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Office of Proposal Development
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The Office of Proposal Development (OPD) supports Texas A&M faculty in the development and writing of research and educational proposals to federal agencies and foundations. OPD supports new and junior faculty, center-level initiatives, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research teams, research affinity groups, diversity in the research enterprise, and long-term proposal planning.
OPD helps develop research partnerships across colleges, departments, centers, and interdisciplinary groups, as well as throughout The Texas A&M University System, including the Texas A&M Health Science Center and its four components.
OPD also offers a comprehensive suite of training programs and information resources to help new faculty, those expanding into new program areas, and graduate students to acquire the skills and knowledge they need to write more competitive proposals. The OPD website includes a constantly updated list of funding opportunities, presentations from past OPD workshops and seminars, background materials on funding agencies and programs, and an extensive workbook discussing the craft of proposal writing.
A. Grant Writing
1. Seminars on Grant Writing
OPD offers numerous seminars, workshops, and panel discussions about seeking external research funding, including workshops on how to write competitive proposals, panel discussions on particular funding agencies, and seminars on how to compete for particular types of programs. Upcoming seminars and workshops are listed with registration information on the website. Presentations and background information from previous seminars are also posted on the site.
2. Funding Opportunities List
A comprehensive list of external funding opportunities available to investigators is posted on the OPD website. Researchers can access the opportunities for the current month as well as archives of previous months. A list of funding opportunities by category is also available, as well as links to other websites that list funding opportunities and electronic alert services.
3. Support for Junior Faculty
An important priority of OPD is to assist new and junior faculty at Texas A&M to identify and successfully compete for research funding. As part of this initiative, we offer:
- One-on-one consultation and proposal support
- Seminars on funding programs for junior faculty
- Discussion panels on specific agencies
- One-day workshops on the craft of proposal writing
- Semester-long workshops on every step of the proposal-writing process
- The Craft of Grant Writing workbook
- Funding opportunities
- Links to funding agency tutorials, articles and agency-sponsored conferences
- Information on National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER and other Young Investigator programs
4. The Craft of Grant Writing Workbook
OPD has prepared a comprehensive workbook, The Craft of Grant Writing, to assist investigators in writing grants. This workbook covers every phase of the proposal preparation process.
The workbook is available in several forms on the website. Researchers can download the entire workbook in Adobe PDF format or view individual chapters as web pages. In addition to the workbook, OPD has also provided a number of toolkits for investigators to use which cover more specific information on selected funding agencies and types of grants.
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Mike Cronan
Director
OPD Web site
979.845.1811
Fax 979.458.0036
