Purpose: To support faculty in developing and drafting their grant-funded project proposals.
Eligibility:
CPGE has a pool of funds to pay for grant-writing support through Your Writing Helper.
Awards are made on a first come first serve basis until funds are exhausted, with
preference given to those applying for external grants.
All tenured/ tenure-track faculty and full-time lecturers (including .8s) in CPGE
are eligible for these RSCA supports.
Note that we must confirm grant-writer availability as early as possible, and the
services below will be provided given sufficient time/availability. If projects arise
late, some of these services may be unavailable.
Services Provided: Grant-writing support includes the following services:
Organize, edit, and provide guidance on proposals, which includes Analyze calls for
proposal and sponsor materials; Build compliance plans and timelines to ensure the
development of appropriate content; Strategize with the Principal Investigator (PI)
on the most competitive approach to respond to a sponsor’s call; Build templates to
support proposal development, when requested; Coordinate with proposal writers to
help facilitate draft production (as needed); Iteratively edit proposal for clarity,
concision, formatting, and grammatical correctness; Provide intermittent content to
supplement proposer’s draft; Confirm compliance and competitiveness, and; Perform
final quality checks
Provide individual coaching on the development/writing of technical proposals.
Support Amount: Faculty can request up to 20 hours of grant-writing support per semester. This funding
can be split between preliminary proposals (5 hours) and full proposals (15 hours),
not to exceed a total of 20 hours per grant proposal.