Proposal development, submission, award management and reporting support.

• Writing and editing support
  • Editorial support
    Contact our proposal editor for support.
  • Graphic design support
    We contract with a graphic designer to provide assistance with proposals, reports and presentations. Contact the Associate Vice President for Research for design support.
  • Writing groups
    Scheduled periodically throughout the year, writing groups offer the opportunity to interact with colleagues, discuss proposal-writing best practices, and learn about budget preparation, justification and outreach activities from guest speakers. Watch for email announcements through Researchnotes or check our calendar for dates.
  • Grant writing workshops
    We host seminars with external facilitators who comprehensively address both practical and conceptual aspects important to writing competitive grant proposals. Watch for email announcements through Researchnotes or check our calendar for dates.
  • Templates and boilerplates
    Looking for proposal templates, samples of facilities and equipment, etc.? View our available templates.
  • Data management plans
    Required in many proposals, these plans provide the framework for sharing and managing data. Find information and create a plan using our online resources.
  • Postdoc mentoring plans
    If your proposal requires a postdoctoral mentoring plan to provide a roadmap for activities that will further the professional development of your postdoc(s), find resources to create a plan through the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
  • Institutional information for proposals
    This quick reference for proposal prep and submission includes basic information such as signature authorities, F&A rates, fringe benefit rates, institution numbers such as tax ID and Nevada vendor number, the University’s legal name and more.
  • Institutional data and stats
    Institutional Analysis is a useful source of information on University operations and enrollment. Access descriptive reports and inferential studies, including enrollment reports for your proposal.
  • Outreach, evaluation and assessment
    The Raggio Research Center for STEM Education supports our STEM faculty with outreach projects and their evaluation and assessment. Visit the Raggio Research Center website for more information.
• Proposal development team

  If you are working on a large-scale, interdisciplinary project we’ll help you build a team and develop your proposal. Contact our proposal capture manager for support.

  We work closely with Principal Investigators (PIs) and staff to provide full-scale assistance to help you produce and submit compelling proposals. Specific assistance depends on the needs of the PI(s).

  A partial list of the types of assistance we offer follows:

  • Review calls for proposals and advise PI(s) on funding agency requirements, communicating with agencies as needed for clarification.
  • Create and regularly update proposal-production schedules.
  • Assist in identifying on- and off-campus collaborators to meet proposal requirements.
  • Critically review proposal drafts to improve readability, strengthen rationale, and ensure that all sponsor requirements are addressed thoroughly and convincingly.
  • Assist with the preparation and writing of proposal components such as outreach, evaluation, data/resource management, and postdoctoral mentoring plans; supporting personal documents; facilities and resources sections; letters of collaboration/commitment; budget justifications; schematic illustrations; and organizational charts.
  • Advise investigator teams on strategic issues such as the use of physical, programmatic, and intellectual campus infrastructure.
  • Facilitate the external review process (6-8 weeks in advance).
    
    

  These services are available to all research faculty and administrative research faculty who meet all of the following requirements:

  • 8 weeks or more before the external due date
  • Multi-, inter- or transdisciplinary research team (i.e., more than two co-investigators)
  • Not working with a third party proposal service
    
    

  Contact our proposal capture manager for support.
• College support personnel

  Find your college grant coordinator listed on the Sponsored Projects contact page.
• Proposal review and evaluation
  • External review of proposals
    Have your proposal reviewed by an external consulting firm with extensive expertise. Submit your proposal through Research & Innovation for external review.
  • Proposal Capture Team
    If you are working on a large-scale, interdisciplinary project we’ll help you build a team and review your proposal. Contact the Associate Vice President for Research for proposal capture support.
• Proposal submission
  • Institutional information for proposals
    This quick reference for proposal prep and submission includes basic information such as signature authorities, F&A rates, fringe benefit rates, institution numbers such as tax ID and Nevada vendor number, the University’s legal name and more.
  • Guidelines and submission resources
    We review all proposals prior to submission to ensure accuracy, correctness and legal sufficiency considering agency requirements and the University’s policies. Submit your proposal to Sponsored Projects five business days before the proposal deadline using our guidelines.
  • Proposal routing and approval
    View information about our pre-submission review and approval routing for proposals.
• Awarded submissions, project management and reporting
  • Award negotiation, acceptance and account setup
    We work with PIs to review, negotiate and accept awards with terms that are acceptable for a public entity of the State of Nevada and to establish an account for project expenses. Learn more about the process once an award is granted.
    • Award negotiation and acceptance
    • Account setup
  • Fiscal management
    Find information about invoicing, electronic drawdown of federal funds, and financial reporting.
  • Effort reporting
    Effort reporting is the process of certifying that salaries and wages charged to sponsored project accounts are reasonable in relation to the actual work performed. Learn more about effort reporting and training for effort certification.
  • Record retention
    Find information about records necessary for a project, how long to keep them and where to store records.
  • Project closeout
    Closing out a project involves ensuring that all conditions for the award compliance have been met. Learn more about the project closeout process.