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General Internal Proposal Requirements for Limited Number of Proposal Calls

The following are general guidelines that all internal proposals should follow. The instructions for the description section will be tailored to the specific proposal call.

  1. Font size no smaller than 11 pt and 1-inch margins.
  2. Cover page (limited to one page)

    a. Proposal title
    b. TTU Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigators
    c. TTU PI/Co-PI Departments
    d. Co-PIs from other institutions (if applicable)

  3. Budget (in some cases, a budget form will be available for download)
  4. Budget justification (limited to one page)
  5. Current & pending research support for PI (optional for Co-PIs)
  6. Description of the proposed research (limited to five double-spaced pages excludes 1-5, 7-8)*
  7. Two page CV for PI (optional for Co-PIs)**
  8. Infrastructure to carry out research (one page)

*In the case of an NSF proposal – item 6 should include addressing the issue of “Broader Impact”. The discussion of this is counted as a part of the five pages.
**It is strongly suggested that the style of the CV conform to the agency’s requirements.

Proposals without ALL the required items and following the style guidelines will not be considered.

All proposals should be uploaded as a single file (either PDF or Word) to the ORS Dropbox under “Limited Submissions.”

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for all proposals will be 4:00pm on the date assigned for each proposal.

 

Please contact Dr. Karlene Hoo, Associate Vice President for Research, at 806.742.3905 if you need further information.

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