Proposal Review

CEHD offers several options for external reviews of grant proposals.

Option 1.  Ellen Freeman can review proposal drafts and offer grantwriting-oriented suggestions to improve clarity and persuasiveness. 
Timeline: about 2 weeks before the MN-GEMS deadline identified by your grant coordinator.

Option 2. CEHD will offer an honorarium to external reviewers of grant proposals, who will evaluate the proposal's science as well as the elements of grantwriting.  The reviewer could be a past recipient of the grant, a peer investigator, or someone else identified by the PI.  Honorarium amounts vary depending on the complexity of the proposal, from approximately $250 to $750.  (UMN employees can be compensated through funds for professional development.)
Timeline: about 4 weeks before the MN-GEMS deadline identified by your grant coordinator.

Option 3. For large interdisciplinary proposals, CEHD can organize a red team review with multiple expert reviewers.  Reviewers read and evaluate the proposal independently, then meet together to develop consensus recommendations for how the proposal could be improved. 
Timeline: about 3 months before the expected sponsor deadline.

Please email Ellen Freeman at efreeman@umn.edu in order to arrange any of the proposal review options.