About Us
What is the Research Development Office?
The research development team plays a multifaceted role in facilitating the advancement of research across the college. Comprised of skilled professionals with diverse expertise, we are committed to fostering innovation, collaboration, and excellence in research. Our mission is to grow the College's research portfolio. Central to this goal is the pursuit of funding opportunities to support projects and initiatives. This involves identifying potential sources for funding, cultivating relationship with funding agencies, and assisting BYU researchers in the development of competitive grant proposals across all stages of the proposal. Through our efforts we aim to promote the dissemination of knowledge, drive innovation, and ultimately, assist our researchers in their pursuit of highly significant research and positive societal impact.
Services and Support
Support for External Proposal Submission:
- Budget Justification Development
- Budget entry into Kuali
- Assistance with sponsor required non-scientific documents
- Additional Resources
Grant Coaching to Optimize Proposal Competitiveness
- Step by step proposal design from idea formulation to proposal outlining to writing
- Finished proposal editing and/or re-writing for logic and flow
- Assistance with design of broader impact projects
- Discussion of reviewer feedback
Funding Searches and Advisement on Funding Strategy
Training Opportunities to Help Researchers Improve Grantsmanship
- Seminars
- Workshops