Letters of Collaboration--Guidelines and Samples

Guidelines (from Lucy Deckard, Research Development and Grantwriting News, Apr. 2011)

Be sure to respect the difference between a letter of collaboration (which says very specifically what the person will do for or with you) and a letter of recommendation or support, which is generally disallowed, at least by NSF.  

Page 2 is a rough template to help you get your letters started.

Sample letters (from bpearson)

Contents of document (4 samples):

#1 and #2 are drafts for community partners to tweak and put on their letterhead.

#3 a letter I wrote as “UMass infrastructure”

#4  a letter for a research partnership

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