Tools and Examples
Developing a research agenda
Identifying potential funders
-
UMass Amherst Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations (proposals of $100K or more)
Developing/submitting a proposal
- UMass Roles & Responsibilities of PIs/Co-PIs
- SOE Preproposal Checklist
- I’m a PI, now what?
- University of Michigan Proposal Writer’s Guide
- Other proposal writing resources
- GAMS
Developing a budget
- OGCA Fact Sheet
- SOE Budget Spreadsheet
- OGCA Graduate Assistant Cost Calculator
- Indirect cost policy
- Sample budget 1 (xls)
- Sample budget narrative 1 (doc)
- Sample budget 2 (xls)
- Sample budget narrative 2 (doc)
Managing a funded project
- I’m a PI, now what?
- Pre-establishment/ pre-award request
- SOE IRB policy
- Work plan sample
- Sample task list for project team
- UMass Roles & Responsibilities of PIs/Co-PIs
- UMass Memorandum of Understanding for Awards
- Sample press release
- SOE Policy on Grants including Course Releases and/or Overhead Sharing
- AY Effort Course Release Policy
- Contact: SOE Communications and Marketing Coordinator: dms@educ.umass.edu






