Non-Federal Proposal Development
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Proposal Planning & Development Resources
Funding
- Foundations in Wisconsin funding database
- Searchable directory of active, grant-making foundations in Wisconsin. UWL access is made available through the Murphy Library.
- Pivot funding database
- Set up an individual user account to access it. Custom searches can be saved, and users can set-up automatic email alerts for their queries. UWL access is made available through ORSP.
- List of non-federal funding sources in Pivot
- You will need a user account to access this. The search can be refined and saved using the links at the top of the page.
- Community/regional funding sources
- National non-federal sponsors
- UW-Madison Grants Information Collection
- General collection of grant resources
- See the External Funding Sources webpage for more resources
Proposal planning & timeline
A successful proposal starts with thorough planning before you begin drafting the application. See below for the required proposal planning resources:
- Non-Federal Proposal Development Guide & Checklist: general guidance for common non-federal sponsor requirements, including links to required UWL forms and templates.
- Proposal Development Timeline Generator: automatically generates a timeline for required internal deadlines to submit proposal components to ORSP, your chair/unit director, and your dean/division director for review and approval. This follows the UWL grant submission timeline requirements.
Use the timeline to work backwards from the submission deadline to establish proposal development due dates to guide your work. Keep in mind that substantive proposals (e.g., federal applications, collaborative projects) should be developed over a much longer timeline - typically six months to a year in advance of the deadline.
Below are additional tools to get you started:
- Non-Federal Subaward Proposal Development Checklist: used when UWL is not the lead institution and would be a subrecipient
- Grant writing tips for success
- How to contact the potential funding agency
- How to develop a concept paper/letter of inquiry (LOI)
Required UWL forms
- UWL Grant/Contract Transmittal Form
- Form preview
- See Grant Submission Timeline and Proposal Development Timeline Generator for due dates.
- Required for all non-federal sponsors following federal financial conflict of interest (FCOI) regulations:
- Required for proposals involving subawards:
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