This text serves to help people who wish to initiate or otherwise participate in researching, applying for, and fulfilling grant-funded projects in association with the Diversity University Services Program Projects Unit. It describes procedures and general guidelines intended to promote communication and understanding among the team of people that must be brought together in the grant application process to make such a project successful. Grant-funded projects are inevitably somewhat complex affairs, so it is vital to recognize the critical nature of communications, and to follow established guidelines that will help to smooth the way for everyone involved.
Every new project is unique.
Therefore, these guidelines are not extremely detailed, and depend a great deal on the wisdom of the people applying them. However, as part of a broad plan, agreed procedures will help minimize the possibility of a team going too far off course without noticing. A Researcher finds a likely candidate grant, and contacts the DU community member who would be project director, principal investigator or other key figure in the project should the grant be applied for and awarded. The Researcher may also be the Project Leader. The DU Project Leader, generally with help from the Researcher, will further investigate the grant to determine if it indeed closely matches her or his interests, and would allow a worthwhile project to be entered into.