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.