Proposal Development and Review

At OPD, we have a variety of expertise and skills that can be of assistance to PIs submitting a grant:

• Budgets and budget justifications preparation
• Knowledge of the various administrative components of an application: we will prepare and circulate internal forms for authorized signatures
• Proposal review: before any grant is submitted we review the final proposal to verify that all required components have been completed, formatted correctly and adhere to sponsor guidelines
• Timeline creation: Track all proposal tasks, including those assigned to collaborators at other institutions, to ensure that these tasks are completed and gathered in a timely manner to include in the application
• Editing: Gather, format, and edit proposal materials, such as biographical sketches, current and pending support, etc., to ensure that they are up to date and consistent with one another and compliant with sponsor guidelines
• Knowledge of institutional compliance: we gather regulatory approvals and assurances as needed
• Grant submission: We will ensure that your grant is submitted in final format to BU OSP for final review, approval, and submission
• If needed, help determine if the proposal is developed (administratively and technically) enough to go forward with submission, or if investigators would be better served to continue to work on the proposal and submit at a later grant cycle