4-VA Grant Request for Proposal

To strengthen Virginia’s competitive edge, 4-VA provides small-scale grants to pilot research teams collaborating across 4-VA universities. With access to this funding, teams can build evidence to show that their projects will make valuable, impactful contributions to their fields, thereby increasing their chances of winning larger external grants. The collaborative nature of these grants maximizes university resources at the 4-VA institutions and leverages faculty expertise all while increasing competitiveness and capacity.

Proposal Requirements
Should not exceed 5 pages and should be double-spaced, 12-point, Arial font, PDF file (saved, not scanned)
Include the following:
* Project Summary
* Title
* Principal Investigator (PI)
* Partners/Collaborators and their respective institutions
* Explanation of how this grant helps to improve Virginia’s research competitiveness through collaboration (how this research meets the mission of 4-VA).
* Narrative
* Project activity summary
* Research questions
* Research plan (framework/methods/phases/specific approach)
* Assessment plan
* Outcomes and deliverables
* Timeline
* Budget – please round budget to the nearest hundred per item, and include anticipated date of expense for each line item (ex. $1,000 – undergraduate student stipend, spring 2022; $600 Fisher Scientific lab supplies, October 2021)

Expectations of expenditure requests and reporting can be found in the Spring 2022 MOU. These may be reviewed here.