Grant Proposals 101

NC State UniversityProposal Development

Unit

March 19, 2010Jaine Place

Director, Research Proposal Developmentjaine_place@ncsu.edu

PDU Mission

Increase NC State’s research funding base through support for faculty producing proposals for graduate fellowships and multidisciplinary research.

What We Do

Support faculty by providing training, liaison, advocacy, funding information, and proposal development services designed to enhance funding competitiveness.

Proposal Services Criteria

• Multidisciplinary or multi-institutional• Proposal request must exceed $1M• First come, first served (generally)• Center-type proposals given priority.

Research Development

• Identify NC State strengths and seek to fortify them.• Leverage strengths across the campus to position NC State for large-scale funding for

centers, institutes, and multidisciplinary programs.• Identify large federal and industry funding opportunities

that play to NC State strengths.• Assist in facilitation of planning and development of

proposal concepts.

Proposal Development Services

• Team facilitation and project scheduling• Proposal writing, editing, and formatting• Planning workshops and industry partners• Collection and formatting of CVs and C&P• Institutional data acquisition• Budget preparation• Electronic submission• Agency site visit coordination

Proposal Consulting Services • Proposal strategy and non-technical components

– Education Plan– Diversity Plan– Economic Development Plan – K-12 Outreach Plan– Management Plan – Assessment Plan– Industry and Technology Transfer Plan– International Component, – Project team facilitation and scheduling

• Faculty and resource networking

Success RatesPDU-Assisted vs. Campus-Wide

Proposals > $1M

Requesting PDU Serviceswww.ncsu.edu/research/pdu