OVPR staff and contract proposal coordinators assist faculty with the development of proposals meeting certain criteria. Such proposals should have a minimum budget of $1 million and include investigators from more than one department. If you have questions about how a proposal coordinator might help your proposal, or would like to request the services of an OVPR-funded proposal coordinator, please complete the request form on this site, or contact Christine King at hcking@purdue.edu.

Proposal Coordination services may include:

• Knowledge of sponsor's mission and focus and of all requirements of specific grant competitions.
• Performing background research regarding funding history and priorities of particular competitions.
• Communicating with researchers at other institutions to acquire their relevant funded proposals.
• Participating in all proposal development meetings of principal investigator (PI), Co-PIs, and senior personnel.
• Establishing suggested timeline and process for development of proposals, with agreement of PI.
• Writing non-technical sections of proposals, as well as transitions between technical sections contributed by various participants.
• Communicating with participants on on-going basis to ensure the team completes all components in a timely manner.
• Assisting in providing graphics support
• Identifying and communicating with others, as needed, to add necessary components (e.g., assessment, outreach, and minority participation recommendations)
• Working with project coordinators and proposal coordin
ators at partner institutions to develop the best, most cohesive proposals possible.
• Request for proposal coordinator (form) – typically requested at least two months before proposal deadline
• Sample timeline for proposal development
• Sample outline with cross-references to funding opportunity guidelines
• Requests for institutional support letters (should be requested at least two weeks before proposal deadline): If your proposal requires an institutional letter of support signed by the OVPR, Provost, or President, please contact any member of the Research Development staff for assistance.