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BYU Research Development
About Us
What We Do
How We Can Help You

About Us

Research Development is your partner as you develop, design, write, and compile all aspects of a competitive grant proposal. We provide one-on-one and group training, strategy advice, process coaching, pre-review, editing, template information, evaluation of Summary Reviews and more. You don’t have to do it alone.

What Does the Research Development Office Do?

  • Facilitates interdisciplinary collaborations through research networking and the Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Awards​
  • Manages limited submission processes
  • Strengthens grantsmanship skills through targeted workshops​ and writing groups
  • Builds research culture across campus
  • Provides examples of successful grant proposals, formats, outlines, and templates
  • Manages large multi-PI proposal submissions

Our team of Research Development specialists helps faculty and students in their respective colleges to:

  • Design grant submission strategies
  • Identify relevant funding sources
  • Edit and revise proposals for competitiveness
  • Align proposal components with funder requirements
  • Draft individual proposal components (i.e. Biosketch, budget forms)
  • Maneuver Kuali submission
  • Develop Broader Impacts sections of National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals

Proposal Help

Research Development can help with every step of the Proposal Development Process.