Key UND Person to talk to:

1. Amber Holien (amber.holien@und.edu) for reviewing the Budget and budget justification.
2. Karen Katrinak (karen.katrinak@und.edu) who manages the Novelution system ( https://erac.und.edu/) and pushes the button for you when you are submitting proposals for external calls.

Also you can find here useful information about submitting proposals at https://und.edu/research/grants-and-funding/online-proposal-submission.html

• 2024/09/23: What is the process of obtaining Aerospace College approve on internal proposals?

Answer: For budget and justification, send a draft budget and justification to Amber. A helpful budget tool can be found at https://und.edu/research/grants-and-funding/pre-award-forms.html. Amber will work with the PI to modify the budget. Once she approves the budget and justification, send the final version to her. For signatures from the Dean or Department Chair, use DocuSign at https://account.docusign.com/. Login with your UND account, draft the document and add the Dean and/or the Department Chair's names and emails. Once you finish the document. Click “Send.” You will be notified by email (dse_na3@docusign.net) once all the signatures have been completed and you will receive the final signed document as an attachment.

• 2024/09/23: Does the Aerospace College need a record of internal proposals submitted?

Answer: For the internal proposals that don’t go through Novelution, Amber keep digital files of the working papers on the budgets and justifications for JDO fiscal. RSPD is also maintaining a record of the submissions for the internal calls they put out.