Research Development

Proposal Development

The Research Development Office (RDO) serves as the primary support office to help faculty navigate today’s challenging research funding landscape and prepare competitive grant proposals. RDO provides support and management for large and/or multi-department proposals, where RDO serves as the primary point of contact for PI for all aspects of a grant application, including proposal project management, finding the right person(s) and UD units to leverage, grant writing and graphics, letters of support from UD leadership, equipment and other cost shares, and special exceptions – all leading to submitting a successful proposal.

The Research Office conducts a variety of workshops and training to help prepare faculty and researchers better compete for external and internal funding opportunities. If you are planning to respond to a grant opportunity, big or small, and/or need help with strategizing on a research theme please contact researchdev@udel.edu

Requesting Letters of Support and Cost Shares

Principal investigators (PIs) are encouraged to review UD’s Cost Sharing Policy. Cost share letters and or commitments, including equipment, require sufficient preparation and often a long lead time for approvals. PIs should start this conversation with their respective department chairs, or college research office/deans as early as possible. All proposals that require cost share commitments and/or letters of support from UD leadership (President, Provost, VP Research) should follow the steps outlined here . Please route all the requests for cost shares and letters of support requiring UD leadership support through the Associate Vice President for Research Development. We encourage the PI’s and Research Deans to engage with the Research Office (RO) as early as possible through the Research Development Office. Email researchdev@udel.edu for communication to the Research Office for all such requests.

Thematic Workshops & Symposia

RDO organized thematic workshops and symposia are designed to engage experts from within and outside of UD on a specific yet broad topic so as to draw widest participation, develop collaborations and new strategic directions for UD’s research and in the state of Delaware. Below is a list of the current and past initiatives. If you have an idea for a thematic workshop or symposium drop us a line at ro-dev@udel.edu.

 

Past Workshops and Symposia

RDO Proposal Academies

NSF CAREER ACADEMY

The NSF CAREER Proposal Academy is a six-month proposal preparation program to assist participating faculty and researchers to become successful NSF CAREER researchers. The program includes mentoring, grant editing, graphics assistance, feedback and review throughout the program.

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NIH ACADEMY

The NIH Proposal Academy is a program designed to prepare participating faculty and researchers to become competitive and successful NIH grantees. Developed for new or early-career investigators, the program begins in January and includes an individually-assigned science mentor, provides general coaching, proposal preparation/grantsmanship skills, and grant editing and graphics assistance. The process takes participants from developing solid, specific aims to full proposal preparation. They receive feedback throughout the process from a variety of mentors and coaches who themselves are highly active NIH researchers. Prior to actual submission to NIH, each proposal is internally reviewed and scored mimicking the NIH review process.

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Newsletter Archive

Welcome to the UD Research E-Newsletter. Published ten times a year, it features a broad range of current information recognizing the excellence of UD’s scholarly and creative activities, provides information about upcoming funding opportunities and scholarly events on campus and keeps the audience research administrators of policy and process changes. Subscribe below to be on our mailing list.

 

 

 

Resources

Strategizing with faculty for research funding success is the goal of the Research Development Office. We strive to bring the research community together by offering a myriad of resources listed below: