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Submitting proposals, conducting research, and administrating sponsored projects involves many different people and units throughout the University of Maryland campus. While there may be some minor variations in processes from department to department and college to college, this page outlines the general process and identifies the appropriate party that has primary responsibility for different activities throughout the life cycle of a sponsored award.
The proposal library maintained by the Division of Research contains successful proposals for a variety of sponsors. UMD faculty and staff may request copies of these proposals to use in developing their proposals for sponsored research.
Need help writing your grant proposal? Templates and resources are provided for writing sections of your proposal.
Boilerplate language is provided to help researchers with a general description of UMD.
An template is provided that outlines the information required for a NIH multi-Principle Investigator or Project Director Leadership plan.
A template is provided that outlines the information required in a support letter. The support letter is written from a consultant or collaborator to the PI and is designed to: a) specify what the writer will contribute to the research, b) convince the reviewer that the writer will fulfill the request, c) convey enthusiasm for the work, d) lend credibility to your proposal.
A template is provided that outlines the information that can be included in a post-doctoral mentoring plan.
A template is provided that outlines the information required in a consultant letter. The consultant letter can be used by University researchers who plan to consult on external projects without the use of University facilities or equipment.
The UMD Division of Research holds regular workshops to provide researchers with proposal writing resources on a variety of different topics.
The Research Development Office provides a variety of services to support UMD's research enterprise.
The Sponsored Research Handbook contains most of the policies and procedures that relate to sponsored research, service, and training at the University of Maryland, College Park. It covers the development of proposals, review of proposals, submission of proposals soliciting external support, and the establishment and administration of sponsored project accounts.
Boilerplate language is provided to help researchers with a description of the capabilities of the UMD libraries and services offered. Researchers can draw from this general description the elements most pertinent to your grant proposal.
Please work with your subject librarian (find yours at http://www.lib.umd.edu/rc/meet-your-librarian) to identify resources that will directly benefit your project and strengthen your funding proposal.
This Office of Research Administration site provides several templates for developing your budget, as well as a sample budget justification, and other pertinent information.
A data management plan describes the data, code, and other research products you will produce and how you will format, document, store, share, and preserve them. Funding agencies and journals increasingly expect that you will, as much as possible, share data, code, and other products with other researchers. Many funding agencies and sponsors require a data management plan with each proposal, but any researcher or team will benefit from developing a data management plan. Developing a plan is an excellent way to identify useful and important records, optimize your data handling processes, and anticipate issues that may arise in publishing, archiving, and preservation. Log in to dmptool.org with your UMD credentials and start creating a data management plan using templates from both UMD and a variety of funders.