Proposal Development Tools
Proposal development tools include general guidance, templates/outlines for proposals, RDS webinar slides and handouts, RDS recorded webinars, and other resources. Some files are for internal UA use only and require a UA NetID to login to Box to view or download.
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RDS Resources
| Title | Resource Type | Related Funding Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intellectual Property and Commercialization Plan | Background Information | An example description of an IP and commercialization plan. | |
| National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | NSF Tools & Templates | NSF | Application tips for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship Program (NRT) 2021 limited submission deadline |
| New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding | General Guidance | From Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, this guide provides strategies to help new faculty get off to a successful start in identifying and competing for grants to support their research. Published October of 2016; updated 2022. | |
| NIH Early-Career Scientists New and Early-Stage Investigators | NIH Tools & Templates | NIH | NIH funding mechanisms for early-career scientists: new and early-stage investigators |
| NIH On-Demand Webinars | NIH Tools & Templates | NIH | Research Development Services (RDS) is pleased to partner with the AtKisson Training Group to bring a series of six sessions, comprised of 18 parts, on-demand webinars for University of Arizona faculty and research scientists interested in pursuing National Institutes of Health proposals. Your All Access Pass is available through the link provided (you will need your @Arizona.edu email address to register). This pass is available through March 31, 2024. As a reminder, while this webinar series is designed to provide an overview of tips, tricks, and best practices, always defer to the NIH SF424 Application Guide (currently Version H) for submission. Questions: contact us at ResDev@arizona.edu(link sends e-mail) |
| NIH Person-first and Destigmatizing Language Style Guide | NIH Tools & Templates | NIH | The NIH Style Guide is a glossary for person first language, including for proposals with human participants, community collaborators, ways of articulating diseases and health conditions, and preferences for race, ethnicity, sex, gender, and other terms. For grant and funding proposals, always defer to the actual funding opportunity announcement, SF424 for that NIH grant series, and the NIH formatting for grant pages. Formatting for NIH grants is specific and differs from the style guide formatting for other materials. We include the style guide for nuanced language about people. |
| NIH R01 Proposal Guidance - General | NIH Tools & Templates | NIH | General guidance for overarching proposal development for the NIH R01 mechanism. Incorporates guidance on the Specific Aims page and Research Strategy (including sections on Innovation and Approach). For proposal development support in implementing these strategies, please contact ResDev@arizona.edu. |
| NSF Career Education & Broader Impacts | NSF Tools & Templates | NSF | Development of the broader impacts, education plan and evaluation components of the NSF CAREER proposals |
| NSF Conference Proposal Template | NSF Tools & Templates | NSF | A template for NSF Conference proposals per NSF PAPPG 23-1. |
| NSF Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan | NSF Tools & Templates | A template for the postdoctoral mentoring plan for NSF proposals. NSF requires that all proposals that include postdoctoral researchers include a one-page mentoring plan describing the mentoring that will be provided to all postdoctoral researchers supported by the project. |