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Proposal Development Services

Our offerings include:

Project Management

  • Develop a roles and responsibilities framework
  • Set timelines and facilitate meetings for scientific team, administrative team, and outreach/education team
  • Monitor progress and notify specific team members of any upcoming action items and deadlines. Coordinate team meetings, prepare an agenda, and write and disseminate meeting minutes.

Team Formation assistance

  • Evaluate team composition and suggest experts or practitioners to fill gaps
  • Connect to campus resources
  • Identify partners for education and outreach

Proposal Components

  • Provide a writer’s outline based on the FOA description, requirements, and sponsor evaluation criteria.
  • Guide the conceptual development and writing of proposal elements such as vision, administrative core, management plan, education/outreach, workforce development, data management plan.
  • Strategizes with PIs on conveying the overarching theme, strengths and weaknesses of proposal elements, overall integration of center components or partners, and incorporating feedback from reviewers.
  • Conceive and draft organizational charts and tables to enhance grantsmanship
  • Provide templates and drafts of non-technical supplement documents

Competitive Review

  • Assess full application for responsiveness to solicitation
  • Review across documents/sections for consistency and integration
  • Coordinate Red Team review

Site Visit Support

  • Coordinate presentation materials and practice sessions for Site Visit and Reverse Site Visit proposal reviews
  • Coordinate facilities, refreshments, handouts, AV equipment, agendas, and organize a “mock” site visit rehearsal.