{"id":301,"date":"2021-01-27T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/?page_id=301"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:46:51","slug":"pdu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/pdu\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal Development Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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The Proposal Development Unit invites the NC State community to our webinar series that will provide you with insights and techniques to think strategically about grant writing. The PDU will balance general guidance with specific examples to help faculty navigate differences among major federal funding agencies (e.g. NSF, NIH, DOD, USDA) and foundations. Topics this year include Searching for Funding Opportunities, Exploring Foundations Funding, Mastering Reviewer Feedback and Understanding the Grant Lifecycle.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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The PDU podcast series with\u00a0Department of Defense-funded researchers at NC State\u00a0has a\u00a0new episode out. Carla Monroe, Senior Proposal Developer in the PDU, talks with Dr. Andrew Lee and Dr. James Braun – Assistant Professors in NC State’s College of Engineering. They are recent recipients of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s\u00a0Young Investigator Program (YIP) award.\u00a0
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The National Science Foundation\u2019s prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers support for early-career faculty seeking to build strong foundations for research and education in their respective fields.
In March the PDU hosted a workshop covering key aspects of proposal development for faculty interested in submitting a CAREER proposal. You can access recordings and slides for each session at the link below.
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Proposal Development Support<\/h2>\n

The Proposal Development Unit (PDU) supports faculty teams by improving proposal competitiveness of large-scale, interdisciplinary research proposals.  These services include strategy consultation and ideation, team facilitation and review, non-technical writing and graphics support, budgeting, editing, formatting and proposal preparation \u2014 enabling investigators to concentrate on the research-related aspects of their proposals. PDU support is available to NC State faculty who are planning proposals with estimated total budgets of at least $1 million.<\/p>\n \n

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NC State partners in new National Science Foundation center dedicated to domestic rubber production<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

The new center is entitled ERC: Transformation of American Rubber through Domestic Innovation\u00a0for Supply Security or (TARDISS) and is led by Ohio State University.\u00a0 The activities in NC State CBE will be led by Research Professor Greg McKenna, principal investigator (PI), and co-PIs Sindee Simon, department head and Distinguished Professor, and\u00a0Saad Khan, INVISTA Professor.\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n \n

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Meet the Team<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Find out about our team of talented proposal specialists<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n\n\n \n

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At the Forefront of Interdisciplinary Research<\/h2>\n

The PDU is uniquely positioned to support large, broad teams of NC State researchers pursuing opportunities that transcend traditional academic boundaries.<\/p>\n \n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n I would like to see the PDU expanded –<\/strong>\u00a0the success rates of proposals would easily compensate for the cost.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dr. Robert Kelly\n <\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/floating-box-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"We help NC State faculty pursue transformative, cutting-edge research through proactive planning, facilitation, proposal development and training.\",\"backgroundColor\":\"gray_600\",\"boxPosition\":\"left\",\"ctaNum\":\"one\",\"useCTA\":false,\"focalPoint\":{\"x\":\"0.66\",\"y\":\"0.50\"},\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/50240214103-C.jpg\",\"imageID\":14087}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProposal Development Unit - 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