CPGE Grant-writing support
- Purpose: To support faculty in developing and drafting their grant-funded project proposals.
- Eligibility:
- CPGE has a pool of funds to pay for grant-writing support through Your Writing Helper.
- Awards are made on a first come first serve basis until funds are exhausted, with preference given to those applying for external grants.
- All tenured/ tenure-track faculty and full-time lecturers (including .8s) in CPGE are eligible for these RSCA supports.
- Note that we must confirm grant-writer availability as early as possible, and the services below will be provided given sufficient time/availability. If projects arise late, some of these services may be unavailable.
- For support in finding potential funders and proposal development, go to SJSU’s Research Development.
- Services Provided: Grant-writing support includes the following services:
- Organize, edit, and provide guidance on proposals, which includes Analyze calls for proposal and sponsor materials; Build compliance plans and timelines to ensure the development of appropriate content; Strategize with the Principal Investigator (PI) on the most competitive approach to respond to a sponsor’s call; Build templates to support proposal development, when requested; Coordinate with proposal writers to help facilitate draft production (as needed); Iteratively edit proposal for clarity, concision, formatting, and grammatical correctness; Provide intermittent content to supplement proposer’s draft; Confirm compliance and competitiveness, and; Perform final quality checks
- Provide individual coaching on the development/writing of technical proposals.
- Support Amount: Faculty can request up to 20 hours of grant-writing support per semester. This funding can be split between preliminary proposals (5 hours) and full proposals (15 hours), not to exceed a total of 20 hours per grant proposal.
- Application Form: forms.gle/Kk6xHsxDFoEyzzHZ9