Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have access to grant writing resources. Grant writer Martha Brendel can help researchers identify opportunities and throughout their proposal-writing process.
Identifying opportunities
- Help finding funding opportunities
- Internal (for example: Research Council)
- External, including training with Pivot and Foundation Directory, tracking on funding opportunities from funders including the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense
- Assist in registering with funding search databases and setting up funding alerts
- Help identify potential collaborators and using NIH Project Reporter
- Locate samples of proposals funded by specific agencies
- Help find and contact the appropriate agency Program Officers
Proposal-writing process
- Develop proposal-writing timelines and help to keep the process moving along on schedule
- Provide in-depth knowledge of the funding opportunity and its requirements
- Help with biosketch format and requirements
- Provide sample text and draft commonly requested documents (facilities, University information and history, department/division information, organizational charts, etc.)
- Respond to questions regarding compliance with MU, School of Medicine, and department/division grant policies and regulations
- Coordinate collaborative/center or program project grant proposals
- Collect data from departments for training grants
- Work with faculty to develop budgets and budget justifications
- Work with subcontract entities to get required documents
- Assist with grant application forms and assist with submission processes
- Create basic graphics, figures and tables
- Draft and solicit letters of support/commitment
- Edit copy for consistency, correctness, voice, and/or compliance with agency guidelines
Special situations
• Editing manuscripts for journal articles
• Help with compliance with NIH Public Access Policy, including training in the use of myNCBI.
