Proposal support
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Proposal support
ORIEN offers a range of free support services for FSE faculty. Below are details on the pre-award proposal support services we offer. To see if your proposal qualifies and discuss which service is best suited for your proposal development needs, please contact your Research Administrator (RA).
All grant proposals worth $1M or more and all Early Career/Young Investigator proposals (e.g., NSF CAREER or DARPA YFA) are eligible for editing support. You can request support when filling out the proposal intake form by selecting “yes” to the prompt. You can also contact request support via email. This service includes editing for grammar, clarity, logic, and organization; reviewing the document against solicitation guidelines; and editing letters of support and other supplementary documents (as time/availability permit). All submissions and edits are treated as confidential.
Assistant professors also qualify for free editing of one journal publication per year. Contact Daniel Froid if interested.
All grant proposals worth $1M or more and all Early Career/Young Investigator awards are eligible for graphic design support. This involves working with a graphic designer to obtain high-quality images to include in your proposal. Please review the guidelines to learn more about the process and what levels of costs are covered.
We also support graphic design for cover images for peer-reviewed journals. Visit this page for more information.
Need a letter of support or commitment from Fulton Schools leadership? We can help. ORIEN works with FSE leadership and Deans to secure letters of support and commitment for proposals to funding agencies.
Note: Requests must be received at least 10 days prior to the sponsor deadline.
Process
- Determine if a letter is required or recommended by the funding agency.
- Identify who needs to sign your letter (e.g., Director, Vice Dean, Dean).
- Determine what specific needs/topics the letter needs to address (e.g., infrastructure support, cost-sharing, goal alignment).
- Prepare a draft letter using this template.
- Send the draft letter (as a Word file), solicitation information (as a PDF), and any background documentation (e.g., cost-sharing approvals, facilities documents) to your Research Administrator (RA). Include a timeframe for when you need the letter returned.
- Your RA will contact ORIEN. ORIEN will review the letter and contact you with any clarifications or edits.
- Final drafts will be routed for signatures internally and returned upon completion.
To align with university procedure, Fulton Schools has modeled these processes on those put forth by Knowledge Enterprise’s Research Development team.
Engineering Technical Services research support
Engineering Technical Services (ETS) provides researchers in the Fulton Schools with world-class services and tools for research, discovery, and development.
Learn more about renovation and construction services offered for your lab from ETS.
Data analysis support
In the past, PIs have obtained data for NIH and NSF grants, IRB submissions, and post-award reports. The team is unable to provide complex analyses of data. Data will be provided in the appropriate level of detail, and it is the responsibility of the requestor to translate that format to meet any requirements outlined by the project sponsor.
Student and employee information will be provided in aggregate (not in detail) to remove identifiable information. Use of data for proposals and awards should be done in line with FERPA policies. Some details may not be provided to individuals who have not completed FERPA training, which is available here.
The typical turnaround time for data requests is approximately four weeks. Complex requests (e.g., time to degree for graduate students) may require additional time.
Post-award Support
Get support for your grant
Congratulations on receiving an award! The Research Advancement staff in your school offers the following services to help you manage your project:
- Prepare monthly financial reports and expenditure rates
- Assist with administrative changes
- Provide oversight on travel and purchase expenditures for compliance
- Prepare expense projections to support planning
- Aid in submission of annual and progress reports
- Assist with sponsor supplemental funding and additional funding resources
Visit our Research Services directory to contact the Research Advancement staff in your school.
Project management support
Your sponsored project may benefit from project management support. Project managers in ORIEN have developed a recorded webinar that provides information about the following:
- Project managers and their roles in sponsored projects.
- Guidance to assist faculty in determining if their sponsored project/s should receive project management support.
- Details about the process of receiving project management support.
- Details about the specific tasks, managerial duties and assistance that project managers can provide.