Internal Competitions
Internal Competitions are initiated when a funding opportunity only allows limited submissions per institution. During an Internal Competition, interested PIs must submit a white paper that outlines the project summary and an outline of the budget and budget justification. Each white paper in the competition will be reviewed and judged by a committee set up by the Vice Provost for Research.
White Paper Submission Requirements
Principal Investigators must submit their white papers as a single .pdf document to the ORSP Internal RFP email address, [email protected], by the deadline.
White paper requirements are contingent on the requirements of the proposal, but generally, they must contain the following information:
Cover Page (1 page)
- Title
- PI name and contact information
- Co-PI names and contact information
- Synopsis
Project Summary (maximum length, 1 page)
Each proposal must contain a summary of the proposed project not more than one page in length. It should consist of an overview, a statement of the intellectual merit of the proposed activity, and a statement on the broader impacts of the proposed activity.
Budget and Budget Justification (1 page)
- State the total project cost
- State the major expense categories of the budget and the justification for each category
NOTE: All white papers will be reviewed by an internal review committee appointed by the Vice Provost for Research. White papers will be selected to move forward and will be announced on the deadline date.