Proposal Preparation and Development: Guidance and Resources for Faculty, Graduate Students and Departmental Contracts and Grants Analysts

• Office of Research: Supports and advances research across UC Davis, enabling breakthrough discoveries and innovations that improve the human condition.
  • Administrative Coordinating Council of Deans (ACCD): Coordinates institutional matches in support of major extramural grants (e.g. program project grants, center grants, limited submissions, major instrumentation grants, training grants, etc.)
  • Business and Finance (Bridge Program, Publication Assistance, Subventions, etc.)
  • Interdisciplinary Research Support
    • Developing your project: Campus Resources
  • Sponsored Programs
    • Proposal and Award Process Overview
    • Principal Investigator Eligibility
    • Proposal Preparation & Submission Tools
    • F&A Agreement
      • F&A Rate Transition - July 2021
    • Composite Benefit Rate Schedule
    • Fixed Costs
    • Institutional Information
    • Budget Templates (Requires Login)
      • For budgeting a graduate student researcher, please see GSR Compensation Plans, GSR Salary Scales and Tuition and Fees for more information
    • Proposal Preparation and Submission Toolkit (pdf document)
    • Proposal Preparation Checklist (pdf document)
    • UC Davis Guide to Research Compliance (pdf document)
    • Research Administration Acronyms (pdf document)
    • SPO Training
    • electronic Research Administration (eRA)

    • Cost Sharing Guidance (pdf document)