Office of Research Services
Queen's University-
Grants & Development
- March 2013 CIHR Open Operating Grant Program (OOGP) competition
- 2013 SSHRC Partnership Grant Letter of Intent
- 2013 NSERC Strategic Project Grant Competition
- 2013 NSERC CREATE Competition
- Fall 2012 Discovery Grant & RTI Competitions
- Proposals: development to spending
- Steps for Proposal Submission to ORS
- Winning Proposals, Best Practices and Knowledge Translation Resources
- Online DSS system
- Opening Research Accounts & Transfers
- Policies
- ORS Information Sessions
- External Conferences & Workshops
- Funding Agency Communiqués
- Signatures for Tri-Council grants
- Is it a Grant or Contract?
- NSERC Recent & Upcoming Changes
Writing Winning Proposals
- Read request for proposal (RFP) and all guidelines carefully
- Call or email the ORS contact for any RFP updates, tips,etc. and arrange a time for review of the draft proposal
- Start writing the proposal as early as possible.
- Draft the proposal according to RFP guidelines (Use program criteria as subject headings if possible, use best-tips from ORS and Colleagues
- Seek informal peer review before submitting to ORS for review
- Complete the DSS
- Bring to ORS for final review
TOP 10 TIPS for preparing and completing stellar grant proposal
Best Practice Documents
Information has been gathered from grant-committee members, consultants, program officers and successful proposals to create several Best-Practice guidelines for common funding programs. Click on the links below for access ( restricted to Queen's faculty, staff and students):
Knowledge Translation Resources
- Guide to Knowledge Translation Planning at CIHR: Integrated and End-of-Grant Approaches
- CIHR knowledge translation learning modules
- Heart & Stroke Foundation - Knowledge Transfer & Exchange in Research: A Guide for Applicants & Reviewers
- Knowledge Translation Planning Template (2010) developed by Melanie Barwick, Hospital for Sick Children
- From Research to Practice: A Knowledge Transfer Planning Guide (2006), by Rhonda Reardon, John Lavis and Jane Gibson for the Institute of Work & Health
- Maximizing Dissemination: Two Knowledge Translation Tools for Stroke Research Teams (includes the " Biomedical Researchers Knowledge Translation Planning Tool"), developed by Rejean Landry (University of Laval),
Other Useful Resources
- Communicating Your Research in Lay Language
- Canadian Health Services Research Foundation: two guides for assisting researchers in developing a dissemination plan and reader/"knowledge user"- friendly report writing
- Writing Effective Letters of Support
- A Guide to Evaluation in Health Research