding must include a SMHS Proposal Routing Form with signatures indicating approval by the Principal Investigator, Research Administration, the Department Chairperson, SMHS Associate Dean for Research, SMHS Dean, the UND Research Development & Compliance Office, and any relevant compliance committees.  Some internal seed grant proposal programs at the University also require the use of the SMHS Proposal Routing Form, so please check with that seed grant committee for clarification.

Below find a link to the PDF version of the UNDSMHS Proposal Routing Form used by employees at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. This form is to be completed electronically, printed out, and attached to the grant proposal at the time of routing.

• UNDSMHS Proposal Routing Form - Updated August 2009

Here are some tips for properly completing the SMHS Proposal Routing Form:

• Tips for Competing the SMHS Propsoal Routing Form

Note:

• If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will only be able to view and complete fillable fields within the proposal routing form. If you would like to save changes to the proposal routing form, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Routing a proposal for signatures does require the review and signature of four or more individuals, so please allow at least 5 days to obtain all the required signatures.
• If more than one department within the SMHS is involved with the proposal, the Department Chairperson for each department involved must sign the SMHS Proposal Routing Form.
• If another UND department outside of the SMHS is involved with the proposal, a second routing form, the UND Proposal Transmittal Form, is necessary for that department. The UND Proposal Transmittal Form can be found on the UND Research Development & Compliance website at http://www.und.edu/dept/rdc/InternalForms.htm.
• Keep in mind that proposals involving multiple departments require the development of an F&A Cost Return Distribution Memo regarding how the return of indirect costs will be split between the departments. An example of this memo can be found on the Budget section of this website. 
• All proposals requesting matching funds from the UND Division of Research must include a "Matching Funds Request Form" which can be found at: http://www.und.edu/dept/research/docs/MatchingFundsRequestForm.pdf