Our Mission

Partnering with faculty, staff, and administrators, our mission is to:

Train and support assistant professors preparing their first major research grant proposal

Foster interdisciplinary research among School of Medicine faculty members and ensure the long-term sustainability of collaborations through research funding

Coordinate and support investigative teams preparing Program, Center, or other complex grant proposals

Lead initiatives that increase institutional competitiveness and enable strategic research growth

Our vision is to empower the growth of the research enterprise of the School of Medicine and to help fuel discovery and innovation that advances human health.

Proposal Types

The PDO team currently supports a variety of proposal types, including:

  • Large (>$1M direct costs per year), complex, multi-investigator grant applications, such as Program Project or Center grants (e.g., NIH P01, P30, and U19 grant applications)
  • Applications related to Dean’s and University initiatives
  • Junior faculty writing their first major research project grants (e.g., NIH R01 grants)

Our Services

Our services are open to all faculty members in the School of Medicine. Examples of the services we provide include:

  • Identifying funding opportunities
  • Helping applicants understand sponsor priorities and submission requirements
  • Developing a proposal submission timeline
  • Reviewing and editing proposal documents
  • Formatting text and figures
  • Managing and coordinating projects for large, complex multi-investigator grants
  • Providing templates and examples of administrative sections (e.g., facilities, etc.)
  • Collecting letters of support, biosketches, etc.
  • Analyzing proposal critiques and providing strategic advice on proposal resubmission