FAQs: Proposal Development Module

Even if you are submitting a proposal for a different sponsor, enter the appropriate NSF code for your project in this field. MIT uses these codes to report statistics in the annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey.

At this time, it is not possible to insert a symbol into a proposal title. The problem is twofold – first, different Java versions translate symbols differently and second, the system cannot accommodate symbols in the proposal title.

You may not have access to view all the proposals created by other users in your department unless they give you a role that allows you to view it. Alternatively, there is a role in Kuali Coeus that allows a user to see all proposals in progress in your unit. This role may be requested by the Primary Financial Authorizer in your unit. 

1. Click on Budget Versions.
2. To the far right of the budget, click the Actions dropdown arrow and click “Print”.
3. Click the checkbox of the desired Report, then click Print.

Information on searching/reporting of proposals for a specific time period may be found in the Institute Proposal Search Quick Reference Card.

Kuali Coeus requires Kerberos authentication. When accessing the website, you may either use your certificates via Touchstone, or enter your Kerberos username and password.

Please contact kc-help@mit.edu if you have problems logging in or have additional questions.

This information can be accessed through Medusa.

If you are in an Institutional Proposal record, you can click on the Medusa tab on the document. The Medusa link will also appear on in your search results screen. You can click on the Proposal Development line to open the Proposal Development details. To view the entire document, click the open link.

You can also see if it is linked to any other documents and/or Awards from the Medusa tab.

From the home dashboard, click the Search for Proposals link. This will open the search lookup screen. Enter search criteria and click Search.

Navigate to the Summary/Submit page, and click the View Route Log link to see the approval routing after you have submitted the proposal for approval. In the “Future Action Requests” section, click on “show” to see future proposal routing stops for this proposal.

Project summary should not be in proposal abstracts. It should be a narrative type of 'project summary'.