Research Development and Initiatives
Our work focuses on the early stages of research development, often before a funding opportunity is announced as well as during the grant writing process. We aim to strengthen the research environment by supporting faculty in identifying opportunities, building collaborative teams, and navigating complex proposal development processes as well as ongoing federal funding policy changes.
We create programming and resources that respond to the evolving needs of our research community. This includes initiatives like Reaching Across the Causeway, faculty networking mixers, and a weekly funding newsletter that shares curated opportunities, federal updates, and research-related announcements. We also develop tools such as best practices for Aggie Experts profiles and a proposal template repository tailored to SVM faculty, while also providing support for multi-department proposal coordination.
Have a research development idea or see a specific need that could benefit SVM faculty? Or if you'd like to request support contact:
Jose Franco
Research and Strategic Partnership Coordinator
Office of Research and Graduate Education
jlfranco@ucdavis.edu