Proposal Development Services

Advance consultations

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We can review and discuss your proposal according to individual agency emphases, and talk with you about ways to make it more competitive. We’ll help inform you of opportunities for faculty to learn strategies for successful proposal writing, and make you aware of funding agencies’ regional and national meetings, workshops, and conferences, as well as funding such as UC Opportunity Grants, which provide conference funds to promote dialogue between University and industry communities. We will also refer you to your Sponsored Projects team in the Office of Research as appropriate.

Proposal draft review

As a service especially suited to junior faculty and multidisciplinary teams, we are happy to review drafts of pre-proposal and proposal project summaries or project descriptions as time permits. We will then offer suggestions for ways to refine or further develop the material and discuss our comments with you. If you plan to send Research Development a summary statement or project description, please contact Carla Whitacre, Director of Research Development, at x3925 or whitacre@research.ucsb.edu

Proposal-writing resources
Templates for institutional information

Most proposals require a statement about UCSB’s research climate and how research is integrated with education. We are developing descriptions that may be useful as proposal development progresses.

For additional information: UCSB Research Vitality; 2005–06 Campus Profile

Other helpful contacts

Social Sciences and Related Fields: Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research

Graduate Student Support: Graduate Division

Humanities: Holly Unruh, hunruh@ihc.ucsb.edu, Director, or Interdisciplinary Humanities Center