Multi-Disciplinary, Collaborative Proposals/Prospecting

Proposal services include the following:

• Identification of potential funding opportunities

US government funding; research foreign direct investment foundations; international financial institutions, international organizations, MSU funding opportunities

• Researching comparative data on who is currently working/receiving funding for similar/parallel effort
• Identification of multi-disciplinary collaborators at MSU
• Prepare materials such as agendas, contact lists, schedules and necessary matrices for collaborator meetings
• Share sample proposals, letters of interest/intent
• Evaluate proposal parameters and appropriateness for target sources of funding
• Identify potential partners (other universities, NGO’s, et.al.)
• Travel with faculty
• Assist with drafting language for Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)
• Create proposal development and narrative writing timelines to help investigators with proposal development
• Establish and maintain clear communication systems to ensure that all proposal team members receive the information they need when they need it
• Build a project budget
• Troubleshoot with team members and agency or foundation program officers during the writing process; paying particular attention to amendments or modifications to timely submission or changes to the funding announcements
• Edit and format the proposal, and review the final proposal to ensure compliance with the proposal solicitation.
• Track all proposal tasks to ensure compliance with deadlines (internal and external)
• Coordinate the budget, research compliance, and routing processes with appropriate MSU offices (Contracts and Grants Administration, IRB, etc.)

Post-AwardServices and Support

• Assist faculty with project workplanning
• Aid in reporting to funding agencies
• Support implementation as requested
• Contribute to successful reawarding of research/project funding.

Single-Investigator Proposals/Prospecting:

Proposal services include the following:

• Answer questions regarding all phases of the proposal development process, from identifying funding opportunities to submitting a final grant application to the funding agency
• Provide guidance on proposal development strategies on an as-needed basis
• Identification of potential funding opportunities (database run)

US government funding; research foreign direct investment foundations; international financial institutions, international organizations, MSU funding opportunities

• Research comparative data on who is currently working/receiving funding for similar/parallel effort
• Identify other MSU investigators with similar or complimentary research interests
• Edit proposals on an as-needed basis (as capacity allows)
• Provide budget preparation assistance (as capacity allows)
• Connect investigators to the MSU-appropriate research compliance resources and processes (e.g., Contracts and Grants, College Development Officers, IRB, etc.)