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Grant Writing Training Program

Overview

Offered by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) in partnership with McAllister & Quinn, this program is designed to build grant-seeking and grant writing capacity across RU–Newark through cohort-based training experience that provides individualized feedback and proposal development support for faculty pursuing federal funding.

 

Structure

The program unfolds in three integrated phases:

 

Phase 1: Needs Assessment & Program Design
Those who register for the Webinars (see Phase 2) will be asked to complete a brief questionnaire about their research interests, funding goals, target agencies, and prior grant experience. This information will be used to tailor the training content and ensure alignment with faculty/PI needs during the next phases.

 

Phase 2: Open Webinars & Cohort Selection
Two interactive, 60-minute webinars—open to all RU–Newark faculty, post-docs, and principal investigators—will cover federal funding strategies, concept development, and best practices for engaging program officers. Faculty/PIs who want to proceed with direct expert support and structured guidance from McAllister & Quinn to strengthen their funding strategies and then be considered for Phase 3 will submit a short draft concept paper following the first webinar. Based on the concept paper, information provided in the questionnaire (from Phase 1), alignment with federal funding opportunities, and readiness to participate fully in the program, ORSP and McAllister & Quinn will select up to 12 faculty for the “direct support” cohort. 

 

Phase 3: Targeted Proposal Development Support
Four faculty from the cohort who are well-positioned to submit a federal proposal within four to six months will be selected to receive an in-depth red team review of a near-final proposal draft, including written feedback and a live debrief with McAllister & Quinn experts.

 

Who Should Participate

Faculty at all career stages who are interested in pursuing federal funding—including NIH, NSF, NEA, NEH, DoD, DOE, and other agencies—are encouraged to participate. Faculty do not need to have a fully formed proposal to register; the program is designed to support both early-stage concept development and more advanced proposal efforts. Participation in the webinars does not obligate you to apply for the cohort, but cohort consideration requires completion of the questionnaire and submission of a draft concept paper. 

 

This is the real deal, with expert grant writers and former program officers as instructors and one-on-one consultants for this training program that will yield polished and highly-competitive grant proposals to be submitted for external funding.

  • If you’re new to grant writing, this program is for you!
  • If you’ve never received federal funding before or want to build confidence trying for it again, this program is for you!
  • If you’re well-versed in federally funded research but want to sharpen your skills or apply to a new and unfamiliar agency, this program is for you!

 

Receive structured guidance, expert feedback, and strategic insight into federal funding pathways.

 

How to Sign Up

Register for one or both webinars (see links below). NOTE: You must attend both webinars in order to be eligible for the direct support cohort. If you have questions about the program or eligibility, please contact Anthony Mayo, Senior Grants Facilitator at ORSP: mayoal@rutgers.edu