Proposal Development Coordination
Coordinating Complex Proposals
Complex proposals often require coordination across multiple investigators, collaborators, research administrators, and proposal components. The Sustainability Research Hub helps organize the proposal development process, establish timelines and responsibilities, interpret sponsor requirements, and coordinate the people and resources needed to move a proposal toward submission.
How We Support Proposal Development
Our team helps bring structure and coordination to complex proposal development, working across people, requirements, timelines, and proposal components to keep the process moving forward.
Proposal Planning & Timeline
Establish a clear plan that identifies key requirements, milestones, responsibilities, and internal deadlines to keep the proposal moving toward submission.
Sponsor Requirements & Proposal Strategy
Interpret funding opportunity requirements, review criteria, and sponsor expectations and translate them into a clear approach for developing the proposal.
Team & Component Coordination
Coordinate across investigators, collaborators, research development staff, research administrators, and other contributors to keep proposal components, timelines, and responsibilities aligned.
Proposal Integration & Readiness
Track proposal components as they develop, identify gaps or outstanding needs, and help ensure the full proposal comes together as a cohesive and complete package.
Working with Research Administrators
Proposal development and research administration are closely connected, particularly for large or complex proposals. Our team works in partnership with research administrators in investigators’ departments, schools, and colleges to establish clear roles and coordinate efforts throughout the proposal process.
Proposal Development Coordination
The Sustainability Research Hub supports the broader proposal development process, including planning and timelines, interpreting sponsor requirements, coordinating contributors and proposal components, and helping integrate the proposal into a cohesive package.
Research Administration
Departmental, school, or college research administrators remain integral members of the proposal team and provide expertise in areas such as budgets and budget justifications, institutional requirements and approvals, subawards, routing, and submission.
For large or complex proposals, the level of support may vary based on the needs of the project. Our team works collaboratively with research administrators to establish responsibilities early in the process and can provide additional coordination or support where it is most useful.
Proposal Components & Resources
Explore guidance, templates, and resources to support proposal planning and preparation, including sponsor guidance, budgets, figures, and other common proposal components.
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