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Maximize Your Odds: Writing a Winning Proposal Guide

Learn how to write a compelling proposal with valuable insights on funding sources, interdisciplinary teams, and maximizing your chances of success. Benefit from expert advice and practical tips to enhance your research proposals.

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Maximize Your Odds: Writing a Winning Proposal Guide

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  1. With thanks to… JON HARBOR

  2. The most common first question – How do I write a great proposal? The approach Sally described has made a huge, huge difference, many, many times

  3. Additional Thoughts: Volunteer to review proposals / serve on panels. Why? Don’t you hate it when students turn in work that does not match the assignment and grading rubric?

  4. Additional Thoughts: Consider linking research to teaching / “broader impacts” and vice versa Even if it is not required, it can be a significant competitive advantage and is often helpful for T&P.

  5. But what do I propose and to which funding source? things you’d love to do things they want to fund things important for T&P

  6. It’s not rocket science (unless that’s your field ), Investigate a range of funding sources for this

  7. walk, jog, run 1991 Murray Center $5,000 1994 ARP $20,000 1996 SSHRC $86,000 1999 Sloan Foundation $399,000 2000 DoD $8.3m Over-achieve on the initial small grants to show funders you provide great return on investment!

  8. Maximize Your Odds • I submit multiple proposals per year • frequent, high quality shots on goal • shoot at several goals and always look for new goals that pop up • revise & resubmit, revise & resubmit • join / make teams for some proposals

  9. why interdisciplinary teams?(semantics - they are usually transdisciplinary) • How many grand challenges can be solved using only one discipline? The previous generation did all of the easy stuff within the discipline, the new frontier is … • Most funding agencies have increasingly focused $ on interdisciplinary teams • It’s fun and productive to bring new methods and perspectives to your work through collaborators • It opens up new funding sources and new areas for your interests and talent that would not be possible on your own But don’t I have to be sole PI for T&P?

  10. I don’t just say it, I do it … • my co-authors and co-PIs include: • Psychiatry • Health and Kinesiology • Sociology • Management • Epidemiology • Adolescent Development • Social Work • Nutrition in multiple institutions and countries. This morning I was working on……

  11. Walk, Jog, Run Maximize your odds #s, different opps, teams

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