Pre-Award responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Review sponsor guidelines and identify key issues
- Develop timeline for submission of proposals
- Prepare the budget
- Secure subcontract information
- Provide comprehensive editorial review of proposal
- Assure proposal meets all sponsor guidelines
- Complete all sponsor forms and submit grants to sponsor electronically or via mail
- Provide institutional approval for proposal
- Assist with sponsor requests for Just-In-Time Information/Negotiate award
- The following pages are good resources for funding news and opportunities.
Federal Funding Opportunities
- NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities
- NEI Current Program Announcements and Requests for Applications
- NIMH Funding Opportunities
- NIDCD Funding Opportunities
- NIH SBIR/STTR Small Business Funding Opportunities
- NIH RePORT - This is a searchable data base on what NIH is funding and has funded.
- NSF Funding Opportunities
- NSF E-Bulletin
- NIDILRR, Administration of Community Living
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- Science Magazine
- Search NIH RFAs and PAs for active listings
Foundation Links
Human Frontier Science Program
Fight for Sight Research Grants
James S. McDonnell Foundation Research Programs
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
The Glaucoma Foundation
Fellowship Opportunities
International Fellowship Opportunities
Writing Your Proposal
Grant Forms and Instructions
NIH: National Institutes of Health
SF424 (R&R) - for NIH
- Application and Electronic Submission Information
- PHS 2590 non-competing NIH application instructions and forms (annual)
NSF: National Science Foundation
Grant Writing Tips
- The Art of Writing Grants
- A short guide to the preparation of NIH grant applications (NCI)
- NSF Guide for proposal writing
- Abstract Killers
- All about grant tutorial from NIAID
- Sample Grant from NIH (PDF). Please note that the application is copyrighted. It may be used for non-profit educational purposes provided the document remains unchanged and both Dr. Smeltzer and NIAID are credited.
Peer Review at NIH
- A Video on NIH Peer Review
- Peer Review process at NIH
- NIH Funding Opportunities, Peer Review and Grant Writing, a taped presentation by Dr. Anthony Coelho, Review Policy Officer of the NIH.