Developing an External Grant Application

External Review

Deadline (6)* – Voluntary

What: Help from an external grant writing expert refining a grant application

When: 6 weeks before the external deadline

How: Researchers let the Research Office know they’d like help from an external grant writing expert and Research Office will connect the expert and the researcher. The Research Office provides up to $1,000 per application.

Note: This option is only available for applications requesting more than $100,000

Internal Peer Review

Deadline (4) – Voluntary

What: Feedback on a grant application from an UW-internal peer

When: 4 weeks before the external deadline

How: Researchers let the Research Office know they’d like the help of a peer (and offer some suggestions on who might have the appropriate expertise) and Research Office will connect the researcher with an amenable peer.

EDI Inclusion Content

Review (3) – Voluntary

What: If a researcher would like the Program Officer for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization (EDI/AR/D) and Research to review their EXTERNAL grant application for effective integration of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles, they need to indicate they would like an EDI Review in the Internal Review Request section of their Research Starts Here form in WebGrants.

When: 3 weeks prior to the external funder’s deadline

How: Submit the full application to to the Program Officer, EDI/AR/D and Research.

Research Office Compliance

Review Deadline (2) – Mandatory

What: The Research Office will review the application to ensure compliance with funder’s requirements. Some minor changes may be required at this stage upon request from the Research Office. A substantive review may not be possible at this stage, dependent upon the number of applications under review for a given competition, so researchers wishing for a more substantive review are encouraged to send in their draft application as early as possible.

When: 2 weeks prior to the external funder’s deadline

How: Submit the final application to the Research Office, if possible, through the funder’s application portal.