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NC State University
Proposal Grant
Development
Unit
Proposals
101
March 19, 2010
Jaine Place
Director, Research Proposal Development
[email protected]
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
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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
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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 Rates
PDU-Assisted vs. Campus-Wide
Proposals > $1M
50%
50%
47%
45%
40%
40%
40%
35%
31%
29%
30%
27%
26%
27%
24%
25%
NCSU
21%
18%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
PDU
5-Yr. Avg.
Requesting PDU Services
www.ncsu.edu/research/pdu