{"id":916,"date":"2026-10-01T12:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=916"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:28:34","slug":"grants-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/faculty\/faculty-resources\/775-2\/grants-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>On This Page:<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#nav\">Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#manual\">Add a Grant Manually<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"records\">Edit existing grant records<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"nav\">1. Navigation<\/h2>\n<h3>Grants Page<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/faculty\/files\/2026\/10\/Picture1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"212\" class=\"size-full wp-image-917 alignleft\" \/>The My CV Grants Module is used to collect and aggregate your proposal and grant related activities. Navigate to your grants summary page by clicking on the <strong>Grants tile<\/strong> on your home page.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><b>Grants page <\/b><\/strong>allows you to view or add to your grants information in My CV. Your grants list has been pre-populated \u2013 as accurately as possible \u2013 with proposals and grants you\u2019ve applied for and\/or been awarded from the Office of Sponsored Programs or grants you have been awarded through BMC. The import of your grants includes proposals and awards that you have submitted through Boston University, and awards you have received through Boston Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>If any pre-populated information is incorrect, please contact your <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/faculty\/faculty-resources\/775-2\/mycv\/mycv-liaisons\/\">My CV Liaison<\/a><\/span>, as these issues need to be addressed in the source system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_Grants_3-3MyGrants_Full.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_Grants_3-3MyGrants_Full.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2608\" height=\"1260\" class=\"wp-image-52275 size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Detailed Record View<\/h4>\n<p>To get to the detailed grant record view for an individual item, click the item\u2019s title. The detailed view shows you all of the data available for your record. From here you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Link the grant to publications, teaching activities, other grants, or professional activities in My CV.<\/li>\n<li>View the history of your record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/faculty\/files\/2026\/10\/Picture3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"379\" class=\"wp-image-918 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"manual\">2. Add a grant manually<\/h2>\n<p>The proposals and grants you\u2019ve held at Boston University have been pre-populated into My CV for you. The import of your grants is limited to the data that has been captured in BU grants system from July 2011 to the present and data that has been captured by BMC from July 2011 to the present. Data fed from the BU grants system includes proposal and award data. Data fed from BMC includes only award data.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, there may be grants, proposals or other sources of funding that are not pre-populated into My CV. You should add manual records if you wish for these to be reflected in My CV.<\/p>\n<p>You can manually add a grant from either your <strong>Home Screen<\/strong> or by using the <strong>Menu Tab Navigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>From Your Home Screen<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Click the <strong>+ ADD NEW<\/strong> button within the grants summary box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCv_4ManuallyAdd-Home_full.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCv_4ManuallyAdd-Home_full.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"251\" class=\"wp-image-52290 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Using the Menu Tab Navigation<\/h4>\n<p>2. Alternatively, can navigate to your Grants page by clicking <strong><b>Menu &gt; Profile and Work &gt; Grants<\/b><\/strong>, and clicking <strong>Add New Grant button<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_4_AddNewGrant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV-add-1-e1635533347611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-52289\" title=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_4_AddNewGrant.png\" \/><\/a>) in the top, right-hand corner of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>3. Both the <strong>Home Screen<\/strong> and <strong>Menu Tab Navigations<\/strong> will generate an <strong>Add a new grant<\/strong> pop up screen to select which type of grant you would like to add.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MYCv_4_ManuallyAdd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MYCv_4_ManuallyAdd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"159\" class=\"wp-image-52296 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. You will be taken to the data entry form. Complete the form and click save.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"records\">3. Edit existing grant records<\/h2>\n<p>You can only edit data in grant or proposal records if you manually added the record.<\/p>\n<h3>Editing manually added records<\/h3>\n<p>1. Open the detailed view of the grant record you wish to change, by clicking on the bolded title.<br \/>\n2. Click the <strong>Edit Record button<\/strong>.<br \/>\n3. Save changes once you are finished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_5-1_EditRecord_full.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2021\/10\/MyCV_5-1_EditRecord_full.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"355\" class=\"wp-image-52301 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Missing or inaccurate grants or proposals?<\/h3>\n<p>The grants you have applied for and\/or been awarded while at Boston University are imported into My CV from the BU grants system.<\/p>\n<p>Your grants list has been pre-populated \u2013 as accurately as possible \u2013 with grants you\u2019ve applied for and\/or been awarded from the BU grants system. The import of your grants includes proposal and award data from July 2011 to the present. Only proposals with the following statuses have been included in this data feed: <strong>Pending, Pending Revised, Withdrawn, Not Funded, and Funded Proposals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grants you have been awarded through Boston Medical Center are imported into My CV from Boston Medical Center\u2019s database. Your grants through BMC have been pre-populated \u2013 as accurately as possible. Proposals you have submitted through Boston Medical Center are NOT included in this data feed.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a grant or proposal missing from your My CV Profile, or if the information associated with any of your grants or proposals is appearing incorrectly, please contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/faculty\/faculty-resources\/775-2\/mycv\/mycv-liaisons\/\">My CV Liaison<\/a>,\u00a0 as these issues need to be addressed in the BU or BMC Pre-award system. Once the issue is fixed in the source system, your grant information will appear correctly in your My CV Profile the following business day if it is a BU grant, and within one month if it is a BMC grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On This Page: Navigation Add a Grant Manually Edit existing grant records 1. Navigation Grants Page The My CV Grants Module is used to collect and aggregate your proposal and grant related activities. Navigate to your grants summary page by clicking on the Grants tile on your home page. 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