Who We Are

Grants and Research Development is staffed by Charlotte Smith, University Grants Manager.  She is available to assist faculty and staff with:

• Locating funding opportunities for sponsored projects
  • Email Charlotte Smith to request an account/profile in SPIN, a searchable database of over 40,000 federal, non-profit, and foundation funding opportunities
  • Subscribe to one or more topic-based email groups, in order to receive funding opportunity announcements based on those topics.
  • See an archive of funding opportunities sent to campus each week.
  • View funding opportunities for new and young faculty (source: UC Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office)
• Reading and interpreting sponsor’s guidelines for proposal submissions
• Connecting faculty and staff with program officers to discuss proposal ideas and/or clarify sponsor’s guidelines
• Creating timelines for developing complex proposal submissions
• Developing proposal materials, such as the scope of work, project description, budget, budget justification, supporting documents, etc.
• Providing feedback on draft proposal materials
  • Note: If substantive feedback is requested, please submit materials no later than two weeks prior to the sponsor’s deadline.  For feedback on technical/scientific content, faculty and staff are advised to seek peer review.
• Submitting all proposal materials to the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP) for final review and required internal approvals prior to submission to the sponsor
  • Note: Please submit materials to ORSP no later than five full business days prior to the sponsor’s deadline.
• Ensuring faculty and staff meet sponsors’ reporting and stewardship requirements for awarded projects

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