College or unit administrators assist investigators submit applications and develop their non-technical sections, including the budget.
The CTSI provides provides proposal development services. Learn more and access the consultation form on the CTSI website.
The Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Office (SIRO) is a research administration unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research that supports both the development of proposals and the administration of large and strategic projects at Penn State. A typical SIRO project is over $1,000,000 per year and involves:
- Faculty from more than three PSU colleges, campuses or institutes
- Many large subcontracts, especially international
- Extensive institutional data sets (e.g. training grants)
- Major shared resources
- Detailed extra sections (e.g. consortium, team or data management plans; outreach plans; formal evaluation or assessment; GANTT charts)
- International collaboration/engagement
Visit the SIRO website to learn more about SIRO’s services.
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