Research Development & Grant Services
Grant services at Elite Research go far beyond grant writing. A great grant proposal, whether research or program based, small or complex, foundation or federal agency, starts with a great idea and a specific strategy. Our consultants have collaborated on grant proposals and been awarded across the nonprofit, industry, and academic spectrum, and are able to work with you on each step of the pre-award process.
Capacity building to ensure
you as a researcher and
your ideas are fundable.
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Need AssessmentsWe can help you build a systematic process to identify the gap in knowledge, practices, skills, or resources that are preventing you from reaching your goals.
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Opportunity LandscapeWe can help you define the scope of funding and funders you need on your research trajectory, as well as understand their specific priorities and funding trends.
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Early Career Mentorship & TrainingWe can help you solidify valuable knowledge and skills, as well as advise you through decisions, that will strengthen your research future.
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Research TrajectoryWe can help you get your strategic research roadmap in place so that you can reach your long-term research goals.
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Coaching & TrainingWe can coach you through a research process or train you on a specific task – depending on what you need.
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Building a Collaborative TeamWe can help you position the right collaborative team for your specific grant and long-term trajectory.
Due diligence to confirm you
have a fundable and feasible
idea.
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Concept DevelopmentWe can help you develop an compelling, innovative, and solid research or program concept that is rigorous and grounded in theory.
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Appropriate Research QuestionsWe can help you develop or refine your questions, ensuring that they are appropriately meeting a knowledge gap.
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Goals, Objectives & OutcomesWe can help you develop or refine your goals, objectives, and outcomes, ensuring that they align and are attainable.
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Logic ModelsWe can help you develop a succinct logic model for your research or program that will effectively depict on a single page what your program intends to do.
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Research & Project DesignWe can review your research or program design before you begin writing to ensure that it will answer the research question and meet a rigorous standard.
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Timelines & MilestonesWe can help you identify key tasks or activities (milestones) aligned with your timeline, as well as the necessary people responsible for those tasks.
Ensuring your idea is an
appropriate “fit” with the
potential funder.
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Funder AlignmentWe can help you ensure that your concept or idea aligns with your selected agency’s funding priorities, which tend to shift between years and administration changes.
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Concept PaperWe can help you develop a compelling concept paper, outlining the basics of your proposed idea, which is invaluable when sending it to Program Officers, institutional administrators, and potential collaborators.
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Pitching to Program OfficersWe can help prepare and coach you through pitching your proposal concept to the funding agency’s Program Officer, which is one of the most critical steps to successfully being funded.
Understanding and building
the technical and business
requirements.
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Research & Project Design ReviewWe can review your research or program design before you begin writing to ensure that it will answer the research question and meet a rigorous standard.
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Timeline & MilestonesWe can help you identify and effectively present key tasks or activities (milestones) aligned with your timeline, as well as the necessary people responsible for those tasks.
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Technical & Academic WritingWe can help write the pieces that require more technical expertise in describing statistical protocols and processes or help you craft a compelling blend of technical, academic, and persuasive language for your proposal.
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Evaluation PlansWe can assist you in the design or writing of the evaluation plan to ensure that it matches the requirements of the funding agency and, if necessary, includes a research study.
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Third-Party EvaluationWe can serve as an independent evaluator on your research or program grant, whether or not we were involved in the grant proposal.
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Ensuring Proper Funder RequirementsWe can help you be mindful of and address the specific, and often elusive, requirements by the funding agency.
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Cost Analysis We can help with your cost analysis, as well as further economic analyses related to your program.
Fine-tuning your grant
proposal for the strongest
possible submission.
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Proposal Critique & FeedbackWe can provide the critical review of your proposal in its entirety, assessing how close it is to submission status and the elements needed to strengthen it.
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Formatting to Funder RequirementsWe can review your proposal to ensure that it meets the detailed format requirements listed in the solicitation, as well as funder guidelines which are often separate.
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Technical Editing/PolishWe can give your proposal the edit and polish to ensure the technical language and grammar is accurate, and the tone, voice, and style is consistent.
We believe our unique values of partnership and empowerment come through in every working relationship.
As your partner, we are motivated by your research; this means your goals are our goals, and when you win, we win.
Why Elite Research for Research Development & Grant Services?
- We are a strategic, proactive, catalytic, and empowering consulting firm that has helped others secure $51 million in funding.
- We believe in the mentorship process, and guarantee that you will learn from us and our processes.
- Our 20+ consultants can help you at any stage along the pre-award process.
- Our consultants have been awarded highly competitive federal grants, and understand how to write marketable proposals that conform to specific funder format requirements.
- We have in-house applied statisticians to help with your proposal’s research design, to determine if the statistical analyses included in your proposal are adequate for your project, to help you to write your analysis plan in statistically appropriate language, and even to work with you after your grant has been awarded to provide any statistical support you may need and to report back to your funder.
- We are well-versed in qualitative and mixed-methods research, which strengthen proposals.
- Our consultants have experience as grant evaluators, and can be written in on your grant as independent, third-party evaluators.
- Elite Research consultants have years of experience reviewing various types of proposals and quickly identify typos, word choice (specific funder nomenclature), sentence structure, and other common writing errors. Editing services are available to give your proposal the final polish it needs.
Our Consultants?
Elite Research consultants:
- Are highly experienced and have advanced degrees (Master’s and/or PhDs) and unique approaches through applied science.
- Have fluency and enthusiasm for research development
- Have detailed knowledge of the academic funding enterprise
- Are detail-oriented and self-motivated
- Have excellent skills in:
- Client relations
- Project management
- Grant and technical writing
- Data analytics and visualization
- Document production
- Online resources and data management
We have compiled a few links that may prove useful to you if you are just starting out in the grant process. The information in these links is intended to help you through the grant process, but using these links does not guarantee that you will receive a grant. Click Helpful Grant Websites to learn more.
We offer grant-writing services for individuals, foundations, academic institutions, corporations, medical/health organizations, and nonprofit organizations for your ideas relating to:
- Research grants
- Program development grants
- Arts & Humanities grants
- Publication grants
- Secondary analysis grants
- Seed money research grants
- Conference/seminar grants
Note, we do not currently support small business/start-up business grants, scholarship/academic grants to students, nor non-research grants to individuals.
Please keep in mind that working with any company that provides grant-writing services, including Elite Research, does not guarantee that your grant will be awarded. If you chose to build cost of working with Elite Research into your grant budget (i.e., for statistical work throughout the life of the grant) and if the grant is awarded, then half of the pre-proposal costs of your services will be refunded to you. Please contact [email protected] for an estimate on those services.