Proposal Development Resources

The Office of Research Development has provided a list of open-access templates and helpful documents to support faculty through the grant application process and award management. 

Additional templates, checklists, helpful documents, and sample proposals can be found on the Office of Research Development SharePoint (SU login required).

Mentoring Plans

The following mentoring plan templates have been provided by the Syracuse University Office of Research to aid in the preparation of your required plans for NSF proposals. As of May 20, 2024, mentoring plans are required for both Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students. Please note that if you are including both Post Docs and Grad Students in your proposal, you must combine these plans into a single page. Please send any questions or feedback on these templates to resdev@syr.edu.

Post Doc Mentoring Plan Template

Grad Student Mentoring Plan Template

Internal Resources

Below are a list of internal helpful documents to support faculty.

Research Computing Resources

Additional Support

Templates and documents related to budget, external agreements, subrecipients, IP, and internal approvals may be found on the Office of Sponsored Programs resources page.