Research Education Opportunity Grants Narrative Template

Section I – PROJECT NARRATIVE

On the following (up to) five pages, using the above header and page numbering, provide a narrative description of the project you intend to carry out. It is critical that this portion of the application be written in a manner so that someone outside your field will be able to understand the importance, approach, impact on student access and success, and potential of the work to result in follow-on research funding for the project. TYPE THE NARRATIVE IN A 12-POINT FONT WITH ONE-INCH MARGINS.

Please utilize the following format.

1. Project Description and Rationale: Describe the proposed project and how it will integrate modern research methods into an educational setting. Discuss the research skills students are expected to receive and what opportunities these skills may enable.  Concurrent opportunities for the project to improve the position of the proposers for external funding should be described.
2. Expertise: Give a brief description of your own work in this area of investigation and in undergraduate education.
3. Student Impact: Expected impacts of the proposed project on increasing access to research for students, improving likelihood of success in research, and retention in degree plans should be outlined. Discuss experiential learning opportunities the program will provide and describe how the project will develop competencies that position students for entry into the statewide and national workforce.
4. Approach: Methods of study to be used.
5. Follow-on plan: Describe the expected deliverables of the proposed work on educational offerings and how the proposed work will position the PI effectively for future external support, indicating as specifically as possible the funding opportunity and agency to be pursued and the estimated direct costs.
6. Bibliography/literature citations– do not count as part of the page limitation.

Section II – ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION

1. Biographical Sketches: Provide for the PI and co-PIs (limit: five pages for NIH format; two pages for NSF format). Note that the NIH format includes Ongoing and Completed Support as section D.
2. Recent, Current, and Pending Support: Provide for PI and co-PIs, if using the NSF format; provide listing of pending support if using the NIH format.
3. Budget Justifications: Provide a justification for the project costs requested in this application. For each participant, provide start/end dates, total salary amount for key personnel, hourly rates for student wages, and explain the participant’s role in the project and how they are qualified to fulfill their role. Include a brief description for any materials, supplies, or travel requests. Applications requesting summer salary for Principal Investigators must describe what will be worked on during the summer and what it is necessary to meet the goals of the projects.