Resources
Ordering Supplies & Filing Expense Reports

Ordering

Once you are ready to order supplies, there are two ways to do so: iBuyNu (view NU's list of preferred vendors) or Non-iBuyNU (if you are ordering from a company other than a preferred vendor).

How to Order From iBuyNU

  • Log into the iBuyNU through IBUYNU Marketplace.
  • Type your User Name (NetID) and Password (StudentID).
  • Problems logging in? Call Customer Service at 1-4357, Option 2.
  • Create a shopping cart to purchase the items you are interested in.
  • When you are finished, send the cart to MCS7535, and type your chartstring into the message box.

How to Order Outside of iBuyNU

  • You must fill out the Purchase Requisition Form, which you can get by email request from Sujin Kim.
  • Fill out the form completely with the vendor name, chartstring to be charged, the catalog number, the description, and the price.
  • Email the excel file of the requisition form to Sujin Kim.
  • Print out a copy of the form and have the grant PI or your adviser sign it before turning the hard copy in to Sujin in Tech B224.
  • Once your order has been processed, you will receive an e-mail notification that your package has arrived in the ME office. You must leave the packing slip with Sujin. Put the packing slip in Sujin Kim’s mailbox so she can use the invoice to pay the vendor.

Expense Reports

The expense report must be filed online through the NU Financial System (NUPortal), and the expense report form and original receipts must be submitted to the ME office.

The original receipts must be taped on all four sides to a sheet of 8.5” x 11” white paper.

How to File Your Expense Report

  • Log into the NUPortal
    • Problems logging in? Call Customer Service at 1-4357, Option 2
  • Click on the Researcher tab
  • Click on Proposal/Awards
  • Log in to NU Financials (on the left side)

Once You Are in the NU Financials System

  • Click Employee Self-Service
  • Click Travel and Expense Center
  • Click Expense Report then click Create to create a new expense report

Expense Report Entry

Expense Report Training Guides

Create Expense Report Screen

General Information

When you are on the “Creat Expense Report” screen, you must fill out the following information:

  • Description: Please fill out the details of your travel or reimbursement. If you have additional information to include, you can use the comment box for more space.
  • Business Purpose: Choose one from the drop-down menu that matches the purpose of your report.
  • Accounting Default: Click the link below “Default Location” to get to this screen. You must designate the chartstring to be charged by including the fund, department, PC Bus. Unit (type NWUNV), project, and activity codes.

Details Tabs

  • Overview: Include the expense type, expense date, and amount.
  • Detail: Fill out a description of the receipt.
  • Air/Hotel: Type in the ticket number of the flight, and show how many nights you spent in the hotel (only include room charges in the hotel tab, charges such as breakfast or long-distance must be listed separately).
  • Mileage: Fill this out if you are claiming mileage on a personal vehicle.
  • Currency: Fill in the exchange rates using Oanda or submit a credit card statement to prove the amount charged in U.S. Dollars.

You can click the “Save for Later” button at any time. Do not click "Submit." Once you are done, click “Save for Later” and “Check Budget.” Print out the form by clicking “Printable View” (located at the bottom right) and sign the form.

The form and original receipts must be filed in the ME office with Sujin Kim.

Only after you receive a follow-up email from Sujin, click the “Submit” button.