SUBMIT YOUR PRE-PROPOSAL HERE.
Step 1: Pre-proposal presentation with budget outline. Due December 11, 2023
Format: 5-minute virtual presentation (6-8 slides) to the review committee. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their ideas with Institute staff, especially with the Irving Institute research leadership, before submission and to develop their presentations in collaboration with the Institute for strong, fundable proposals. Note that pitches will be recorded during the presentation. Slide decks and videos will be used for selection of finalists and may also be posted online at Dartmouth websites for promotional and marketing purposes.
Pre-proposal presentations should provide:
- Context and Background: What is the current state-of-the-art in the field? What preliminary results exist, if any?
- Key Challenges and Barriers: Why has this opportunity not been addressed and/or captured in the past?
- Overall Objective of Your Proposed Project: What are you proposing to do? (one sentence)
- Specific Aims/Approach: What 2-3 driving question are you seeking to answer? What key steps will you take to achieve your overall objective and what are the expected results for each of these steps or aims?
- Key Outcomes and Significance: What is the anticipated overall outcome and what is the significance of your project? How will it help contribute to the Institute's mission and to solutions to climate change?
- Core Project Team Members: Who are the team members, their roles and expertise relevant to the opportunity being addressed?
- Budget: Total requested budget and major budget categories. (Include fringe on salaries but not indirect costs.) Has funding been requested from other sources? if so, briefly describe.
Note: We encourage applicants to support salaries for graduate and postdoctoral researchers, research faculty and junior faculty. In general, senior, tenured faculty are not eligible for salary support.
This funding opportunity is internal to Dartmouth. Review/approval by OSP is not required.
By January 31, successful applicants will be invited to submit full proposals in April. Applicants who are not asked to submit a full proposal are encouraged to schedule a meeting with the Irving Institute research or academic leadership, to discuss possible approaches to strengthen or redirect their concept.
Step 2 (if invited): Full proposal with fully itemized budget due by March 15. Full proposals should expand on pre-proposals and include a verbal presentation as well as a short, written document. They should respond to feedback from the pre-proposal review to make a strong, succinct case for funding. In addition to expanding on the content of the pre-proposal the full proposal should highlight:
- How does the proposed approach overcome current barriers?
- What is the potential for scaling the insights to other regions or countries?
- What enabling factors, forces, or partners would amplify the impact of the project?
- How is the proposed project different from (or complementary to) other efforts/activities by the research team?
- How will the proposed project impact Dartmouth and/or outside engaged communities (intellectual, physical, artistic, civic)?
- In what timeframe would your project be implementable and how?
Full proposal packages should consist of, in order:
1. A project title and team page, with names, faculty/student/community status, departmental affiliations, and email addresses for all core project participants.
2. A brief abstract geared toward a lay audience (150 words)
3. An abstract and specific aims page (1 page)
4. A text narrative of no more than 2000 words that contains:
- Context and Background: What is the current state-of-the-art in the field? What preliminary results exist, if any? What are the current and expected future consequences?
- Key Challenges and Barriers: Why has this opportunity not been addressed and/or captured in the past?
- Overall Objective of Your Proposed Project: What are you proposing to do? What driving question are you seeking to answer?
- Specific Aims/Approach: What key steps will you take to achieve your overall objective? What is your general approach and what are the expected results for each of these steps or aims?
- Key Outcomes and Significance: What is the anticipated overall outcome and what is the significance of your project? How will it help contribute to the Institute's mission and to solutions to climate change? Why is it important? What do you aim to make happen with these results in hand?
5. List of references/citations
6. A detailed budget and budget narrative (templates will be provided)
7. Background on key personnel:
- Include 2-page CVs for faculty, research staff, post-docs, and graduate students; 1-page resumes for undergraduate students.
- Include a list of current and pending support for each faculty and research staff member.
- Postdoc proposals must include a letter of support from a faculty advisor/mentor.
Submit your application materials here.