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Pre-Award Services

Every successful grant starts with an idea. The Pre-Award Research Coordinator can help you learn more about external funding, facilitate your progression through the proposal development and submission process, and aid in improving your capacity to continue applying for funding in the future. The Pre-Award RC is available to assist from the moment you have an idea until your funded proposal has an account number.

Questions?

Should you have a question and are unsure to whom you should address it, please contact the Pre-Award Research Coordinator to point you in the right direction!

Duncan Selby

Duncan Selby

Research Coordinator for Pre-Award Administration

  ED 2136 |   512.245.5543 | urj12@txstate.edu

Duncan is available to help you learn more about external funding, facilitate your progression through the proposal development and submission process, and aid in improving your capacity to continue applying for funding in the future.

Duncan earned his doctorate from Michigan State University and has been engaged in submitting grant applications to multiple funding agencies for more than 10 years, both as an academic and as an industry representative. In the six years prior to joining the COE Research Office (COERO) team, Duncan was a Research Lead and Director at a startup company named Aspire. He translated company and investor goals into research proposals and budgets while continually looking for ways to improve team procedures and nurture individual skills. His mandate included fostering a culture of effective and efficient research throughout the wider company while continually encouraging and expanding the dedicated research team.

Working with COERO and ORSP

The COERO Pre-Award Research Coordinator is available to...

  • Participate in project development/planning meetings

  • Review guidance

  • Identify/compile data to support a proposal

  • Assist with budget development and budget justification preparation

  • Maintain boilerplate language for common proposal element

  • Review/comment on proposal content, especially against required elements

The Pre-Award Support Services contact in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will...

  •  Interpret the guidance

  • Assist with budget development

  • Upload submission packages

  • Complete a spot-check on number of pages, fonts, font sizes, and margins, etc.

  • Handle University routing