The 研究 and 教师 Development (RFD) team provides 365滚球官网 faculty with resources and services to enhance the competitiveness of proposals across all disciplines. 我们的 services fall into one of three broad categories: proposal development, research development and faculty development.
提案发展服务
We provide first-come, first-served 提案开发服务 帮助教师:
- Identify potential funding sources
- Develop and strengthen proposals for projects of all disciplines
- 应用 for prestigious scholarly awards and recognition
- 为大型企业提供支持, complex multidisciplinary proposals (see 研究发展服务 below)
研究及发展服务
我们的 研究发展服务 focus on larger, more complex proposals of $1 million or more. In addition to our traditional proposal development work, here we can play a key role in:
- Assembling multidisciplinary research teams
- Managing timelines 和 coordination of tasks
- Building partnerships with external stakeholders
教师发展工作
我们的 教师发展工作 include proposal writing seminars, workshops and training to help enhance the competitiveness of faculty proposal efforts.
We also help faculty navigate the 研究处 and 经济发展 and connect with other key units, 包括 赞助项目办公室, 研究保证处, 技术转让办公室 和 经济发展办公室.
Through these services and resources, we look to enhance U of I’s faculty research and scholarly efforts, grow U of I’s research enterprise and more effectively address the research needs and expectations of our state, 地区和世界. We look forward to working with you!