Proposal Development Office

Friday High-Five with PDO: Describing Your Institutional Setting

Aug 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In this session, we’ll discuss the importance of accurately describing your institutional environment—available facilities, equipment, and resources, both physical and non-physical—and offer tips for maximizing these sections of a proposal.

Friday High-Five with PDO: Spotlight on PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute)

Aug 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PCORI is a leading force in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research. Join us to learn about PCORI’s mission, funding opportunities, research priorities, and how you can get involved.

Friday High-Five with PDO: Putting your Project on the Map: Using Place-based Data in Proposals

Jul 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Describing your geographical location helps funders understand the unique motivating problems, operational context and potential impact of your project. In this session, we’ll explore how you can find and use relevant place-based information from multiple sources to strengthen your proposals.

Friday High-Five with PDO: Funding for Equipment & Instrumentation

Jul 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

We’ll look at possibilities for instrumentation and equipment grants from the major federal agencies and discuss key elements for success with these types of proposals. With the internal competition for the NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) coming soon, we’ll spend extra time with this mechanism.

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William Boose, MA
Proposal Development Officer

Location: 504P Margaret I. King Library
Phone: 859-257-2861
Email: william.boose@uky.edu

NSF CAREER Countdown: The Final Pieces

Jun 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Proposal Development Office (PDO) invites all early career faculty to two workshops on the NSF CAREER proposal. Building on our Introduction to NSF CAREER session, we will discuss how to write and finalize your proposal. Give reviewers a complete picture of your CAREER plan with strong support documents. We will cover the Project Summary, Mentoring Plan and the Data Management and Sharing Plan, as well as senior personnel documents. Presented by: Shana Herron, PDO Assistant Director, and Isaac Wink, Research Data Librarian

Writing the NSF CAREER Proposal

May 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Proposal Development Office (PDO) invites all early career faculty to two workshops on the NSF CAREER proposal. Building on our Introduction to NSF CAREER session, we will discuss how to write and finalize your proposal. We will focus on the CAREER project description and discuss how to make your proposal stand out. Bring any questions and challenges. Presented by Shana Herron, PDO Assistant Director

Liz Von Mann, M.A.
Administrative Services Assistant, Senior, and Limited Submissions Support

Location: 504 Margaret I. King Library
Phone: 859-257-2861

Friday High-Five with PDO: Medical Nonprofit Funding

Jun 27, 2025, 11:00 – 11:45 AM

This session will spotlight major nonprofit organizations that fund biomedical research, including the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Heart Association (AHA). We’ll give advice and special considerations for applying to these funders.

Friday High-Five with PDO: Project Management for Proposal Development

Jun 13, 2025, 11:00 – 11:45 AM

In this session, we’ll introduce and explore how to apply practical project management tools and approaches to streamline proposal development, strengthen team collaboration, and ensure the timely submission of competitive, high-quality proposals.

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