Administrative Support for Multi-Million Dollar & Multidisciplinary Applications

The Multidisciplinary Project Associate reports to the Associate Vice President for Research, and works closely and independently with faculty to develop, prepare and submit large scale proposals in excess of $1 million per year. 

Proposal Criteria
To qualify for this support, the proposal must meet the criteria below:

• Multidisciplinary – usually involving more than one department or scientific discipline, or multiple organizations
• Multi-million dollar – proposal generally will have an annual budget of at least $1Million
• Center proposals, which may be for less overall money per year but have the potential to be long-term in nature (5-10 years), may also qualify

Proposal Development
Each investigator/grant will require different skills and involvement.  Below is a listing of some services which may be available to departments and projects that qualify for this assistance:

• Help with identifying and enlisting potential collaborators
• Organizing proposal team meetings
• Creating a virtual shared workspace for proposal team members
• Helping to ensure adherence to sponsor guidelines
• Developing and reviewing proposal budgets and justifications
• Managing proposal documents, monitoring progress of assignments to subgroups
• Editing or proofreading documents
• Assistance with obtaining required subcontract and sub-award paperwork from faculty and university administrators located at collaborating institutions
• Soliciting/gathering/formatting CV data and current and pending support information
• Preparing appendices, formatting proposal documents
• Generating charts, graphs, and PDF documents
• Managing the coordination of local approvals (institutional endorsement by the Deans and Chairs)
• Preparing sponsor application forms
• Endorse and submit applications to sponsors.