Proposals Turned Down by Sponsor

When a sponsor or a U-M research project team notifies ORSP that a proposal has not been funded, ORSP logs the “Turn Down Proposal” activity in the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system. If a U-M research project team requests the Proposal Approval Form (PAF) or Pre-Proposal (PRE) be turned down but has not provided sponsor documentation,ORSP will follow up through eRPM to ask the project team to either provide documentation from the sponsor or convey the reason for the turndown as one of the following:

• the proposal was non-compliant with the sponsor guidelines (identify which guidelines);
• the proposal was reviewed, but not selected for funding; 
• the sponsor did not provide a reason.