As a research and proposal development unit focused on extramural funding and prestigious awards, PDO staff members conduct funding searches and distribute funding alerts, assist in the preparation of competitive grant applications and honorifics nominations by providing critical review of proposal drafts, providing UK facilities descriptions, writing narrative sections of proposals where appropriate, assisting in building research teams, and providing project management services.
Proposal Development Office
What We Do at PDO
Announcements
Generative AI Use in Research | UK ADVANCE Recommendations
The public release of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) tools represents a significant moment for the University of Kentucky’s research and scholarly enterprise. Since late 2022, the capabilities of generative AI have proliferated and advanced at a rapid pace. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are established methods for use in research, but generative AI is novel in that it produces content—text, code, image, sound, video—based on user input and dialogue and presents additional questions.
Funding Opportunities
Internal Research Support Programs
Student Funding
Limited Submissions
Because many sponsors limit the number of applications from one institution, the Office of the Vice President for Research coordinates internal competitions to designate an applicant.
Search open limited submission opportunities, apply and join collaboration lists through our new portal.
Proposal Resources
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Facilities Description Library
Linkblue login is required to access this resource containing text descriptions of facilities, colleges, departments and other UK resources for inclusion in proposals.
- Institutional Letters of Support
- NSF Biosketch Development with SciENcv
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Broader Impacts & Community Outreach Resources
Request access to Sharepoint site.
- Data Management Planning Tool (DMP Tool)
- Rigor and Reproducibility Resources
- Proposal Development Route
- Scholars@UK
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Find Collaborators: Sponsored Projects Search Portal
Linkblue login is required for the Keyword Search.
- Writing Guides
- Apply for a Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
- A Guide to Proposal Writing from the National Science Foundation
- NIH Grant Review Process: The Big Picture Video from NIH
- The 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation from the National Science Foundation
- On the Art of Writing Proposals from the Social Science Research Council
- Proposal Writing Short Course from Candid Foundation Center
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Complied and maintained by UCLA.
- NIH Sample Applications
- Evaluation Resources
Request a Service
- Funding Search Request
Complete and submit a separate form for each project. To aid us in identifying sources, please fill out as many fields as possible. Most results are sent within three weeks of the request. - Funding Alert Mailing List Subscription
- Proposal Reviews
Request a proposal review for clarity, presentation, adherence to the guidelines and grammatical accuracy. - Potential Collaborators
Request help identifying potential collaborators or experts. - Custom Workshops
Request a workshop for your college and/or department. - Database Demonstrations
Request a Pivot™ or other database demonstration for your college, department or yourself. - Institutional Resources
Request additional information on UK facilities, institutional resources, and/or programmatic strengths not available in the Facilities Description Library for inclusion in an external proposal. - Individual Consultations
Request an individual consultation on your proposal. - Complex Proposal Management
Request assistance with complex, large-scale funding opportunities, including project management, concept development, proposal review, team-building, and ancillary document development and support - Award Nomination Service Requests
Request assistance with the award nomination process
Workshops
Workshops on specific topics can be requested by filing out this form. A member of PDO will contact you in regard to your request.
Upcoming workshops, seminars, and special events are available on our Events Calendar.
Handouts from past workshops are available through SharePoint. Videos from past workshops are also available through the VPR Video Library. Linkblue login is required.
