Grant Writing Support

Purpose

To support College of Information, Data and Society faculty in developing and drafting their grant-funded project proposals. 

Eligibility

  • The College of Information, Data and Society has a pool of funds to pay for grant-writing support through Your Writing Helper. 
  • Awards are made on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted, with preference given to applications for external grants. 
  • All tenured/ tenure-track faculty and full-time lecturers (including .8s) in the Department of Applied Data Science and the School of Information are eligible to apply.
  • Note that we must confirm grant-writer availability as early as possible. Given sufficient time/availability, the services below will be provided. However, some of these services may be unavailable if projects arise late.
  • For support in finding potential funders and proposal development, go to 91ÁÔÆæ’s Research Development.

Services Provided

Grant-writing support includes the following services:

  • Organize, edit and provide guidance on proposals, which includes:
    • analyzing calls for proposal and sponsor materials;
    • building compliance plans and timelines to ensure the development of appropriate content; 
    • strategizing with the Principal Investigator (PI) on the most competitive approach to respond to a sponsor’s call; 
    • building templates to support proposal development, when requested;
    • coordinating with proposal writers to help facilitate draft production (as needed); 
    • iteratively editing proposal for clarity, concision, formatting and grammatical correctness; 
    • providing intermittent content to supplement the proposer’s draft; 
    • confirming compliance and competitiveness; and,
    • performing final quality checks.
  • Provide individual coaching on the development/writing of technical proposals.

Support Amount

Faculty in the College of Information, Data and Society can request up to 20 hours of grant-writing support per grant proposal. The 20 hours is typically split between preliminary proposals (5 hours) and full proposals (15 hours), not to exceed 20 hours per grant proposal.