Large Proposal Development Services
Research
Development staff provide services and resources for those developing large (high-value and high-complexity), multi-departmental and/or inter-institutional proposals. Please
visit the links below for information about these services.
Small Proposal Development Services
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) proposal coordinators (grant writers) are available, on a limited
basis, to consult individually with faculty, primarily assistant professors, who
are writing small grant proposals for external funding.
Possible services provided in these consultations include:
- Discussion of the agency solicitation and its requirements
- Help in developing a timeline for the project
(sample timeline)
- Discussion of a specific area of the proposal, such as developing a compelling storyline (sample storyline)
- Discussion of proposal organization
The process for requesting this assistance is:
- Preferably no later than one month prior to the proposal
deadline, send an e-mail to proposalcoordinator@purdue.edu to request a meeting. Please attach the sponsor’s call for proposals, a draft
or outline of your proposal, if available, and any other relevant documents. If
the proposal is a resubmission, please also include any reviews you may have
received. In the body of the e-mail, please describe the help you would like.
- Your request will be reviewed and a proposal coordinator will
contact you to set up a meeting.
- The designated proposal coordinator will review your materials and discuss possible improvements.
Although this service does not include writing or editing of proposals,
these consultations are often valuable to the proposal preparations.
Sample proposals are also available through Research Development's resource library. Please see the Proposal Preparation Resources page for a list of available proposals.
