The Office of Proposal Development (OPD) promotes the advancement of university initiatives by supporting the development and preparation of highly competitive grant proposals. OPD is committed to providing Stony Brook's research community with a comprehensive suite of services to foster the development and growth of research activities. In addition to proposal management, our support services include identifying extramural funding opportunities, coordinating limited submission competitions, nurturing research collaborations, and connecting researchers to institutional resources. We also organize workshops and trainings in grantsmanship, coordinate external copy editing and graphic design services, serve as project managers for the proposal development process, handle the administrative requirements and manage a repository of sample grant proposal materials. Our team’s forward-thinking approach to research development provides faculty with tactical support for large-scale proposals, ensuring that they are aligned with sponsor funding priorities.
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Nomination Period Open for QED-C Technical Advisory Committee Vice-ChairsQED-C seeks candidates to lead its Technical Advisory Committees (TACs). If elected, nominees will serve as Vice Chair for their TAC in 2025 and Chair in
2026.
Eligibility: Candidates must have attended at least one TAC meeting or participated in at least
one TAC activity within the last 12 months. In addition, each TAC has its own eligibility
requirements for its leadership (SBU is not eligible for all committees).
Deadline: August 30, 2024. Self-nomination is welcome.
Learn more and submit a nomination
NSF is Seeking Reviewers for the NSF Engines Program
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program
is seeking reviewers to serve on virtual merit review panels in September and October.
Reviewers selected for the panels will evaluate proposals submitted in response to
the NSF Regional Innovation Engines solicitation NSF 24-565.
Here are some key points to keep in mind when considering serving on a virtual merit review panel for preliminary proposals:
- Each reviewer will read 8-9 proposals; each proposal is a 10-page narrative with some additional documents that provide a fuller picture of the team's proposed NSF Engine.
- Each reviewer will receive their assigned proposals approximately two weeks prior to the panel and will be required to upload written reviews of 1-2 pages formatted to a template to an online panel system at least 3 days in advance of the panel date.
- Reviewers serve for two days—the first day typically runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET and the second day runs from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET (but can run a little longer).
- Reviewers are expected to be present throughout and should clear their calendars for both days until 5 p.m. ET (if they accept an invitation to serve).
- Reviewers will need to work about 2-3 hours between day 1 and day 2; this work will need to be done in the evening if the panel is on consecutive days.
- Reviewers receive $200 per day for their service.
- Not all volunteers will be invited to review. The NSF Engines program will be evaluating the expert domains and skills needed based on submitted proposals before reaching out to potential reviewers.
Climate Change Seed Grant Program
The Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Executive
Vice President of Health Sciences, and the Office of the Vice President for Research
invite applications for a seed grant program to fund collaborative efforts between
climate change researchers at Stony Brook University seeking to apply to externally
funded research and training initiatives.
What Does it Fund: This seed grant program is a direct result of the Climate Change Tiger Teams initiative and will award proposals in the following areas of interest: Climate and Environmental Medicine; Community and Ecosystem Resilience; Green Technologies; Human Behavior and Decision-Making Related to Climate Change Mitigation; The Economic and Policy Challenges of Climate Change; and The Warming Oceans, Modeling the Climate, and the Effects of Climate Change.
Applicant Requirements: To serve as Principal Investigator, an individual must have a current full-time faculty
appointment at Stony Brook University. Please review the eligibility criteria carefully
to determine whether you need a letter from your Department Chair.
Award: The program will fund up to five multidisciplinary teams that commit to submitting
proposals for medium/large scale grants in the following categories: multi-PI grants,
center grants, instrumentation grants, and training grants. Proposals should be multi-investigator
and multidisciplinary with collaborations across disciplines and academic departments
as well as Stony Brook schools/colleges. Awarded projects will receive up to $100,000
for a maximum award period of two years.
Deadline: Full proposals due October 1, 2024, via the Climate Change Seed Grant Program Application Portal in InfoReady.
Review the Climate Change Seed Grant Program Request for Applications.