Proposal Development Unit

Partly funded by NIH-EARDA 1G11HD060438

The objective of the Proposal Development Unit (PDU) is to assist investigators in seeking and securing external funding, with emphasis in NIH, by supporting the development of competitive proposals.


About

Services

Workshops & Trainings

Funding Opportunities


Staff

  • Dr. Marisol Vera
  • R&D Center Associate Director, NIH Extramural Associate
  • marisol.vera@upr.edu
  • (787) 832-4040 X 2402
  • Prof. Yuri Rojas
  • R&D Center Director
  • yuri.rojas@upr.edu
  • (787) 832-4040 X 5213
  • Arlene Heredia
  • Proposal Specialist, PDU Manager
  • arlene.heredia@upr.edu
  • (787) 832-4040 X 5856

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Contact information

Office Hours: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm (Monday through Friday)

Office Location: Room 116 of the R&DC Main Building

For further inquiries, you may contact the R&DC Director’s Office at

Telephone: (787) 831-2065; Fax: 787-831-2060, or email us at pdu@uprm.edu.

Our postal address is: R&D Center (CID – PDU)
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Box 9000
Mayagüez PR 00681-9000


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PDU Workshop Offerings

CID 002: Principles of Grantsmanship
Introductory course on grants proposal writing.

CID 003: Research Compliance Issues and the use of CITI
A discussion about compliance related to research activities at UPRM; key requirements and institutions. Includes a hands-on workshop on the use of Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) to satisfy compliance training requirements.

CID 004: Community of Science (COS): A support tool for research
Introduction to the use of COS and its benefits to researchers and administrators.



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Searching for Funds!

Here you will find links to agencies and searchable databases that can be useful in identifying funding opportunities for R&D and research support projects. For a custom funding search by PDU personnel, you can also fill out this form.


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ARRA

With the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), there has been a dramatic raise in the amount of information related to research funding opportunities being established or increased by the law. This website provides links to ARRA-specific websites for major federal agencies receiving R&D funding as well as other related websites.


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Proposal Writing Tips & Tutorials

The following are online resources we have identified as recommendations to support our researchers proposal writing efforts. These are mostly focused on the process of writing the proposal and offer tips-of-the-trade for successfully securing funding.

In addition, the Proposal Development Unit offers a Principles of Grantsmanship course (CID 002) at the beginning of every academic year and a proposal review service that is available to all UPRM personnel. If you would like to have PDU personnel review your proposal , please submit your request here.


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Institutional Descriptions

As part of the requirements for most proposals, there is a need for institutional data related to student population, available equipment and resources, researchers demographics, etc. We are working on providing researchers a consolidated source for retrieval of this data. At the time, we have compiled a list of links to different UPRM web pages containing such information. In the near future, we expect to be able to provide researches with up-to-date write-ups that can be easily inserted into proposals.

UPRM web pages containing institutional data

Office of External Resources (ORE)

Office of Institutional Research & Planning (OIIP)

Graduate Studies Office


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