Proposal Development Unit

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Proposal Development Unit

• Mission
• To increase research funding through support for
  faculty producing proposals for graduate
  fellowships and multidisciplinary research.
• Created June 04

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What We Do

• Preliminary Strategies
• Proposal Development Services
• Workshops and On-line Training
• Relationships with Federal Agencies

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Who We Are

• Steve Lommel
• John Cavanagh
• Jaine Place
• Pradip Pramanik
• Sharlene Simon
• Carol Linelle Ashcraft

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Preliminary Strategies

• Funding opportunity searches
• Limited submission proposals
• Research productivity study

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Proposal Development Services

• Project team facilitation
• Consultation on proposal strategy, diversity,
  economic development, K-12 outreach, broader
  impacts
• Partnership w/ ODAAA and International Programs
• Agency site visit coordination
• Writing, editing, formatting
• Budgets

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Proposal Development Services

• Criteria
• Multidisciplinary research gt1M
• Graduate fellowships gt 500K
• Level of support from PDU depends on amount of
  advance notice.
• Heavy deadline seasons in fall and spring.

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Heavy Demand

• 125M (4) in completed proposals
• 59M (4) in requests declined
• 87M (11) in progress for 2004 deadlines
• 64M (5) on deck for spring 2005

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Training

• Partnership with URC and SPARCS
• Modular approach
• New faculty research orientation
• Boilerplate

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Training Topics

• Exploring Funding Sources
• Proposal Writing Basics
• Developing a Center of Excellence
• Developing an NIH Proposal
• Diversity Planning
• K-12 Outreach Planning
• Evaluation Planning
• Budget Preparation

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Closer Federal Relationships

• Raised awareness of NC State strengths
• NIH Liaison John Cavanagh
• DHS Liaison Steve Lommel
• Program officer visits

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Web Site Launch Nov. 1

• www.ncsu.edu/research/pdu