Proposal Support
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
Research Development provides resources and support for developing competitive research proposals, partnering with faculty at any stage of the process.
Planning
Support for preparing and positioning proposals before writing begins.
- Grant fundamentals webcourse and mentoring programs
- Helping align with sponsor priorities
- Finding potential collaborators
- Resources: Toolkits, templates, and sample funded proposals
Preparation
Support for strengthening proposals during drafting and preparation.
- Improving structure, logic, and narrative clarity
- Institutional information and boilerplates
- Graphics and non-technical documents
- Personnel documents/systems (e.g., SciENcv)
Review
Support for refining proposals through specialized feedback.
- Developmental feedback (early-stage and mid-stage proposals)
- Internal and external peer review (mid-stage proposals)
- Copyediting review (late-stage proposals)
Large, Complex Proposal Support (EARLIER)
The EARLIER program provides enhanced support from planning through submission on large, complex proposals.
- Project management, timeline coordination, and proposal tracking
- Kickoff and collaboration support across all investigators and units
- Competitive Intelligence, proposal support, and specialized review
- Integration of proposal elements into a cohesive, competitive submission