Pre-Award and Proposal Development Services | Education

• Logging into MN-GEMS (links and instructions)
  

• Understanding Roles in the Preparation and Review Process

• MN-GEMS System Email Example Text 
  

• Approvals - Recommended Timeline

Testing and problem solving happening now – reach out to Jordan Webb to walk through a real life scenario to test process, system limitations, tool needs, etc.

MN-GEMS launches 4/29/2024! Open office hours with Jordan will be available the first two weeks as people acclimate.

• Office hours participation details

Please review the following MN-GEMS training demo videos. There are a series of short vignettes to get started, followed by a longer full length demo on funding proposal and budget creation.  

• Funding Proposal Creation (4 min)

• PI Certification of a Funding Proposal (3 min)

• How to Add Ancillary Reviewers and Who Should be Listed (4 min)

• How to Process an Ancillary Review (7 min)

• Creating Multiple Budgets (9 min)

• How to Reconcile an Award (9 min)

• Funding Proposal and Budget Creation (45 min)

Please visit the SPA training page for the following guides and workshop materials to help users navigate the new MN-GEMS system.

• MN-GEMS Overview Reference Guide
• MN-GEMS Glossary
• Business Process Workflow

The Pre-Award & Proposal Development Services Team has developed resources that outline and summarize the process of what to expect during the inception and grant support process. 

• Guidance overview 

• Recorded presentation

• Slides with speaker notes