Proposal Center
Whether your proposal is large or small, the Proposal Center offers you a team of experts that are ready to guide your winning submission. With support from our proposal management professionals and graphic arts staff, we'll make sure that your proposal stands out from the competition.
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Andrea Wund
(631) 344-4656, awund@bnl.gov
Resources for proposal writers
Writing in the Sciences
This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises.
Purdue Writing Lab
The Purdue University Writing Lab and Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) assist clients in their development as writers—no matter their skill level.
Leadership Lab
A video about patterns of writing that are likely to aggravate non-academic readers with a focus on patterns that are often difficult for academics to see, but are fairly easy to change.
How to Speak
This talk by Patrick Winston is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules.
Early Career Learning
This program contains everything you need to know to get your research published in an academic journal and to build your profile as a researcher.
Services we provide to strengthen your proposal
Project Planning
Project plans map out the roles and responsibilities of each organization in the project and indicate how activities are coordinated among team members.
Graphics
A picture is worth a thousand words and the Proposal Center will ensure that you're speaking the sponsor's language through professional graphics.
Writing Support
We can help craft effective Project Summaries, Abstracts, and Narratives that demonstrate knowledge of the state of the science.
Bio Sketches, CVs
These documents provide information that's used by reviewers to evaluate the PI’s potential for leadership within the scientific community.
Budget Justification
A formal budget that lists all costs is required for proposal submissions. A written justification of each budget item is also required.
Support Letters
Support letters help convince the sponsor that we're committed to the effort and have the support of the necessary personnel and facilities.
Equipment Descriptions
Used to describe the capabilities of the resources available to perform the proposed effort. Available equipment and facilities are described in detail.
Data Mgmt. Plans
These plans describe whether and how data generated in the course of the proposed research will be shared and preserved, and how published works will be made accessible to the public.
