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Abstracts & Attachments

An Abstract is required with every myProposals submission. This field is intended to provide a general synopsis of the proposal from which research keywords can be collected to improve data collection and reporting that will in turn promote inter-disciplinary research.

 

Abstracts

  1. Click the Add Abstract button
  2. Select an Abstract Type
  3. Enter Abstract Details (required field).
    Note: Your abstract may be copied and pasted from another document. If your proposal does not have a specific document named ‘abstract’, please enter a proposal summary or some other statement that provides a general overview of the project
  4. Click the Add button
  5. Click the Save button

 

Attachments

  1. Click the Upload & Add button
  2. Locate and click on the attachment(s)
    Note: Multiple attachments can be selected and added at once, using Shift or Ctrl keys
  3. Click the Open button
  4. Select the Type
  5. Enter a Description (optional – If ‘other’ is selected, please enter an attachment description)
  6. Click the view/edit rights button to modify access to the document for each person added to this proposal (optional)
    Note: By default, all persons added to the proposal have Modify access to attachments
  7. Repeat these steps to add additional Attachments (optional)
  8. Click the Save and Continue button to advance to the next screen

 

Job Aid for Compliance, Attachments and Abstracts: myProposals Aggregators - Completing the Compliance and Abstract/Attachments Tab