Proposal Development

The VPR's Proposal Development and Management service facilitates scientific and administrative development and enhances the competitiveness of complex, visible, and signature research proposals from ideation to submission.

Our Proposal Development Managers (PDMs) support Principal Investigators across the full range of career stages.

PDMs work closely with PIs and relevant stakeholders to:

• Refine a competitive strategy through sponsor profiling, solicitation analysis, competitor assessment, and/or strategic team development
• Facilitate outreach to external stakeholders, team members, and sponsors
• Plan, draft, and edit proposal content
• Review all proposal components for quality, competitiveness, and responsiveness
• Coordinate Red Team reviews of near-final proposals
• Engage graphics development and refinement.
• Manage overall proposal development process and timeline

Funding opportunities eligible for PDM support include:

• Large-scale, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research projects and center-level proposals
• Signature, defining research opportunities for the university, college/school, center, or department
• Nationally prominent single-PI opportunities that would be catalytic for early- and mid-career investigators' professional advancement
• Applications to foundation, corporate, and government sponsors when the University of Maryland desires to create or enhance long-term strategic research partnerships
• Proposals receiving support from Maryland Catalyst Fund Big Opportunity Funds and Grand Challenges Grants

Questions? Email us.