Proposal Tools

Proposal Development Tools

Proposal Development Tools Overview

The tools, templates, and samples included in this substantial Proposal Development Tools section are intended to guide researchers in their completion of the numerous proposal pieces of a grant application.

Budget Development

Go to our Budget Development page to identify budget categories, use the budget template, and search the budget and budget justification samples.

Proposal Samples

Visit Proposal Samples to find full and partial grant proposal samples that include fully funded proposal samples, cover pages, biosketches, current and pending support descriptions, facilities and equipment descriptions, data management plans, career post-doctoral mentoring plans, graphics and captions, and core facilities descriptions and available equipment.

Pre-Award Compliance

The Pre-Award Compliance section includes tools, templates, and samples associated with proposal regulatory requirements and compliance approvals.

Proposal Guidelines

The Proposal Guidelines section includes the various funding agency guidelines for proposal submissions.

USF Institutional Fact Sheet

The USF Institutional Fact Sheet includes data often requested by sponsors to be inserted somewhere in proposals.

USF Internal Form

The USF Internal Form section includes a link to the form, guidelines, screenshot instructions, and a completed sample internal form.

Federal Agency Form Sets

The Federal Agency Form Sets section includes links to the various portals used by federal funding agencies to store form sets for grant applications.