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Collaborative Proposals

Collaborative Proposals. NCURA Region III Meeting Wild Dunes Resort Charleston, SC May 11, 2008. Research Development Purpose.

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Collaborative Proposals

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  1. Collaborative Proposals NCURA Region III Meeting Wild Dunes Resort Charleston, SC May 11, 2008

  2. Research Development Purpose Research Development is the Newest Initiative in the Office of Research and Health Sciences. It was Created to Accelerate the Development of Collaborative Teams of USC Faculty, and to Assist Them in Developing Multimillion Dollar Competitive Proposals.

  3. What is a Collaborative Proposal

  4. Funding Environment Culture Change

  5. Cultivate a Funding Strategy • Assess Areas of Interest and Existing Expertise • Coordinate Preliminary Meeting • Locate Funding Opportunities • Establish Principal Investigator (PI) • Identify Internal and External Collaborators

  6. Proposal Development Process • Review Guidelines • Create Checklist • Assemble Working Groups • Develop a Timeline • Assign Individual Tasks

  7. Sample Proposal Time Line

  8. Biosketches Proposal Components Cover Page Key Personnel Table of Contents Facilities and Resources Budget Budget Justification Narrative/ Research Plan Letters Appendices

  9. Cover Page NSF COVER SHEET NIH FACE PAGE

  10. Key Personnel

  11. Table of Contents • Include a Table of Contents Listing the Different Sections the Proposal • Provides Reviewers a Ready Reference to the Parts of Your Proposal • Number the Pages of Your Proposal

  12. Facilities and Resources • Provide Draft to PI • Maintain Searchable Database of Research Resources, Equipment and Facilities

  13. Biosketches

  14. Budget • Acknowledge Sponsor Budget Requirements • Collaborate with PI to Establish Budget Projections • Assemble Draft Budget • Meet with Working Group Leaders to Develop Budget • Enter Budget Requests into Linked Spreadsheet • Meet with PI to Assess Total Budget Requests • Revise Budget • Evaluate for Mathematical Errors and Sponsor Budget Requirements • Transfer Final Budget to Sponsor Forms

  15. Budget

  16. Budget Justification • Create Outline/Draft Justification Based on Budget • Distribute Outline/Draft to Working Group Leaders for Details • Revise Justification Based on Budget Revisions • Request Final Approval from PI • Format Justification According to Sponsor and Institutional Requirements

  17. Narrative/ Research Plan • PI Assigns Narrative Components to Working Group Leaders • Administrative Core, Scientific Core(s), Projects, etc. • PI Receives Narrative Components • PI Assembles Components into One Cohesive Narrative

  18. Proposal Structure…an Example Structure Varies Depending on Sponsor Guidelines and Center Needs.

  19. Letters • Assemble List of Letters • Collaboration • Commitment • Support • Draft Sample Letters • Collect Signed Letters

  20. Appendices • Review Sponsor Guidelines • Vary by Sponsor, Program and Proposal • Indicate Data of Peripheral Benefit to the Project (Reprints of Articles, Subcontract Data, Tabular Data, and Graphs) • Utilize When a Sponsor Limits Proposal to Number of Pages • Reference in the Proposal

  21. Institutional Approval • Complete Required Institutional Forms • Ensure University Administrators Approve by Deadline • Obtain Authorized Institutional Signature

  22. Road Blocks • Institutional Commitment • Communication • Timeline • Collaborating Institutions

  23. Research Development Team

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