Pre-award

The pre-award part of the project covers everything that you do to try and win research funding, up until the award of the grant or contract (you would then move into the post-award phase).

Pre-award can be split into the following steps:

1.  Proposal idea

2.  Proposal development

3.  Funder identification

4.  Costing and pricing

5.  Internal approval

6.  Submission

7.  Contract negotiation

It should be noted however that this is by no means a linear process; steps can occur in different orders (particularly the first three) and there are often many iterations.

Have you already secured funding for your project? Visit the post-award pages.