Proposal Toolkits
Accordion Content
Listed below are sample grants, templates, and helpful tips. Always be sure that proposals follow each funding opportunity’s instructions for submission format and requirements. To access documents in the grant toolkits you will need to sign in with your netID.
Looking for a sample proposal that is not listed here? Check the Open Grants database.
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Understanding NIH Funding Opportunities
Research Grants
- Rutgers NIH- “R” toolkit [updated 9/2022]
- R01 Sample Applications and Summary Statements
- R03 Sample Applications and Summary Statements
- R15 Sample Applications and Summary Statements
- R21 Sample Applications and Summary Statements
- R21/R33 Sample Application and Summary Statement
Small Business Grants
Training and Career Awards
- NIH Research Career Development Awards (K Awards)
- NIH Individual Fellowships (F Awards)
- F31 Fellowship Applications and Summary Statements
- F31 Diversity Sample Applications and Summary Statements
The second sample application on this webpage by Dr. Nico Contreras is a sample F31-Diversity application.
NIH Infrastructure Grants
- S10/High-End Instrumentation
Examples of Required Documents
- Sample Personnel Justification [updated 9/2022]
- Sample Budget Justification [updated 9/2022]
- Core Facilities
Biosketch Samples
Data Management & Sharing Plans
NJACTS
Regulatory consultation services are now available through NJACTS at no charge to all Rutgers faculty and staff involved in clinical or translational research.
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- NSF PAPPG (Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide 22-1) – effective October 4, 2021
- NSF Toolkit
- NSF Supporting Documents (PAPPG 22-1) – effective October 4, 2021
- NSF Narrative Supporting Documents (PAPPG 22-1)
- Data Management Plan
- Data Management Plan Template (customize for your project)
- Post-doctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan (if applicable)
- Mentoring Plan Template (customize for your project)
- Management Plan (if required in solicitation)
- Management Plan Template (customize for your project)
- Data Management Plan
- Sample NSF Proposals
- Institution: The University of Toledo Research and Sponsored Programs
NSF: NSF - Ants and Agroecosystem
Description: NSF Award: ants and the coffee agroecosystem - Institution: The University of Toledo Research and Sponsored Programs
NSF: NSF - Leaf Litter Chemistry
Description: NSF Award: leaf litter chemistry and the microbial community - Institution: The University of Toledo Research and Sponsored Programs
NSF: NSF - 3D Multi-Scale Simulation of Thin Film Photovoltaics
Description: NSF Award: photovoltaics (physics) research, 3D Multi-Scale Simmulation of Thin Film Photovoltaics - Institution: University of South Florida
NSF: NSF Geosciences
Description: NSF Proposal Geosciences (AGS) - Institution: University of South Florida
NSF: NSF Geosciences - Weather, Climate and Society
Description: NSF Proposal Geosciences (AGS) - Institution: Teach the Earth
NSF: NSF Geosciences EAR
Description: University of California at Santa Barbara. Awarded within the Hydologic Sciences program, EAR (Earth Sciences)
- Institution: The University of Toledo Research and Sponsored Programs
- NSF CAREER Grant - due annually fourth Monday of July
- NSF CAREER Program Page (see for program guidelines, due dates, solicitation, FAQs, webinars, proposal writing workshops, projects funded by NSF, division program officer contact information) [updated 11/2021]
- Rutgers 2022 NSF CAREER Info Session (videos)
- NSF CAREER Info Session #1 – Overview of Program, Intellectual Merit Section, Broader Impacts Section
- NSF CAREER Info Session #2 – Integrating Education and Research, Social Science Proposals
- Sample NSF Career Proposals
- Institution: Teach the Earth
NSF Career: NSF CAREER (EAR/ICER), 2009
Description: Christopher Kim, Chapman University. Awarded within the Integrative Computing Education and Research initiative in EAR (Earth Sciences). - Institution: University of South Florida
NSF Career: NSF CAREER (EAR) - Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio
NSF Career: NSF CAREER Cybersecurity/Specifying, Analyzing & Enforcing Information Sharing Policies - Institution: The University of Toledo Research and Sponsored Programs
NSF Career: NSF ENG Thermal Expansion & Material Properties
Description: This CAREER proposal is aimed at establishing a basis for the integration of research and education that will lead to the development of materials and composites that can overcome expansion related problems in many applications. - Institution: Theory Matters CAREER examples: proposals+comments
NSF Career: NSF CAREER - Machine Learning
Description: NSF CAREER, Machine Learning
- Institution: Teach the Earth
- NSF MRI Grant
- Research Development Newsletter - MRI Application Tips (do not distribute newsletter outside of Rutgers)
- NSF Merit Review
- Broader Impacts Guidance
- Rutgers Broader Impacts Wizard
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Rutgers Research Administration Handbook
About Rutgers University
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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